Today's Birthdays – May 2, 2011

1729 Catherine II (the Great) empress of Russia (1762-96) 1810 Leo XIII 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) 1837 General Henry Martyn Robert parliamentarian (Robert’s Rules of Order) 1844 Elijah McCoy black inventor, held over 50 patents including a lubricator for steam engines (“the Real McCoy”) 1885 Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry] Hollidaysburg PA, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat) 1903 Benjamin Spock New Haven CT, pediatrician/author (Common Sense Book of Baby Care) 1907 Pinky Lee children’s show host (Pinky Lee Show) 1925 Roscoe Lee Browne Woodbury NJ, actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap) 1936 Englebert Humperdinck singer 1945 Bianca Pérez Morena de Macias Jagger Nicaragua, model/Mick’s ex-wife 1945 Goldy McJohn rocker (Steppenwolf) 1945 Randy Cain US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics) 1948 Larry Gatlin Seminole TX, country singer (Gatlin Brothers-Broken Lady) 1949 Joey Phillips percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 1950 Lou Gramm Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-I Want to Know What Love Is) 1952 Christine Baranski Buffalo NY, actress (Maryann-Cybill, Birdcage) 1955 Jay Osmond rocker (Osmond Brothers) 1957 Domonic L Pudwill Gorie Lake Charles LA, USN/astronaut (STS-91) 1959 Brian Tochi Los Angeles CA, actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere, Renegades) 1972 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson 1975 David Beckham soccer star]]]]> ]]>