On This Day in History - May 25th

On This Day - May 25th 1521 – The Diet of Worms ends.

On This Day - May 25th 1659 – Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England.

On This Day - May 25th 1810 – Argentina declares independence.

On This Day - May 25th 1878 – Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London and runs for 571 performances.

On This Day - May 25th 1895 – Oscar Wilde sentenced to two years in prison for "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons".

On This Day - May 25th 1914 – Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland passed by House of Commons.

On This Day - May 25th 1935 – Jesse Owens breaks five world records.

On This Day - May 25th 1961 – President John F. Kennedy announces his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon" before the end of the decade.

On This Day - May 25th 2005 – Liverpool F.C. come from 3-0 down to win the 2005 Champions League Final.

Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - 25th 1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)

Born On This Day - May 25th 1889 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian pioneer of aviation (d. 1972)

Born On This Day - May 25th 1897 – Gene Tunney, American heavyweight boxing champion (d. 1978)

Born On This Day - May 25th 1939 – Today is the birthday of Ian McKellen, English actor.

Born On This Day - May 25th 1979 – Today is the birthday of Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player.

On This Day - May 24th

On This Day - May 24th 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves for Egypt.

On This Day - May 24th 1626 – Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from Native Americans.

On This Day - May 24th 1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798 begins.

On This Day - May 24th 1830 – The nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.

On This Day - May 24th 1844 – The first public Morse Code message is sent by Samuel Morse in Washington to Alfred Vail in Baltimore.

On This Day - May 24th 1883 – After 14 years of construction Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.

On This Day - May 24th 1915 – In World War I Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.

On This Day - May 24th 1930 – Amy Johnson becomes the first woman to fly from England to Australia.

On This Day - May 24th 1956 – The first Eurovision Song Contest is held.

On This Day - May 24th 2000 – After 22 years of occupation, Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon.

On This Day - May 24th 2002 – Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.



Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 24th 1836 – Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (d. 1925).

Born On This Day - May 24th 1923 – Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986)

Born On This Day - May 24th 1941 – Today is the birthday of Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter.



Born On This Day - May 24th 1944 – Today is the birthday of Patti LaBelle, American singer.

Born On This Day - May 24th 1966 – Today is the birthday of Eric Cantona, French footballer.

Born On This Day - May 24th 1973 – Today is the birthday of Dermot O'Leary, English television presenter.

On This Day - May 23rd

On This Day - May 23rd 1568 – The Netherlands declare independence from Spain.

On This Day - May 23rd 1701 – Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.

On This Day - May 23rd 1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy.

On This Day - May 23rd 1911 – The New York Public Library is dedicated.

On This Day - May 23rd 1929 – "The Karnival Kid" becomes the first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon to be released.



On This Day - May 23rd 1934 – American outlaws Bonnie and Clyde gunned down by police near Black Lake, Louisiana.



On This Day - May 23rd 1949 – The Federal Republic of Germany is established .

On This Day - May 23rd 1998 – A referendum in Northern Ireland returns a 75% "yes" vote in accepting the Good Friday Agreement.



Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1052 – King Philip I of France (d. 1108)

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1795 – Charles Barry, chief architect of the British Houses of Parliament (d. 1860)



Born On This Day - May 23rd 1910 – Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and painter (d. 1999)

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1910 – Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 2004)

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1918 – Denis Compton, English cricketer (d. 1997)

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1928 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1933 – Today is the birthday of Joan Collins, English actress.

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1944 – Today is the birthday of John Newcombe, Australian tennis player.

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1951 – Today is the birthday of Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player.

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1952 – "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, American boxer.

Born On This Day - May 23rd 1967 – Today is the birthday of Radiohead drummer, Phil Selway.

On This Day - May 22nd

On This Day - May 22nd 334 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.

On This Day - May 22nd 1826 – HMS Beagle sets sail from Plymouth on its first voyage, carrying Charles Darwin.



On This Day - May 22nd 1840 – The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.

On This Day - May 22nd 1897 – In London the Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was officially opened by the Prince of Wales.

On This Day - May 22nd 1936 – Irish national airline, Aer Lingus, is founded.

On This Day - May 22nd 1960 – The most powerful earthquake ever recorded hits Chile.

On This Day - May 22nd 1980 – Video game Pacman is released in Japan.

On This Day - May 22nd 1990 – Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.

On This Day - May 22nd 1992 – Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.





Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 22nd 1381 – Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian Saint (d. 1457)

Born On This Day - May 22nd 1813 – Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)

Born On This Day - May 22nd 1859 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British author (d. 1930)



Born On This Day - May 22nd 1907 – Hergé, Belgian comic-book creator (d. 1983)

Born On This Day - May 22nd 1924 – Today is the birthday of Charles Aznavour, Armenian-French singer, actor, and composer.


Born On This Day - May 22nd 1940 – Today is the birthday of Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor.

Born On This Day - May 22nd 1946 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005)

Born On This Day - May 22nd 1950 – Today is the birthday of Bernie Taupin, English songwriter.


Born On This Day - May 22nd 1959 – Today is the birthday of Steven Morrissey, English singer.

Born On This Day - May 22nd 1987 – Today is the birthday of Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player.

On This Day - May 21st

On This Day - May 21st 996 – Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

On This Day - May 21st 1502 – Portuguese explorer João da Nova discovers the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic.

On This Day - May 21st 1851 – Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.

On This Day - May 21st 1871 – French troops invade the Paris Commune.



On This Day - May 21st 1881 – The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton, in Washington, D.C.

On This Day - May 21st 1894 – The Manchester Ship Canal is officially opened by Queen Victoria.

On This Day - May 21st 1904 – FIFA is founded in Paris.




Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 21st 1527 – King Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)

Born On This Day - May 21st 1688 – Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)

Born On This Day - May 21st 1780 – Elizabeth Fry, English social reformer (d. 1845)

Born On This Day - May 21st 1844 – Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)

Born On This Day - May 21st 1904 – Fats Waller, American pianist (d. 1943)


Born On This Day - May 21st 1916 – Harold Robbins, American novelist (d. 1997)

Born On This Day - May 21st 1930 – Today is the birthday of Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician.

Born On This Day - May 21st 1941 – Today is the birthday of Ronald Isley, American singer.


Born On This Day - May 21st 1944 – Today is the birthday of Mary Robinson, seventh and first female, President of Ireland.



Born On This Day - May 21st 1948 – Today is the birthday of Leo Sayer, English musician.


Born On This Day - May 21st 1973 – Today is the birthday of Noel Fielding, English comedian.

On This Day - May 20th

On This Day - May 20th 1840 – York Minster is badly damaged by fire.



On This Day - May 20th 1873 – U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets is granted to Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.

On This Day - May 20th 1883 – Krakatoa begins to erupt.



On This Day - May 20th 1927 – Charles Lindbergh takes begins the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic.

On This Day - May 20th 1940 – The first concentration camp prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.

On This Day - May 20th 1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science.



Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 20th 1799 – Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)


Born On This Day - May 20th 1818 – William Fargo, co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. 1881)

Born On This Day - May 20th 1908 – James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)



Born On This Day - May 20th 1913 – William Hewlett, American engineer and co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company (d. 2001)

Born On This Day - May 20th 1915 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (d. 1981)

Born On This Day - May 20th 1944 – Today is the birthday of Joe Cocker, English singer.


Born On This Day - May 20th 1946 – Today is the birthday of Cher, American singer.


Born On This Day - May 20th 1959 – Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiʻian singer (d. 1997)


Born On This Day - May 20th 1972 – Today is the birthday of Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper

On This Day - May 19th

On This Day - May 19th 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded.



On This Day - May 19th 1780 – A combination of smoke from forest fires, a thick fog, and heavy cloud cover causes complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and New England at 10.30 am.

On This Day - May 19th 1897 – Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.

On This Day - May 19th 1921 – The Emergency Quota Act is passed by the U.S. Congress establishing national quotas on immigration.

On This Day - May 19th 1962 – Marilyn Monroe sings Happy Birthday to President John Kennedy at Madison Square Garden, New York City.



Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 19th 1861 – Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931)

Born On This Day - May 19th 1881 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)

Born On This Day - May 19th 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman (d. 1969)

Born On This Day - May 19th 1925 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)

Born On This Day - May 19th 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)

Born On This Day - May 19th 1941 – Today is the birthday of Nora Ephron, American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and journalist.

Born On This Day - May 19th 1945 – Today is the birthday of Pete Townshend, English musician.



Born On This Day - May 19th 1947 – Today is the birthday of Paul Brady, Irish singer/songwriter.



Born On This Day - May 19th 1948 – Today is the birthday of Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress.

Born On This Day - May 19th 1988 – Today is the birthday of Lily Cole, English model and actress

On This Day - May 18th

On This Day - May 18th 1152 – Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.

On This Day - May 18th 1631 – John Winthrop becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.

On This Day - May 18th 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.

On This Day - May 18th 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French.

On This Day - May 18th 1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party Presidential nomination.



On This Day - May 18th 1897 – Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.

On This Day - May 18th 1969 – Apollo 10 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center,
Florida.

On This Day - May 18th 1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States.



On This Day - May 18th 1998 – The United States Department of Justice files an antitrust case against Microsoft.


Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 18th 1048 – Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)

Born On This Day - May 18th 1868 – Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. 1918)

Born On This Day - May 18th 1883 – Walter Gropius, German architect (d. 1969)

Born On This Day - May 18th 1897 – Frank Capra, American film producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)

Born On This Day - May 18th 1909 – Fred Perry, English tennis player (d. 1995)



Born On This Day - May 18th 1912 – Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)


Born On This Day - May 18th 1919 – Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. 1991)

Born On This Day - May 18th 1920 – Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)



Born On This Day - May 18th 1942 – Today is the birthday of Nobby Stiles, English footballer.

Born On This Day - May 18th 1949 – Today is the birthday of Rick Wakeman, English composer and musician.

Born On This Day - May 18th 1952 – Today is the birthday of George Strait, American musician.

On This Day - May 17th

On This Day - May 17th 1792 – New York Stock Exchange is formed.



On This Day - May 17th 1849 – Significant part of St. Louis, Missouri destroyed by fire.

On This Day - May 17th 1875 – The first Kentucky Derby is won by Aristides.

On This Day - May 17th 1900 – The Siege of Mafeking is lifted.

On This Day - May 17th 1915 – The last Liberal Party government falls in Britain.

On This Day - May 17th 1974 – Thirty-three people are killed by terrorist bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland.

On This Day - May 17th 1995 – Jacques Chirac takes office as President of France.



On This Day - May 17th 2004 – Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.



Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 17th 1749 – Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (d. 1823)

Born On This Day - May 17th 1911 – Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d. 1998)



Born On This Day - May 17th 1935 – Dennis Potter, English writer (d. 1994)

Born On This Day - May 17th 1936 – Today is the birthday of Dennis Hopper, American actor and director.

Born On This Day - May 17th 1945 – Today is the birthday of Tony Roche, Australian tennis player.

Born On This Day - May 17th 1956 – Today is the birthday of Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer.



Born On This Day - May 17th 1961 – Today is the birthday of Enya, Irish singer and songwriter.

Born On This Day - May 17th 1972 – Today is the birthday of Busta Rhymes, American Rapper.

Born On This Day - May 17th 1974 – Today is the birthday of Andrea Corr, Irish singer.

On This Day - May 16th

On This Day - May 16th 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.

On This Day - May 16th 1770 – Fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette, the youngest daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste later to become Louis XVI of France.

On This Day - May 16th 1868 – President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.

On This Day - May 16th 1920 – Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.

On This Day - May 16th 1929 – The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood.

On This Day - May 16th 1948 – Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel.

On This Day - May 16th 1966 – The Chinese Cultural Revolution is launched by Mao Zedong.


On This Day - May 16th 1969 – Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.


On This Day - May 16th 1975 – Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.


Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 16th 1611 – Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)

Born On This Day - May 16th 1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)


Born On This Day - May 16th 1912 – Studs Terkel, American writer (d. 2008)

Born On This Day - May 16th 1919 – Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987)

Born On This Day - May 16th 1946 – Today is the birthday of Robert Fripp, English guitarist (King Crimson)

Born On This Day - May 16th 1951 – Today is the birthday of Jonathan Richman, American singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Born On This Day - May 16th 1953 – Today is the birthday of Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor.


Born On This Day - May 16th 1955 – Today is the birthday of Hazel O'Connor, English singer.

Born On This Day - May 16th 1955 – Today is the birthday of Debra Winger, American actress.

Born On This Day - May 16th 1966 – Today is the birthday of Janet Jackson, American singer.

Born On This Day - May 16th 1970 – Today is the birthday of Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player.

Born On This Day - May 16th 1973 – Today is the birthday of Tori Spelling, American actress.

Born On This Day - May 16th 1986 – Today is the birthday of Megan Fox, American actress.

On This Day - May 15th

On This Day - May 15th 1701 – The War of the Spanish Succession begins.

On This Day - May 15th 1756 – England declares war on France.

On This Day - May 15th 1793 – In Spain Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters" during one of the first attempted flights.

On This Day - May 15th 1858 – The Royal Opera House opens in Covent Garden, London.



On This Day - May 15th 1869 – National Woman's Suffrage Association is formed in New York.

On This Day - May 15th 1928 – Mickey Mouse debuted in the cartoon short Plane Crazy.


On This Day - May 15th 1932 – The Prime Minister of Japan, Inukai Tsuyoshi, is killed in an attempted Coup d'état.

On This Day - May 15th 1935 – The Moscow Metro is opened to public.

On This Day - May 15th 1940 – The first McDonald's restaurant opens in San Bernardino, California.

On This Day - May 15th 1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.

On This Day - May 15th 1972 – Alabama Governor George Wallace shot while campaigning to be become President.

On This Day - May 15th 1990 – Portrait of Doctor Gachet, painted in 1890 by Vincent van Gogh, fetches a record $82.5 million at auction in Christie's New York.


On This Day - May 15th 1991 – Edith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister.



Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 15th 1773 – Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (d. 1859)

Born On This Day - May 15th 1890 – Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)

Born On This Day - May 15th 1892 – Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (d. 1969)

Born On This Day - May 15th 1902 – Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)

Born On This Day - May 15th 1909 – James Mason, English actor (d. 1984)

Born On This Day - May 15th 1914 – Tenzing Norgay, who with Edmund Hillary was first to conquer Mount Everest (d. 1986)

Born On This Day - May 15th 1926 – Anthony Shaffer, English playwright (d. 2001)

Born On This Day - May 15th 1930 – Today is the birthday of Jasper Johns, American painter.

Born On This Day - May 15th 1937 – Today is the birthday of Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State.

Born On This Day - May 15th 1948 – Today is the birthday of Brian Eno, English musician and record producer and former member of Roxy Music.




Born On This Day - May 15th 1953 – Today is the birthday of Mike Oldfield, English musician and composer.




Born On This Day - May 15th 1987 – Today is the birthday Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player.

On This Day - May 14th

On This Day - May 14th 1483 – Coronation of Charles VIII of France

On This Day - May 14th 1607 – Jamestown, first permanent English settlement in the New World, is founded.

On This Day - May 14th 1610 – Louis XIII ascends to the French throne following the assassination of Henri IV.

On This Day - May 14th 1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.

On This Day - May 14th 1863 – In the American Civil the Battle of Jackson is fought.

On This Day - May 14th 1931 – Five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.

On This Day - May 14th 1940 – The Netherlands surrenders to Germany.

On This Day - May 14th 1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

On This Day - May 14th 1955 – Warsaw Pact signed by eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union.

On This Day - May 14th 1961 – Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama.



On This Day - May 14th 1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.



Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 14th 1265 – Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (d. 1321)

Born On This Day - May 14th 1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)

Born On This Day - May 14th 1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)

Born On This Day - May 14th 1885 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (d. 1973)

Born On This Day - May 14th 1899 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)

Born On This Day - May 14th 1934 – Today is the birthday of Siân Phillips, Welsh actress.

Born On This Day - May 14th 1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)



Born On This Day - May 14th 1943 – Today is the birthday of Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist (Cream)

Born On This Day - May 14th 1944 – Today is the birthday of George Lucas, American film director.

Born On This Day - May 14th 1952 – Today is the birthday of David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician (Talking Heads)


Born On This Day - May 14th 1961 – Today is the birthday of Tim Roth, English actor.

Born On This Day - May 14th 1962 – Today is the birthday of Ian Astbury, English singer (The Cult)

Born On This Day - May 14th 1969 – Today is the birthday of Cate Blanchett, Australian actress.

On This Day - May 13th

On This Day - May 13th 1648 – Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed.

On This Day - May 13th 1846 – The United States declares war on Mexico.

On This Day - May 13th 1912 – The Royal Flying Corps, later to become the RAF, is established in the United Kingdom.

On This Day - May 13th 1917 – First apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal.

On This Day - May 13th 1939 – The In the United States the first commercial FM radio station, later to become WDRC-FM, is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

On This Day - May 13th 1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome.

On This Day - May 13th 1994 – Johnny Carson makes last television appearance on Late Night with David Letterman.


Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 13th 1024 – Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)

Born On This Day - May 13th 1655 – Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)

Born On This Day - May 13th 1792 – Blessed Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)

Born On This Day - May 13th 1931 – Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)

Born On This Day 1939 – Today is the birthday of Harvey Keitel, American actor.

Born On This Day - May 13th 1941 – Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. 1959)

Born On This Day - May 13th 1943 – Mary Wells, American singer (d. 1992)
Born On This Day - May 13th 1950 – Today is the birthday of Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician.

Born On This Day - May 13th 1954 – Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter and dual Eurovision Song Contest winner.

Born On This Day - May 13th 1986 – Robert Pattinson, English actor, musician and model.

On This Day - May 12th

On This Day - May 12th 1191 – Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.

On This Day - May 12th 1797 – Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.

On This Day - May 12th 1926 – In the United Kingdom the nine-day General Strike comes to an end.

On This Day - May 12th 1937 – The coronation of King George VI takes place at Westminster Abbey.

On This Day - May 12th 1949 – The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.

On This Day - May 12th 1965 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.

On This Day - May 12th 1981 – Francis Hughes becomes the second hunger striker to die during the during a hunger strike protest by republican prisoners in Northern Ireland.



Today's Birthdays

Born On This Day - May 12th 1496 – Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)

Born On This Day - May 12th 1812 – Edward Lear, British author and poet (d. 1888)

Born On This Day - May 12th 1820 – Florence Nightingale, British nurse (d. 1910)

Born On This Day - May 12th 1850 – Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)

Born On This Day - May 12th 1889 – Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)

Born On This Day - May 12th 1903 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, British actor (d. 1991)

Born On This Day - May 12th 1907 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)

Born On This Day - May 12th 1925 – Today is the birthday of Yogi Berra, American baseball player

Born On This Day - May 12th 1928 – Today is the birthday of Burt Bacharach, American composer.

Born On This Day - May 12th 1942 – Today is the birthday of Billy Swan, American songwriter and singer.

Born On This Day - May 12th 1948 – Today is the birthday of Steve Winwood, British musician (The Spencer Davis Group; Traffic)



Born On This Day - May 12th 1962 – Today is the birthday of Emilio Estevez, American actor.

Born On This Day - May 12th 1970 – Today is the birthday of Jim Furyk, American golfer.

Born On This Day - May 12th 1975 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer.