#: (C) Copyright 1990-1991 The Software Construction Co., All Rights Reserved. #: 5/1/1909 :Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith, singer. 5/2/1892 :Manfred von Richthofen, WWI flying ace. 5/3/1947 :Doug Henning, magician. 5/4/1929 :Audrey Hepburn, actress. 5/5/1900 :Spencer Tracy. 5/6/1895 :Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina :D'Antonguolla (a.k.a. Rudolph Valentino), actor. 5/7/1934 :Willard Herman Scott, weatherman. 5/8/1884 :Harry S. Truman, 33rd president. 5/9/1949 :Billy Joel, singer-songwriter. 5/10/1899:Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz), actor-dancer. 5/11/1912:Foster Brooks, actor & singer. 5/12/1820:Florence Nightingale, nurse & hospital reformer. 5/13/1914:Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion. 5/14/1686:Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, Prussian physicist (introduced the :mercury thermometer). 5/15/1856:Lyman Frank Baum, writer ("Wizard of Oz"). 5/16/1919:Liberace, entertainer. 5/17/1900:Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader. 5/18/1946:Reggie Jackson, baseball player. 5/19/1925:Malcolm X (Malcolm Little), Black Muslim leader. 5/20/1908:James (Jimmy) Stewart, actor. 5/21/-427:Plato (Aristocles). 5/22/1859:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. 5/23/1934:Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog Synthesizer. 5/24/1883:Elsa Maxwell, introducer of the "scavenger hunt." 5/25/1889:Igor Sikorsky, aeronautical engineer. 5/26/1907:John Wayne (born Marion Michael Morrison), actor. 5/27/1907:Rachel (Louise) Carson, US author ("Silent Spring"). 5/28/1908:Ian Fleming, novelist (creator of James Bond). 5/29/1903:Bob Hope (Leslie Townes), comedian. 5/30/1908:Melvin Jerome Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny, et al. 5/31/1930:Clint Eastwood, actor.