Today's Birthdays – May 13, 2011

1655 Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti] Italy, 244th Roman Catholic Pope (1721-24) 1792 Pius IX “Pio Nono” [Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Ferretti], Pope (1846-78) 1856 Peter Henry Emerson 1st to promote photography as an independent art 1914 Joe Louis world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49) 1926 Beatrice Arthur [Frankel] New York NY, actress (Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls) 1931 Jim Jones reverend, poisoned over 900 in Guyana (Jonestown Massacre) 1939 Harvey Keitel Brooklyn NY, actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs) 1941 Ritchie Valens singer (Donna, La Bamba) 1943 Mary Wells Detroit MI, singer (My Guy) 1946 Danny Klein New York NY, rock bassist (J Geils Band-Centerfold) 1950 Danny Kirwan rocker (Fleetwood Mac) 1950 John “Jocko” Marcellino rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man) 1950 Peter Gabriel London England, rocker (Sledgehammer, Shock the Monkey, Solsbury Hill, Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway) 1950 Stevie Wonder [Steveland Morris] Saginaw MI, singer/songwriter (I Just Called To Say I Love You, Superstition, You are The Sunshine of My Life, My Cherie Amour) 1956 Darius Rucker lead vocalist (Hootie & the Blowfish-Let Her Cry)]]]]> ]]>