May 31

Happy Birthday RIP Dominic "Don" Ameche (1908–1993) ; Clint Eastwood-82 Peter Yarrow-74 Sharon Gless-69 Joe Namath-69 Tom Berenger(Moore)-62 Chris Elliott-52 Lea Thompson-51 Corey Hart-50 Brooke Shields-47 Colin Farrell-36 ; 1889 – Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

May 30

Happy Birthday RIP Mel Blanc(1908–1989) ; Colm Meaney-59 Ted McGinley-54 Wynonna Judd(Christina Ciminella)-48 Idina Menzel-41 Donald "Trey" Parker-40 Omri Katz-36 ; 1854 The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.

May 29

Happy Birthday RIP Leslie "Bob" Hope(1903–2003) ; Anthony Geary-65 Danny Elfman-59 LaToya Jackson-56 Frank "Ted" Levine-55 Annette Bening-54 Rupert Everett-53 Melissa Etheridge-51 Lisa Whelchel-49 Daniel Tosh-37 ; 1848 Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union.

May 28

Happy Birthday RIP Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) ; Beth Howland-71 Gladys Knight-68 Rudolph Giuliani-68 John Fogerty-67 Brandon Cruz Williams-50 Kylie Minogue-44 Justin Kirk-43 Jesse Bradford Watrouse-33

May 27

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent Price(1911–1993) ; Christopher Lee -90 Henry Kissinger-89 Lee Meriwether-77 Louis Gossett Jr-76 Siouxsie Sioux-55 Peri Gilpin-51 Adam Carolla-48 Todd Bridges-47 Joseph Fiennes-42 Paul Bettany-41 Chris Colfer-22 ; 1896 A tornado struck St. Louis Missouri and East St. Louis, Ill., killing 255 people.

May 26

Happy Birthday Stevie Nicks-64 Philip Michael Thomas-63 Genie Francis-50 Bobcat Goldthwait-50 Helena Bonham Carter-46 Matt Stone-41

May 25

Happy Birthday RIP Dixie Carter(1939–2010) ; Ian McKellen-73 Leslie Uggams-69 Frank Oznowicz-68 Karen Valentine-65 Connie Sellecca(Concetta Sellecchia)-57 Michael "Mike" Myers-49 James "Jamie" Kennedy-42 Octavia Spencer-42 Lauryn Hill-37 Cillian Murphy-36 ; 1968 The Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri was dedicated.

May 24

Happy Birthday Bob Dylan Zimmerman-71 Gary Burghoff-69 Patti LaBelle Holte-68 Priscilla Presley-67 Jim Broadbent-63 John C. Reilly-47 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.

May 23

Happy Birthday Joan Collins-79 Charles Kimbrough-76 Lauren Chapin-67 Drew Carey-54 Clarence "Linden" Ashby-52 Gerald "Maxwell" Rivera-39 Jewel Kilcher-38 ; 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana

May 22

Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907-1989) Harvey Milk(1930-1978) ; T. Boone Pickens-84 Bernard Shaw-72 Barbara Parkins-70 Bernie Taupin-62 Steven Morrissey-53 Brooke Smith-45 Naomi Campbell-42 Chris Salvatore-27 ; 1897 – The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened ; 1990 – Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.

May 21

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917-1993) ;Gerard " Leo" Sayer-64 Al Franken-61 Lawrence Tureaud("Mr. T)-60 Edward "Judge" Reinhold-55 Brett Tucker-40 Morgan Benoit-32 ; 1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.

May 20

Happy Birthday John "Joe" Cocker-68 Cherilyn Sarkisian-66 Ron Reagan-54 Bronson Pinchot-53 Tony Goldwyn-52 Mindy Cohn-46 Timothy Olyphant-44 ; 1916 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage).

May 19

Happy Birthday Pete Townshend-67 Joseph "Dusty" Hill-63 Grace Jones-60 ; 1921 – The U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration. ; 2001 – The first two Apple Stores opened in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California at Glendale Galleria.

May 18

Happy Birthday RIP Francesco "Frank" Capra(1897-1991) Pernell Roberts(1928–2010) ; Bill Macy(Wolf Garber)-90 Robert Morse-81 Chow Yun-fat-57 Reggie Jackson-66 George Strait-60 Elizabeth "Tina" Fey-42 Marta "Martika" Marrero-43 ; 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.

May 17

Happy Birthday Kathleen Sullivan-59 Bill Paxton-57 Bob Saget-56 Sugar Ray Leonard-56 Enya Bhraonáin-51 Craig Ferguson-50 Sendhil Ramamurthy-38 ; 1792 The New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree on what is now Wall Street ; 1954, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.

May 16

Happy Birthday Danny Trejo-68 Pierce Brosnan-59 Debra Winger-57 Kevin McDonald-51 Janet Jackson-46 Tracey Fisher(Gold)-43 David Boreanaz-43 Victoria "Tori" Spelling-39 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.

May 15

Happy Birthday Madeleine Albright-75 Calogero "Chazz" Palminteri-60 Michael Oldfield-59 ; 1862 Lincoln signs bill into law US Bureau of Agriculture is created (later renamed to USDA)

May 14

Happy Birthday George Lucas Jr.-68 Robert Zemeckis-61 David Byrne-60 Catherine Blanchett-43 Sofia Coppola-41 Mark Zuckerberg-28 ; 1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

May 13

Happy Birthday RIP Bea Arthur(Bernice Frankel: 1922-2009) ; Harvey Keitel-71 Stevie Wonder(Stevland Judkins)-60 Dennis Rodman-49 Stephen Colbert-46 Brian Geraghty-37 Neil Hopkins-35 Robert Pattinson-24 ; 1958 Velcro is trademark registered. ; Happy Mother's Day!

May 12

Happy Birthday ; RIP Katharine Hepburn(1907-2003) George Carlin(1937-2008) ; Burt Bacharach-84 Steve Winwood-64 Billy Squier-62 Gabriel Byrne-62 Emilio Estevez-50 Stephen Baldwin-46 Tony Hawk-44 Kim Fields-43 Jason Biggs-34