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"BORN TODAY" Kira Plastinina (23) Dayana Mendoza (29) Amy Schumer (35) Damien Fahey (35) Sarah Wayne Callies (38) Danielle Harris (38) Roger Mathews (40) Alanis Morissette (41) Adam Garcia (42) Heidi Klum (42) Karen Mulder (45) Teri Polo (46) Jason Donovan (47) Mark Curry (54) Lisa Hartman Black (59) Tom Irwin (59) Ronnie Dunn (62) Jonathan Pryce (68) Ronnie Wood (68) Brian Cox (69) Rene Auberjonois (75) Morgan Freeman (78) Pat Boone (81) Marilyn Monroe (RIP)(Featured Above) Andy Griffith (RIP) "DIED TODAY" James Buchanan (Born: April 23, 1791 / Died: June 1, 1868) Lizzie Borden (Born: July 19, 1860 / Died: June 1, 1927) John Dewey (Born: October 20, 1859 / Died: June 1, 1952) Sonny Boy Williamson (Born: December 5, 1912 / Died: May 25, 1965) Helen Keller (Born: June 27, 1880 / Died: June 1, 1968) David Ruffin (Born: January 18, 1941 / Died: June 1, 1991) Yves Saint Laurent (Born: August 1, 1936 / Died: June 1, 2008) "MOVIES TODAY" Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1966 - The Daydreamer 1968 - Bandolero! 1970 - The Boatniks 1976 - The Last Hard Men 1977 - Viva Knievel! 1979 - Phantasm 1980 - The Alien Dead 1980 - The Mountain Men 1984 - Once Upon a Time in America 1984 - Star Trek : The Search for Spock 1984 - Streets of Fire 1989 - My Mom's a Werewolf 1990 - Frankenhooker 1990 - Total Recall "MUSIC TODAY" 1956 - Doris Day signed a five-year recording contract with Columbia Records in excess of $1 million, which at the time was the biggest deal in Columbia history. 1957 - Sam Cooke recorded "Summertime" at Radio Recorders in West Hollywood, California. 1959 - 'The Battle Of New Orleans' by Johnny Horton went to No.1 on both the Country and Pop charts in the US, where it will stay for two months. 1961 - Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Surrender', his eighth UK No.1. The song was based on the 1911 Italian song, 'Return To Sorrento.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?vprUDuCi_1q0 1963 - Lesley Gore started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Quincy Jones (then a staff producer for Mercury Records) produced 'It's My Party', a No.9 hit in the UK. 1964 - The Rolling Stones were met by over 500 fans as they arrived on BA flight 505 at Kennedy Airport for their debut US tour. The Stones held a press conference and then guested on the prestigious "5th Beatle", DJ Murray The K's radio show. 1966 - During a 12 hour session at Abbey Road studios, The Beatles added overdubs on 'Yellow Submarine', with John Lennon blowing bubbles in a bucket of water and shouting "Full speed ahead Mister Captain!" 1967 - In Britain, "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released by the Beatles. It was released June 2 in the U.S. 1967 - David Bowie released his self titled debut studio album. Two singles were released from the album, 'Rubber Band' and 'The Laughing Gnome'. 1968 - Hugo Montenegro held down #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for a third week with "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly". 1968 - Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Mrs Robinson'. Featured in the Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft film 'The Graduate', the song earned the duo a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1969. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v9C1BCAgu2I8 1968 - The Rolling Stones released "Jumpin' Jack Flash" in the U.S. 1969 - The Plastic Ono Band recorded 'Give Peace A Chance' during a 'bed-in' at the Hotel La Reine in Montreal, Canada. Producer Phil Spector, poet Allan Ginsberg and writer Timothy Leary all sang on the song. 1970 - Black Sabbath's self-titled first LP was released in the U.S. 1974 - The Carpenters' great song "I Won't Last A Day Without You" was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. https://youtu.be/tt5huMICEwU 1975 -The Rolling Stones kicked off their biggest ever US tour at Louisiana State University. The tour would take in 45 shows in 26 cities. Guitarist Ronnie Wood joined The Stones on tour for the first time, replacing Mick Taylor. 1977 - Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first of four nights at the Rainbow Theatre in London. There were six nights booked at the Rainbow, but the last two shows were cancelled due to a serious toe injury Marley received. Subsequently the tour's second leg in the United States was postponed and then cancelled. 1977 - James Taylor released the album JT. 1978 - U2 appeared at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland. 1982 - Madness were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'House Of Fun'. The group's only No.1 from 27 UK Top 40 hits. 1985 - Sting released his solo album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. 1985 - Prince & The Revolution started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Around The World In A Day. 1985 - Bruce Springsteen kicked off the European leg of his Born in the USA world tour at Slane Castle in Dublin, Ireland 1991 - Seal owned the #1 album in the U.K. with his self-titled album. 1996 - 'Three Lions', (the official song of the England Football team) by Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds went to No.1 on the UK singles chart. 1996 - Jewel debuted on the Singles chart with "Who Will Save Your Soul", her first career release. https://youtu.be/-LukEq643Mk "TV/Radio TODAY" 1953 - Raymond Burr made his network-TV acting debut. It was in "The Mask of Medusa" on ABC-TV's "Twilight Theater." 1957 - Nat King Cole, Andy Williams, Ricky Nelson and Patti Page starred in the television special Five Stars for Springtime on NBC 1959 - The first edition of Juke Box Jury aired on the BBC. The shows host, David Jacobs, lead a revolving panel of guests in critiquing the week's top record releases. 1961 - Radio listeners in New York, California, and Illinois were introduced to FM multiplex stereo broadcasting. A year later the FCC made this a standard. 1966 - The final episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" aired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?veJUlKd1ejOE 1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut as the first all-news station. https://youtu.be/dqDopY5dMD8 • 1999 - BBC Knowledge was launched on digital television. "OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS..." 1869 - Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric voting machine. 1938 - Baseball helmets were worn for the first time. 1971 - The two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935 was opened to the public as a tourist attraction. 1973, Former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt broke his spine after attempting to leave a party by climbing down a drainpipe and falling three stories. It left Wyatt permanently crippled and confined to a wheelchair. 1981 - The first issue of the Heavy Metal magazine Kerrang! was published as a special pull-out by UK weekly music paper Sounds. AC/DC had the front cover plus features on Motorhead, Girlschool and Saxon. 1991 - American soul singer David Ruffin of the Temptations died of a drug overdose. 1997 - Kenny Rogers married Wanda Miller in Athens, Georgia. 1998 - In the U.S., the FDA approved a urine-only test for the AIDS virus. 1999 - Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn began a five day journey on a Sea-Doo (from Nashville to New Orleans) to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.