Today's Birthdays – May 18, 2011

1897 Frank Capra Palermo Sicily Italy, movie director (It’s a Wonderful Life, Arsenic & Old Lace) 1911 Big Joe Turner Kansas City MO, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll) 1917 James Donald Aberdeen Scotland, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings) 1918 Pope John Paul II [Karol Wojtyla] 264th Roman Catholic pope 1922 Bill Macy Revere MA, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta) 1928 Pernell Roberts Waycross GA, actor (Adam Cartwright-Bonanza, Trapper John MD) 1948 Joe Bonsall Philadelphia PA, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) 1949 Bill Wallace rocker (Guess Who) 1949 Rick Wakeman rock keyboardist (Yes-Fish Out of Water) 1951 Denny Dillon comedian (Saturday Night Live, Dream On) 1952 George Strait Pearsall TX, country singer (All My Ex’s Live in Texas, Beyond the Blue Neon) 1955 Chow Yun-Fat Anna and the King 1957 Michael Cretu rocker (Enigma) 1966 Mike Inez US rock bassist (Alice in Chains-Facelift) 1970 Tina Fey Saturday Night Live]]]]> ]]>