Today's Birthdays – May 1, 2011

1738 King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819) 1852 Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke] frontier adventurer/Indian fighter 1916 Glenn Ford Québec Canada, actor (Cade’s County, Big Heat, Midway) 1916 Jack Parr Canton OH, TV host (Jack Paar Show) 1919 Dan O’Herlihy Ireland, actor (Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop) 1919 Harry Caray Baseball broadcaster 1924 Terry Southern writer 1925 Scott Carpenter Boulder CO, astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7) 1927 Harry [Harold George Jr] Belafonte Calypso singer (Day-O aka The Banana Boat Song) 1929 Sonny James [James Loden] Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love) 1930 Marion “Little Walter” Jacobs Blues singer 1939 Judy Collins Seattle WA, singer (Send in the Clowns, Both Sides Now, Clouds) 1944 Rita Coolidge Nashville TN, singer (Higher & Higher, We’re All Alone) 1946 Nick Fortune [Nicholas Fortuna], rock bassist (Buckinghams Chicago) 1951 Dann Florek, Actor (Law and Order: SVU) 1954 Ray Parker Jr Detroit MI, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters) 1958 John Diehl Cincinnati OH, actor (Detective Zito-Miami Vice) 1966 Johnny Colt Rock bassist (Black Crowes) 1967 Tim McGraw Country singer 1968 D’Arcy Wreztky Musician (Smashing Pumpkins) 1970 Alex Van Pelt NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills) 1972 Julie Benz, Actress (Dexter, Angel)]]]]> ]]>