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"BORN TODAY" Eric Christian Olsen 1977 - Actor (NCIS) Colin Farrell 1976 - Irish actor (In Bruges, Minority Report), Archie Panjabi 1972 - Actress (The Good Wife) Sandrine Bonnaire 1967 - Actress/Director Phil Keoghan 1967 - Television Host (The Amazing Race) Brooke Shields, 1965 - Model/actress (Blue Lagoon, Suddenly Susan) Corey Hart 1962 - Singer ("Sunglasses at Night" and "Never Surrender") Patti Stanger 1961 - American businesswoman and reality television personality Lea Thompson 1961 - Actress/Director - ("Back to the Future" trilogy) Chris Elliott 1960 - Actor, comedian, and writer (Get A Life) Roma Maffia 1958 - Actress (Pretty Little Liars) Susie Essman 1955 - Stand-up comedian, actress, writer, and television producer (Curb Your Enthusiasm) Tom Berenger 1949 - Actor ("Platoon" and "The Big Chill") Sharon Gless 1943 - Actress ("Switch") Joe Namath 1943 - (Nicknamed "Broadway Joe" and "Joe Willie") Former American football quarterback and actor Peter Yarrow 1938 - American Folk Singer (Peter, Paul & Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon) Clint Eastwood 1930 - (Pictured Above) - (Dirty Harry) / Mayor (Carmel, California) John Bonham 1948 (RIP) - Musician - (Led Zeppelin) Walt Whitman (RIP) - Poet (O Captain! My Captain!) Jim Hutton 1934 (RIP) - Actor (Ellery Queen) - Father of Timothy Hutton Find out who passed on this day and what movies were released today on "NEXT" page "DIED TODAY" Claude Rains (Born: November 10, 1889 / Died: May 30, 1967) - Actor (Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man) Ernesto Antonio "Tito" Puente (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000) American musician, songwriter and record producer. Chris Haney (August 9, 1950 – May 31, 2010) Journalist and co-creator of the Trivial Pursuit board game Jean Stapleton (January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013) Actress (Edith Bunker, All In The Family) Martha Hyer (August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014) - Actess (Some Came Running (1958)) "MOVIES TODAY" Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1966 - A Big Hand for the Little Lady 1979 - The Muppet Movie 1985 - Fletch 1991 - Soapdish 1996 - Dragonheart 1996 - Eddie 1996 - The Arrival Click "NEXT" for Music News "MUSIC TODAY" 1961 - Chuck Berry opened 'Berry Park', an amusement complex near St Louis. The park had its own zoo, golf course and ferris wheel. 1962 - The Beatles played the last night of a 7-week run at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany. 1966 - Filming began on The Monkees first TV series. The Monkees' first single, 'Last Train to Clarksville' was released in August 1966, just weeks prior to the TV broadcast debut. In conjunction with the first broadcast of the television show on September 12, 1966, NBC and Columbia had a major hit on their hands 1968 - Working on what will become The White Album, The Beatles added overdubs of bass and vocals on ‘Revolution’. After numerous overdubs have been added, the final six minutes of the song evolved into chaotic, jamming, with Lennon repeatedly shouting "alright" and Yoko Ono speaking random phrases. The jam becomes the basis for ‘Revolution 9’, and this session is the first that Yoko attends. 1969 - The Rolling Stones recorded "Honky Tonk Women". https://youtu.be/A6M77oHD110 Click "NEXT" To see more music news 1969 - Jimi Hendrix was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents (2/6). 1971 - 36 Grateful Dead fans were medically treated after unknowingly drinking L.S.D. laced cider, at a gig in the US. 1975 - During a press conference held at the 5th Avenue Hotel in New York City to announce The Rolling Stones forthcoming American tour, the Stones themselves came down the street playing live from the back of a flat-bed truck. 1976 - The Who gave themselves a place in the Guinness book of Records as the loudest performance of a rock band at 120 decibels, when they played at Charlton Athletic Football ground. 1977 - The BBC announced a ban on the new Sex Pistols single 'God Save The Queen' saying it's, "in gross bad taste". And the IBA issued a warning to all radio stations saying the playing the single would be in breach of Section 4:1:A of the Broadcasting act. The single reached No.2 on the UK chart. 1980 - Bette Midler's "The Rose" was #1 for the fourth week on the Adult Contemporary chart. 1980 - The great album Against the Wind from Bob Seger, which had moved The Wall aside earlier in the month, spent a fifth week at #1. 1980 - Lipps Inc went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Funkytown'. https://youtu.be/6FKA-Y_g-2I Click "NEXT" to continue with more MUSIC news 1980 - The Theme From M*A*S*H* (Suicide Is Painless), by Mash was at No.1 on the UK singles chart, 10 years after it was first recorded after being championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ Noel Edmonds. 1982 - The Rolling Stones played at the 100 Club, Oxford St, London, to a sold out crowd of 400 people. 1982 - R.E.M. signed a five-album deal with I.R.S. Records, an independent label based in California. 1983 - Bonnie Tyler released the single "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" in the United States. 1986 - "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald was #1 on the R&B chart for a third week. 1986 - Peter Gabriel scored his second solo UK No.1 album with 'So' featuring the singles 'Sledgehammer' and a duet with Kate Bush 'Don't Give Up'. 1986 - The Notting Hillbillies made their live debut when they appeared at The Grove in Leeds. The group featured Mark Knopfler, Steve Phillips and Brendan Crocker who were each paid £22. 1989 - David Bowie's Tin Machine made their live debut at the International Music Awards, New York. 1997 - Lee Ann Womack made her Grand Ole Opry debut. 1997 - Eternal started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Wanna Be The Only One' the girl soul trio's first - and only UK chart-topper. 1997 - Hanson was #1 with "MMMBop". https://youtu.be/NHozn0YXAeE 1998 - Geri Halliwell announced she had quit The Spice Girls saying "This is because of differences between us. I am sure the group will continue to be successful and I wish them all the best." 1998 - Simply Red went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Blue', their fifth consecutive No.1 album. 1998 - The Tamperen went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Feel It'. The track featured US vocalist Maya and was based on the Jacksons 1981 hit 'Can You Feel It'. See TV/RADIO TODAY and Other Important events "NEXT" "TV/RADIO TODAY" 1943 - "Archie" was aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System for the first time. 1964 - The Dave Clark Five appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the first time. 1969 - The Supremes hosted the television show Hollywood Palace on ABC-TV. 1999 - VH1's "Behind the Music" began airing nightly. The premier show was "The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Behind the Music." "OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS..." 1884 - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented "flaked cereal." 1907 - The first taxis arrived in New York City. They were the first in the United States. 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held its first conference. 1913 - The 17th Amendment went into effect. It provided for popular election of U.S. senators. 1927 - Ford Motor Company produced the last "Tin Lizzie" in order to begin production of the Model A. 1941 - The first issue of "Parade: The Weekly Picture Newspaper" went on sale. 1977 - In the U.K., the Sex Pistols single "God Save the Queen" was banned by the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority. 1979 - In New York City, the restored Radio City Music Hall was reopened. "NATIONAL DAYS" National Autonomous Vehicle Day * National Macaroon Day National Save Your Hearing Day National Speak in Sentences Day National Senior Health and Fitness Day – Last Wednesday in May