In History – Happy Birthday to Michigan’s-own Stevie Wonder

TODAY IN HISTORY - May 13th:

1918 - 1st US airmail stamps issued (24 cents)
1958 - The trade mark Velcro is registered.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1926 - Beatrice Arthur [Frankel], American actress (Maude, Golden Girls), born in NYC, New York
1939 - Harvey Keitel, actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)

1950 - Stevie Wonder, Saginaw, Michigan, American singer-songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love). Blind since shortly after birth, Stevie Wonder was a child-prodigy, and became one of the most creative & loved musical performers of the late 20th Century.
1961 - Dennis Rodman, Trenton, New Jersey, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
1986 - Robert Pattinson, English actor (Cedric Diggory-Harry Potter, Edward Cullen-Twilight), born in London, England

GOODBYE TO:

1961 - Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60
1972 - Dan Blocker, American actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at 43
2013 - Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, dies from respiratory failure at 85

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