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Today's Anniversary – Saturday, May 16


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Births

* 1986 Megan Fox American actress and model.
* 1979 Brian Viglione Drummer for The Dresden Dolls and New York City's swing-punk orchestra, The World/Inferno Friendship Society.
* 1969 David Boreanaz American actor.
* 1966 Janet Jackson African-American R&B/pop singer, actress and the younger sister of Michael Jackson.
* 1961 Richard Carlson Author and motivational speaker who became famous with his best-selling book Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all Small Stuff (1997).
* 1931 Peter Levi Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford.
* 1929 Adrienne Rich American feminist, poet, teacher, and writer.
* 1928 Billy Martin MLB second baseman from 1950 to 1961, playing most of his career with the New York Yankees.
* 1925 Bobbejaan Schoepen Pseudonym of Modest Schoepen, was a Belgian musician.
* 1925 John Ziman Scientist, and later a philosopher specialising in the philosophy of science.
* 1912 Studs Terkel American author, historian and broadcaster.
* 1909 Margaret Sullavan American stage and film actress.
* 1905 Henry Fonda American film and stage actor best known for his roles in such films as The Grapes of Wrath, 12 Angry Men and On Golden Pond.
* 1898 Jean Fautrier French painter and sculptor.
* 1801 William H. Seward Governor of New York, United States Senator and United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

Deaths

† 2010 Ronnie James Dio Better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an Italian-American metal musician, best known as vocalist of 'Rainbow', 'Black Sabbath', 'Dio', and later 'Heaven and Hell'.
† 2007 Mary Douglas British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism.
† 1988 Charles Keeping British illustrator, children's book author and lithographer.
† 1944 George Ade American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright.
† 1928 Edmund Gosse English poet, author and critic.
† 1906 Edward (bishop of Exeter) Bickersteth Bishop in the Church of England.
† 1844 Asahel Nettleton American theologian and pastor from Connecticut who was highly influential during the Second Great Awakening.
† 1835 Felicia Hemans English poet.
† 1830 Joseph Fourier French mathematician and physicist who is best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series and their application to problems of heat flow.
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