By Bianca Sierra     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   Joe Don Baker (February 12, 1936 – May 7, 2025) was an American actor, known for playing “tough guy” characters on both sides of the law. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles in the […]

By Cassie Lee     Armed Forces Day President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. On August 31, 1949, Secretary of […]

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By Cassie Lee     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Rebecca Ann Herbst (born May 12, 1977) is an American actress, known for playing Head Nurse Elizabeth Webber on the ABC Daytime drama General Hospital, a role she originated on August 1, 1997, and Suzee, an alien, on the Nickelodeon show, Space Cases. Herbst was born […]

By Cassie Lee   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Boyd Payne Gaines (born May 11, 1953) is an American actor. During his career, he has won four Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards. Gaines is best known for playing Mark Royer on One Day at a Time (1981–1984). He is married to […]

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By Bianca Sierra     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Juan Raoul Davis “Johnny” Rodriguez (December 10, 1951 – May 9, 2025) was an American country music singer. He was a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and sang selected verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and 1980s, Rodriguez […]

By Bianca Sierra   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Denise Alexander (November 11, 1939 – March 5, 2025) was an American actress best known for her role as Lesley Webber on General Hospital, a role she originally played from 1973 to 1984 (contract), 1996 to 2009, and a guest stint in 2013, […]

By Cassie Lee     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Pope Leo XIV[a] (born Robert Francis Prevost;[b] September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected pope in the 2025 conclave on May 8, 2025, following the death of Pope Francis.[2] Born in Chicago, Prevost became a friar in the Order of Saint Augustine as […]

By Cassie Lee   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Donovan Jerome Leitch (born August 16, 1967) is an English-born American actor and singer. He is the son of the singer-songwriter Donovan and the brother of actress Ione Skye. He was a member of the hard rock band Camp Freddy, was a founding member […]

By Bianca Sierra     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Chester Earl Lemon (February 12, 1955 – May 8, 2025) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball, beginning with the Chicago White Sox in 1975, where he played for six years. He was then traded to […]

By Cassie Lee   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as the title character on Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen […]

By Bianca Sierra   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James Lacey Dent (May 9, 1939 – May 2, 2025) was an American professional golfer. Dent, who was nicknamed “Big Boy” because of his size and long drives, played professionally for more than 40 years on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. During […]

By Cassie Lee   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   Robin Victory in Europe Strasser (born May 7, 1945) is an American actress, best known for her role as Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Strasser’s middle name is a tribute to her being born the day Germany […]

By Cassie Lee   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Roma Downey OBE (born 6 May 1960) is an actress, producer, and author from Northern Ireland. She gained recognition for her role as Monica the angel, in the CBS television series Touched by an Angel, which ran for nine seasons. Downey portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in […]

By Cassie Lee     Cinco de Mayo On the fifth of May, we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the commemoration of Mexico’s victory over the French at the Battle of the Puebla in 1862. France’s Napoleon III wanted to establish a French empire in Mexico. On May […]

By Cassie Lee   Jackie Jackson, the founding member of “The Jacksons”, is 74 today. FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   Sigmund Esco “Jackie” Jackson (born May 4, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Jackson 5, for which he was inducted into […]

By Cassie Lee       Kentucky Derby America’s most famous horse race, the Kentucky Derby, has been held continuously since 1875 at Louisville, Kentucky, and has become one of the country’s largest civic celebrations (and betting opportunity). Not bad when you consider that the […]

By Bianca Sierra     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   Jill Sobule (/ˈsoʊbjuːl/ SOH-bee-ull; January 16, 1959 – May 1, 2025) was an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single “I Kissed a Girl“, and “Supermodel” from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, […]

By Bianca Sierra   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ruth Ann Buzzi (/ˈbʌzi/ BUZZY; July 24, 1936 – May 1, 2025) was an American actress and comedienne. She appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In from 1968 […]