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People on May 14th: birthdates

Brad Anderson: 1924 (is 86 in 2010, 87 in 2011)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Marmaduke
Francesca Annis: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Actress, English
Natalie Appleton: 1973 (is 37 in 2010, 38 in 2011)
Singer, of All Saints
Ian Astbury: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
Songwriter, British, The Cult lead
Jay Beckenstein: 1951 (is 59 in 2010, 60 in 2011)
Jazz Saxophonist, Songwriter, of Spyro Gyra; Morning Dance
Cate Blanchett: 1969 (is 41 in 2010, 42 in 2011)
Actress, Elizabeth, Pushing Tin, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Bandits, The Shipping News, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Veronica Guerin, The Missing, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Babel, Notes on a Scandal, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mark Blum: 1950 (is 60 in 2010, 61 in 2011)
Actor, Blind Date, Presidio
Jack Bruce: 1943 (is 67 in 2010, 68 in 2011)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Bassist, Songwriter, Classic Rock Singer, Keyboardist, Harmonicaist, Scotish, of Manfred Mann & Cream; RFN:John
David Byrne: 1952 (is 58 in 2010, 59 in 2011)
New Wave Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Scotish, Gay, Lead singer of the Talking Heads; soloist
Al Ciner: 1947 (is 63 in 2010, 64 in 2011)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, of American Breed, Rufus, Three Dog Night, Tina Turner
Tom Cochran: 1953 (is 57 in 2010, 58 in 2011)
Singer, Songwriter, Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Canadian, with Red Rider
Gene Cornish: 1945 (is 65 in 2010, 66 in 2011)
Singer/Guitarist, Bassist, Canadian, of Joey Dee & the Starlighters, The (Young) Rascals
Miranda Cosgrove: 1993 (is 17 in 2010, 18 in 2011)
Actress
Jose Da Silveira: 1965 (is 45 in 2010, 46 in 2011)
Painter, Writer
C. C. DeVille: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
Heavy Metal Guitarst, RN:Cecil; of Poison; some say b. 1953
Byron Dorgan: 1942 (is 68 in 2010, 69 in 2011)
Senator
Meg Foster: 1948 (is 62 in 2010, 63 in 2011)?
Actress, Cagney & Lacey's Det. Chris Cagney (1982), Sharon Gless took over the role in the second season; AP says May 14.; some say b. May 10, 1948 (is 62 in 2010)
Henry Garza: 1978 (is 32 in 2010, 33 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Los Lonely Boys
Sabryn Genet: 1971 (is 39 in 2010, 40 in 2011)
Soap Actress, Young and the Restless' Tricia Dennison
Stella Gervasi: 2006 (is 4 in 2010, 5 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, aka Bluebell Madonna; Geri Halliwell and Sacha's daughter
Charlie Gracie: 1936 (is 74 in 2010, 75 in 2011)?
Pop Singer, Guitarist, likely May 14; some say b. Jan 12, 1936 (is 74 in 2010)
Bluebell Madonna Halliwell: 2006 (is 4 in 2010, 5 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Geri Haliwell's daughter; father is Sacha Gervasi whom Geri refuses to acknowledge (BITCH!)
Season Hubley: 1951 (is 59 in 2010, 60 in 2011)
TV/Soap Actress, Love Of Life; Kung Fu's Margit McLean, Family's Salina Magee, All My Children's Angelique Marick; Kurt Russell's ex-
Danny Huston: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
Actor, Leaving Las Vegas, Birth, The Proposition
Mike Inez: 1966 (is 44 in 2010, 45 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Performer, Singer/Musician, of Ozzy Osbourne, Alice in Chains
Justin Klosky: 1980 (is 30 in 2010, 31 in 2011)
Soap Actor, All My Children's Joey Luppo, Guiding Light's Joey Luppo
George Walton Jr. Lucas: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Movie Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, Roman Catholic, b. in Modesto, Ca.; American Graffiti, Star Wars & Indiana Jones triologies, Willow, Tucker
Apple Blythe Alison Martin: 2004 (is 6 in 2010, 7 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris's daughter
Dawn Merrick: yr unknown
Soap Actress
Fabrice "Fab" Morvan: 1966 (is 44 in 2010, 45 in 2011)
Lip Syncher, French, of Milli Vanilli
Patrice Munsel: 1925 (is 85 in 2010, 86 in 2011)
Opera Soprano, TV Hostess, b. in Spokane, Wash.; RLN:Munsil; Patrice Munsel Show; Metropolitan Opera diva at 17, on films, Bway, & TV
Sinead O'Carroll: yr unknown
Singer, of B*Witched
Walter Olkewicz: 1948 (is 62 in 2010, 63 in 2011)
Actor, Wizards & Wariors, Partners in Crime, Grace Under Fire's Dougie
Shelley Preston: 1960 (is 50 in 2010, 51 in 2011)
Musician, of Bucks Fizz
Mike Retondo: 1981 (is 29 in 2010, 30 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Plain White T's
Tim Roth: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Movie Actor, English, Everyone Says I Love You, The Incredible Hulk
Natasha Ryan: 1970 (is 40 in 2010, 41 in 2011)
Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Hope Williams 1974-80
Raphael Saadiq: 1966 (is 44 in 2010, 45 in 2011)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Tony! Toni! Tone!
Shanice: 1973 (is 37 in 2010, 38 in 2011)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, LN:Wilson
Troy Shondell: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Country Singer, Songwriter
Paul Shortino: 1958 (is 52 in 2010, 53 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Quiet Riot
Nancy Sorel: 1964 (is 46 in 2010, 47 in 2011)
TV/Soap Actress, Generations' Monique, Down the Shore
Sasha Spielberg: 1990 (is 20 in 2010, 21 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Kate Capshaw & Steven's daughter
Amber Tamblyn: 1983 (is 27 in 2010, 28 in 2011)
TV/Soap Actress, General Hospital's Emily Bowen Quartermaine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joan of Arcadia's Joan Girardi; Russ's daughter; The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (and 2)
Raphael Wiggins: 1971 (is 39 in 2010, 40 in 2011)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Bassist, of Tony Toni Tone
Danny Wood: 1969 (is 41 in 2010, 42 in 2011)
Pop Singer, RFN:Daniel J.; of The New Kids on the Block then NKOTB; some say 1970
Robert Zemeckis: 1952 (is 58 in 2010, 59 in 2011)
Screen/Scriptwriter, Movie Director, Forrest Gump; some say b. 1951

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People on May 14th: birth anniversaries

Dante Alighieri: 1265?=d.Sep 14, 1321 (was 56)
Poet, Author, Politician, Italian, or Durante; some say b. May 9, 1265, b. May 27, 1265, b. May 29, 1265, or b. May 30, 1265
Sidney Bechet: 1897=d.May 14, 1959 (was 62)
Jazz Performer, Soprano-sax, Clarinetist, Jazz Singer, Bandleader, Composer, early innovator
Ruth Berle: 1921=d.Apr 18, 1989 (was 67)
Celebrity Relative, Milton's wife
Bobby Darin: 1936=d.Dec 20, 1973 (was 37)
HALL OF FAMER, Pop Singer, Pianist, Guitarist, Drummer, Songwriter, Movie Actor, Music Publisher, Music Executive, b. in New York, NY; own TV show; RN:Walden Robert Cassotto; Mack the Knife; Sandra Dee's ex-
Harry Joseph "Chick" Daugherty: 1915=d.Mar 29, 1966 (was 50)
Novelty Musician, Trombonist, of Spike Jones and the City Slickers 1944-46
Richard Deacon: 1922=d.Aug 8, 1984 (was 62)
TV/Movie Actor, Leave it to Beaver's Mr. Fred Rutherford, Date With the Angels, Dick Van Dyke Show's Melvin Cooley, Mothers-in-Law's Roger Buell, B.J. & the Bear, Pruitts of Southhampton
Tamara Dobson: 1947=d.Oct 2, 2006 (was 59)
Actress, Fashionable Kung Fu Queen of 1970s Blaxploitation Film was Hollywood's first black heroine
Claude Dornier: 1884=d.Dec 5, 1969 (was 85)
Manufacturer, Designer, German, aircraft builder
Billie Dove: 1900=d.Dec 31, 1997 (was 97)
Movie Actor, RN:Lillian Bohny
Julian Eltinge: 1883=d.Mar 7, 1941 (was 57)
Actor, Female Impersonator, Vaudevillan
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit: 1686 O.S.=d.Sep 16, 1736 (was 50)
Physicist, Inventor, German, The Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer; other style says b. May 24, 1686 N.S.
James Flavin: 1906=d.Apr 23, 1976 (was 69)
Actor, Man with a Camera, The Roaring 20s's Robert
Bertie Charles Forbes: 1880=d.1954
Publisher, Journalist, Scotish, Forbes Magazine founder
Freaky Tah: 1971=d.Mar 28, 1999 (was 27)
Rap Performer
Thomas Gainsborough: 1727=d.Aug 2, 1788 (was 61)
Painter, English, The Blue Boy, one of the best known English portrait and landscape artists
Lou Harrison: 1917=d.Feb 2, 2003 (was 85)
Composer
Heloise I: 1919?=d.????
Journalist, Author, MLN:Bowles Reese; Hints from Heloisepresumed deceased ; some say b. May 4, 1919
Otto Klemperer: 1885=d.Jul 6, 1973 (was 88)
Conductor/Composer, German, Symphonies; Werner's dad
Laszlo Kovacs: 1933=d.Jul 22, 2007 (was 74)
Cinematographer, Hungarian
Derek "Lek" Leckenby: 1946=d.Jun 4, 1994 (was 48)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, British, lead of Herman's Hermits; some say 1943 or 45 or died June 6
Lew Lehr: 1895=d.Mar 6, 1950 (was 54)
Comedian
Eric Morecambe: 1926=d.May 28, 1984 (was 58)
Comedian, English, b. in London; Half of the Morecambe & (Ernie) Wise British comedy team; d. May 29?
Herbert Morrison: 1905=d.Jan 10, 1989 (was 83)
Correspondent, Live radio broadcaster of the 1937 German Hindenberg airship crash
Fred Sherman: 1905=d.May 20, 1969 (was 64)
Actor, Cimarron City's Burt
"Zutty" Singleton: 1898=d.Jul 14, 1975 (was 77)
Drummer, Jazz Musician, dixieland style
Edward A. "Big Ed" Walsh: 1881=d.May 26, 1959 (was 78)
HALL OF FAMER, MLB Pitcher, whose lifetime ERA of 1.82 is the lowest ever.

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People on May 14th: death anniversaries

Louise Catherine Johnson Adams: 1852 (was 77)/b.Feb 12, 1775
First Lady, John Quincy's wife
Miguel Aleman: 1983 (was 80)/b.Sep 29, 1902
Head of State, Mexican, Mexico Prez 1946-52
Ernst Frederik Alexanderson: 1975 (was 97)/b.Jan 25, 1878
Engineer, Inventor, Swedish, 320 U.S. patents incl radio, Color TV, etc.
Lyle Martin Alzado: 1992 (was 43)/b.Apr 3, 1949
TV/Movie Actor, NFL Defensive, NFL Tackle, L.A. Raiders
Hugh Beaumont: 1982 (was 73)/b.Feb 16, 1909
TV/Movie Actor, Leave it to Beaver's dad-Ward Cleaver
Sidney Bechet: 1959 (was 62)/b.May 14, 1897
Jazz Performer, Soprano-sax, Clarinetist, Jazz Singer, Bandleader, Composer, early innovator
Harry Jr. Blackstone: 1997 (was 62)/b.Jun 30, 1934
Comedian, Magician/Illusionist, Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion
"Billie" Burke: 1970 (was 84)/b.Aug 7, 1885
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, b. in Washington, D.C.; RN:Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke; The Wizard of Oz's Glinda the Good Witch; Florenz Ziegfeld's wife
Dave DeBusschere: 2003 (was 62)/b.Oct 16, 1940
HALL OF FAMER, NBA Forward, Executive, NBA Coach, 3-time All-America at Detroit; youngest coach in NBA history (24 in 1964); player-coach of Detroit Pistons (1964-67); played in 8 All-Star games; won 2 NBA titles as player with NY Knicks; ABA commissioner (1975-76); also pitched 2 seasons for Chicago White Sox (1962-63) with 3-4 record; 5-14 is date of announcement of death
Hugh Griffith: 1980 (was 67)/b.May 30, 1912
Movie Actor, Wales, Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!
Heinz Guderian: 1953 (was 64)/b.Jun 17, 1888
General, tank expert who became one of the principal architects of armoured warfare and the blitzkrieg between World Wars I and II, and who contributed decisively to Germany's victories in Poland, France, and the Soviet Union early in World War II.
Sir Henry Rider Haggard: 1925 (was 68)/b.Jun 22, 1856
Novelist, Attorney/Lawyer, British, King Solomon's Mine
Rita Hayworth: 1987 (was 68)/b.Oct 17, 1918
Movie/Stage Actress, Dancer, b. in New York City; RN:Margarita Carmen Cansino; wed 5x's; Gilda, I'll Cry Tomorrow
William Randolph Jr. Hearst: 1993 (was 85)/b.Jan 27, 1908
Publisher, Editor, Newspapers
Dame Wendy Hiller: 2003 (was 90)/b.Aug 15, 1912
Movie/Stage Actress, English, Separate Tables [1958]; A Man for All Seasons, Making Love, Murder on the Orient Express, Pygmalion, The Elephant Man, Toys in the Attic, David Copperfield
Jiang Qing: 1991 (was 77)/b.1913
Head of State, China leader; Mao Tse-Tung's widow; Gang of Four leader
King Henry IV Of France: 1610 (was 56)/b.Dec 13, 1553
King, ruled Navarre as Henry III 1572-89 and first Bourbon king of France 1589-1610
King Louis XIII Of France: 1643 (was 41)/b.Sep 27, 1601
King, French, ruled 1610-43
Stanley Kunitz: 2006 (was 100)/b.Jul 29, 1905
Editor, Author, Poet
Martin Lamble: 1969?/b.Aug, 1949
Drummer, British, of Fairport Convention; some say d. May 12, 1969
William Powell Lear: 1978 (was 75)/b.Jun 26, 1902
Engineer, Manufacturer, chairman of Lear Jet Corp.; also developed the 8-track stereo tape player for autos.
Anna Lee: 2004 (was 91)/b.Jan 2, 1913
TV/Movie Actress, Soap Actress, Panelist, English, RN:Joan Boniface Winnifrith; It's News to Me, General Hospital's Lila Quartermaine, Scruples; not 1914
Jimmy Martin: 2005 (was 77)/b.Aug 10, 1927
Bluegrass Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Bandleader
Fanny Mendelssohn: 1847 (was 41)/b.Nov 14, 1805
Pianist, Composer, German
R. Bruce Merrifield: 2006 (was 84)/b.Jul 5, 1921?
Biochemist, Educator, biochemist; some say b. Jul 15, 1921
Frances Perkins: 1965 (was 85)/b.Apr 10, 1880
Presidential Aide, b. in Boston; the first woman to serve on a president's cabinet (FDR's sec of labor); some say b.1882
Keith Relf: 1976 (was 33)/b.Mar 22, 1943
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Singer, Harmonicaist, Songwriter, English, lead of The Yardbirds, Renaissance; some say b. 1944; he died by electrocution while he was tuning his guitar
Joe Sanders: 1965 (was 68)/b.Oct 15, 1896
Pianist, Bandleader, Singer, Songwriter, in team with Carleton Coon
Carl Schurz: 1906 (was 77)/b.Mar 2, 1829
Journalist, General, political reformer/Civil War general
Franklyn Seales: 1990 (was 37)/b.Jul 15, 1952
Actor, Silver Spoons' Dexter Stuffins, Amen's Lorenzo Hollingsworth
Frank Sinatra: 1998 (was 82)/b.Dec 12, 1915
HALL OF FAMER, Crooner, Movie Actor, Variety Show Host, Movie Director, Executive, Roman Catholic, b. Hoboken, N.J.; Ol' Blue Eyes, The Chairman of the Board; RFN:Francis Albert; Ava Gardner's ex-; Frank Sinatra Show; he did it HIS way, his "Love and Marriage" song became the theme for the TV series "Married...With Children"
Elmer Snowden: 1973 (was 72)/b.Oct 9, 1900
Jazz Performer, Banjoist, Guitarist, Saxophonist, Bandleader, of Duke Ellington orchestra
Robert Stack: 2003 (was 84)/b.Jan 13, 1919
TV/Movie Actor, TV/Radio Actor, b. in Los Angeles; RLN:Modini; The Untouchables' Eliot Ness, The Name of the Game's Dan Farrell, Most Wanted, Strike Force, Airplane, Unsolved Mysteries host
Joseph Sturge: 1859 (was 65)/b.Aug 2, 1793
Philanthropist, Quaker pacifist, and political reformer who was most important as a leader of the antislavery movement.
William B. Woods: 1887 (was 62)/b.Aug 3, 1824
Supreme Court Justice, associate justice 1880-87

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General events on May 14th

In 1829, Charles Charlesworth died of old age at age seven. He appeared to be a happy and healthy child at birth, but by age 4 he began growing whiskers and body hair and within the next three years his veins stood out like those of a man at age 70 and he reached sexual maturity. His hair turned white, his skin wrinkled like a prune's and his posture became stooped.

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Government and Politics on May 14th

In 1607, captains John Smith and Christopher Newport established the first permanent English settlement in the future United States in Jamestown, Va. They landed the day before.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on May 14th

In 1264, English barons under Simon de Montfort heavily defeated forces under Henry III at the battle of Lewes.

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Royalty and Religious events on May 14th

In 1004, Coronation of Henry II as Holy Roman Emperor

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Human Achievement and Science events on May 14th

In 1501, Amerigo Vespucci sailed on his third voyage. This trip would take him along the coast of what today is Brazil. Vespucci was impressed by the Amazon...a river so powerful that the Atlantic Ocean is not salty within 100 miles of the river's mouth.

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Arts and Prose events on May 14th

In 2006, Former U.S. poet laureate Stanley Kunitz died in New York at age 100.

Weird and Other events on May 14th

In 1970, 40 years ago, 05 x 14 = 70

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My events on May 14th

In 1968, 42 years ago, I'm not sure if this is the day this happened, so I'll just select a day at random for this note: on The Suzy Saturn Show, my name was mentioned for the first time on any form of mass media on a San Diego TV station, KCST-39 (now KNSD). I selected this day because 30 years to this day, I was on TV, but my name wasn't mentioned.

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Today's 'Confused-Us' Saying...
"when all is said and done more will be said then done."

Random Thought...
"Delay is the deadliest form of denial"

Another Random Thought...
"James Brown: "I've fallen and I can't get down!""

And Another Random Thought...
"He who shouts the loudest has the floor"

Still Another Random Thought...
"When all is said and done more will be said than done"

Yet Another Random Thought...
"Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy"

Murphy's Law of the Day...
"If your attack is going well, then it's an ambush. - Murphy's military laws"

Computer Tagline...
"I woke up in a Soho doorway...a policeman knew my name..!"

Today's Steven Wright Joke...
"On my walls I have pictures of the rooms on the second floor, so I never have to go upstairs"

Today's 'You Might Be A Redneck If' (tm) Joke...
"your deer stand has an address."

Today's Sniglet(tm)...
"Picklettulance (pik ul ET yu lans) - n. The ability to remember the entire family's order at a fast-food restaurant."

Today's Book Hype...
"Maritime Rules: Paula See"

Today's Actual Headline...
"PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS"

Today's Signs You Are a Computer Addict...
"When someone hands you a report to review and edit and you say, "Ewww...hardcopy!" Quoted from the movie "Hackers" "

Today's Computer Glossary...
"Word wrap: black music "

Today's Daffynition...
"Soviet spy-dancer: A ballet ruse."

Today's Einstein Quote...
"Understanding of our fellow human beings...becomes fruitful only when it is sustained by sympathetic feelings in joy and sorrow"

Today's Hannibal Lecter Joke...
"What does Hannibal Lecter call Ted Williams? A frozen dinner."

Today's They Do It...
"Divers train to do it"

Today's Old Never Die...
"OLD DIVERS never die, they just lose their spring"

Today's Mark Twain Quote...
"In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination"

Today's Oxymoron...
"Reagan memoirs"

Today's Confused Us Quote...
"ever wish you had a copy of tomorrow's newspaper?."

Today's Star Trek(tm) Tag...
""What's up, Doc?" - Ensign Bugs to Crusher"

Today's Star Trek (tm) Quote...
Sometimes a man will tell his bartender things he'll never tell his doctor. -- Dr. Phillip Boyce, "The Menagerie" ("The Cage"), stardate unknown.

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Teenage mating rituals? -- Star Trek. Wesley, "The Big Goodbye"

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