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"BORN TODAY" Lalaine 1987 - Actress ("Lizzie McGuire") Rafael Nadal 1986 - Tennis player Nikki M. James 1981 - Actress, Singer & Stage Actress Arianne Zucker 1974 - Actress (Days of Our Lives) Jason Jones 1973 - Actor and comedian. (Correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Ariel Hernandez 1971 - Singer, dancer (No Mercy) Gabriel Hernandez 1971 - Singer, dander (No Mercy) Anderson Cooper 1967 - Broadcast journalist Mike Gordon 1965 - Musician (Phish) Kerry King 1964 - Musician James Purefoy 1964 - Actor, Producer & Director ("Rome") Scott Valentine 1958 - Actor ("Family Ties") Dan Hill (Daniel Grafton "Dan" Hill IV) 1954 - Singer, songwriter Billy Powell 1952 - Musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Melissa Mathison 1950 (RIP) - Film and TV screenwriter and activist for Tibetan freedom Suzi Quatro 1950 - Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress Deniece Williams 1950 - singer–songwriter and record producer. Too Slim 1948 - Musician (Riders in the Sky) John Dykstra 1947 - Filmmaker, Special Effects Ian Hunter 1946 - Musician (Mott the Hoople) Michael Clarke 1946 - Musician (The Byrds) Irma P. Hall 1935 - Actress ("A Family Thing", "Soul Food", and "The Ladykillers") Curtis Mayfield 1942 (RIP) - Singer, songwriter, record producer Chuck Barris 1929 (RIP) - Producer, Creator and Game Show Host ("The Gong Show") Boots Randolph 1927 (RIP) - Musician, his saxophone hit became Benny Hill's signature tune Colleen Dewhurst 1924 (RIP) - Actress ("Anne Of Green Gables", "Annie Hall") Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) 1925 (RIP) - Actor ("Sweet Smell of Success," "Some Like it Hot," father of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis Lily St. Cyr (Willis Marie VanSchaack) 1918 (RIP) - Burlesque stripteaser, actress Leo Gorcey 1916/1917 (RIP) - Stage and movie actor Ellen Corby 1911 (RIP) - Actress (Grandma Walton, "The Waltons") Paulette Goddard 1910 (RIP) - Actress ("So Proudly We Hail!"), child fashion model Josephine Baker 1906 (RIP) - Dancer, Singer, and Actress Dakota Stanton 1930 (RIP) - Jazz Vocalist ("The Late, Late Show") Maurice Evans 1901 (RIP) - Actor (Movies: "Planet of the Apes," TV: "Bewitched") Click "NEXT" to see more nostalgic news "DIED TODAY" Roberto Rosselini (Born: May 8, 1906 / Died: June 3, 1977) Rue McClanahan (Born: February 21, 1934 / Died: June 3, 2010) (Featured Above) James Arness (Born: May 26, 1923 / Died: June 3, 2011) Jack Kevorkian (Born: May 26, 1928 / Died: June 3, 2011) David “Deacon” Jones (Born: December 9, 1938 / Died: June 3, 2013) Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) (Born: January 17, 1942 / Died: June 3, 2016) "MOVIES TODAY" Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1963 - Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! 1963 - Honeymoon Hotel 1965 - Shenandoah 1977 - Fraternity Row 1977 - Crossed Swords 1983 - WarGames 1983 - Psycho II 1983 - The Man with Two Brains 1987 - The Untouchables 1988 - Big 1988 - Funny Farm 1994 - The Cowboy Way 1994 - Renaissance Man Click "NEXT" to see today's MUSIC news "MUSIC TODAY" 1952 - Frank Sinatra recorded "Birth of the Blues." 1967 - Aretha Franklin went to No.1 on the US singles chart with her version of the Otis Redding hit 'Respect'. A No.10 hit on the UK chart. Aretha scored her first UK No.1 1967 - The Doors 'Light My Fire' was released in the US, where it went on to be No.1 on the singles chart two months later. 1970 - The Kinks Ray Davies was forced to make a 6,000 mile round trip from New York to London to record one word in a song. Davies had to change the word 'Coca- Cola' to 'Cherry Cola' on the bands forthcoming single 'Lola' due to an advertising ban at BBC Radio. 1970 - Deep Purple released their fourth studio album 'Deep Purple In Rock'. This was the first album to feature the classic Mk II lineup of - Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. 1972 - The Rolling Stones kicked off their seventh North American tour at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada. 1972 - Pink Floyd released the Soundtrack to "Obscured By Clouds" on Harvest/EMI Records. https://youtu.be/16V-wNwlTw0 More music news on "NEXT" page 1972 - Jethro Tull started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Thick As A Brick'. 1972 - Pink Floyd released Obscured By Clouds in the UK. on the UK chart and No.46 on the US chart. 1977 - Bob Marley & the Wailers released Exodus. The album featured the hits, 'Jamming', 'Waiting In Vain', 'Three Little Birds' and 'One Love'. In 1999, Time magazine named Exodus the best album of the 20th century. https://youtu.be/vdB-8eLEW8g 1989 - The Fine Young Cannibals started a seven-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Raw & The Cooked'. 1989 - Queen had the #1 album in the U.K. with The Miracle. 1991 - Willie Nelson began selling his "Who'll Buy My Memories - The IRS Tapes" album through phone orders. It was later released in stores. The album was made up of songs that had been seized by the U.S. government and would go towards paying off his $16 million tax bill. 1995 - Bryan Adams started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman' Taken from the film 'Don Juan De Marco' it became Adams third US solo No.1, a No.4 hit in the UK. 1998 - Van Halen cancelled a show at the Docks club in Hamburg, Germany, after a piece of ceiling plaster fell and hit Alex Van Halen. He suffered a bruised arm. Click "NEXT" to see what's news in TV & Radio? "TV/RADIO TODAY" 1964 - The Rolling Stones taped a performance for the television show Hollywood Palace. 1967 - Jefferson Airplane appeared on American Bandstand on ABC-TV, performing the hits "White Rabbit" and "Somebody To Love". 1985 - After five years, the characters of Nancy and Chris Hughes returned to CBS-TV's "As the World Turns." 1987 - George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" was banned by the BBC. https://youtu.be/vldh7oQD-a4 1990 - The Big Day, the free festival took place in Glasgow, Scotland with Wet Wet Wet, Deacon Blue, Hothouse Flowers, Sheena Easton, Texas, Hue and Cry, John Martyn, Eddi Reader, The Average White Band and others. Channel 4 TV ran a six-hour live broadcast from the event. Click "NEXT" to see other Important events and National Days "OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS..." 1953 - Elvis Presley graduated from J.C. Hulmes High School in Memphis; his graduation photo shows him to have a split curl in the middle of his forehead, later to become his trademark. He was the first member of his family to graduate high school. 1965 - Edward White became the first American astronaut to do a "space walk" when he left the Gemini 4 capsule. 1968 - Valerie Solanas shot Andy Warhol and art critic and curator Mario Amaya at Warhol's studio in New York City. Solanas had been to see Warhol after asking for the return of a script which had apparently, been misplaced. Warhol was seriously wounded in the attack and barely survived. 1994 - Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam married Beth Liebling in Rome, Italy. "NATIONAL DAYS" National Chocolate Macaroon Day National Repeat Day National Egg Day National Prairie Day – First Saturday in June Please help us keep our daily "DYRT" (Do You Remember Today") up to date. If you have any additions, subtractions, changes or suggestions, we would appreciate your feedback! Thank you!