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"BORN TODAY" Grace Gummer (1986) - Actress Audrina Patridge (1985) - Actress ("The Hills") Rachel Boston (1982 )- Actress ("American Dreams") Rosario Dawson (1979) - Actress Matthew David "Matt" Morris (born Matthew Burton Morris - 1979) - Producer and songwriter. Andrew W.K. (1979) - Singer-songwriter Daniel Franzese (1978) - Actor, writer, director, comedian and activist Dan Regan (1977) - Musician (Reel Big Fish) Chris Diamantopoulos (1975) - Actor Tamia (1975) - Singer/Songwriter Dylan Lauren (1974) - Entrepreneur Lisa Ann (1972) - Dennis Coles Ghostface Killah (1970) - (Born: Dennis Coles) - Rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) Paul Heaton (1962) - Musician (The Housemartins) Dave Gahan (1962) - Musician (Depeche Mode) John Corbett (1961) - Actor Amy Hill (1953) - Stand-up comedian and character actress Alley Mills (1951) - Actress ("The Wonder Years") Tom Peterson (1950) - Musician (Cheap Trick) Billy Joel (1949) - Musician Clint Holmes (1946) Candice Bergen (1946) - Actress ("Murphy Brown") (Featured Above) Steve Katz (1945) - Musician (Blood, Sweat and Tears) Richie Furay (1944) - Musician (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) Danny Rapp (1941) - Musician (Danny & The Juniors) Pete Birrell (1941) - Musician (Freddie and the Dreamers) James L. Brooks (1940) - Director Sonny Curtis (1937) - Musician (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) Albert Finney (1936) - Actor Glenda Jackson (1936) - Actress Mike Wallace (1918 - RIP) - Broadcast journalist ("60 Minutes") "DIED TODAY" Alice Faye (Born: May 5, 1915 / Died: May 9, 1998) Alan King (Born: December 26, 1927 / Died: May 9, 2004) Lena Horne (Born: June 30, 1917 / Died: May 9, 2010) Vidal Sassoon (Born: January 17, 1928 / Died: May 9, 2012) "MOVIES TODAY" Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1965 - The Greatest Story Ever Told 1973 - Paper Moon 1980 - Friday the 13th 1980 - The Nude Bomb 1986 - Fire with Fire 1986 - Dangerously Close 1986 - Short Circuit 1997 - The 5th Element 1997 - Father’s Day "MUSIC TODAY" 1960 - The great instrumental "White Silver Sands" by Bill Black's Combo was #1 for the third out of four weeks on the R&B chart. 1960 - Elvis Presley held on to #1 for a third week with "Stuck On You". Incredibly, it was Elvis's 74th week at #1 in his career. 1964 - Chuck Berry began his first ever UK tour at The Astoria Theatre, London, supported by The Animals, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Karl Denver and the Nashville Teens. 1964 - Chuck Berry began his first British tour. 1964, Louis Armstrong went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hello Dolly' making him the oldest artist to hit No.1 at the age of 62. In 2011, 85 year-old Tony Bennett broke this record when his Duets album topped the US album chart. 1966 - The Doors played at the Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, California auditioning for the position of the venue's house band. 1966 - Karen Carpenter signed her first recording contract with Magic Lamp Records at the age of 16. 1967 - Sandie Shaw was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Puppet On A String'. This week's two highest new entries were Jimi Hendrix with 'The Wind Cries Mary' and The Kinks 'Waterloo Sunset'. 1969 - Beatles guitarist George Harrison's experimental album Electronic Sounds was released on Zapple records. 1970 - Tyrone Davis owned the #1 song on the R&B chart for the second consecutive week with "Turn Back The Hands Of Time". 1970 - Guess Who started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'American Woman', it was the group's sixth Top 30 hit and only chart topper. 1973 - Mick Jagger added $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 by The Rolling Stones January benefit concert for victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake. 1974 - Bonnie Raitt played two shows at Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts; opening act was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Rolling Stone critic John Landau saw Springsteen and wrote 'I have seen rock & roll's future and his name is Bruce Springsteen'. 1975 - KISS, The James Gang and Rush all appeared at Ohio Northern University in Ada Ohio. Advance tickets cost $5.00. 1981 - "Morning Train" by Sheena Easton remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. 1981 - Adam and the Ants were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stand And Deliver.' The song enjoyed a five-week run at No.1. 1985 - Phil Collins released the single "Sussudio." 1987 - Starship started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a song co-written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now.' At 48, it made lead singer Grace Slick the oldest female to reach No.1 on the UK chart, (later broken by Cher's 'Believe' in 1999). 1987 - Starship began a four-week stay at #1 in the U.K. with "Nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now". 1992 - "Under The Bridge" gave the Red Hot Chili Peppers their first Top 10 song. 1998 - The Soundtrack to "Titanic" was #1 on the Album chart for the 16th week in a row 1999 - The Backstreet Boys scored their first UK No.1 single with 'I Want It That Way' their 8th UK Top 10 hit and a hit in over 25 countries. "TV/RADIO TODAY" 1958 - Disc Jockey Alan Freed quit radio station WINS in New York City after they refused to stand behind him in the wake of recent charges of inciting a riot at a Boston concert. 1958 - Richard Burton made his network television debut in the presentation of "Wuthering Heights" on CBS-TV. 1990 - Sinead O'Connor refused to perform on "Saturday Night Live" after Andrew Dice Clay was named as host. 1992 - Bruce Springsteen made his North American network television debut on Saturday Night Live with host Tom Hanks. 1998 - Jimmy Page appeared on US TV's 'Saturday Night Live' with rapper Sean 'Puffy' Combs and performed 'Come With Me' from the 'Godzilla' movie soundtrack. The song sampled the guitar riff from Led Zeppelin's song 'Kashmir'. "OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS..." 1926 - Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole. 1940 - Vivien Leigh debuted in America on stage in "Romeo and Juliet" with Lawrence Olivier. 1944 - Jimmie Davis became the Governor of Louisiana. He wrote the song "You Are My Sunshine." 1960 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for sale an oral birth-control pill for the first time. 1962 - A laser beam was successfully bounced off Moon for the first time. 1974 - The House Judiciary Committee began formal hearings on the Nixon impeachment. 1987 - Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers were married. 1994 - Nelson Mandela was chosen to be South Africa's first black president. 1998 - Lester Butler died at the age of 39 of a drug overdose. "NATIONAL DAYS" National Sleepover Day* National Butterscotch Brownie Day National Lost Sock Memorial Day National Moscato Day National Teacher Appreciation Day – Tuesday of the First Full Week in May