Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for June 1: Singer Pat Boone is 90. Actor Morgan Freeman is 87. Opera singer Frederica von Stade is 79. '60s pop singer Linda Scott is 79. Actor Brian Cox ("Deadwood") is 78. Guitarist Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones is 77.

Today in History for June 1: In 1533, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned as Queen Consort of England. In 1812, U.S.

Today in Music History for June 1: In 1915, country singer Johnny Bond was born in Enville, Okla.

Celebrity Birthdays for May 31: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 94. Singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary is 86. Singer-keyboardist Augie Meyers of the Texas Tornadoes and the Sir Douglas Quintet is 84.

Today in History for May 31: In 1578, Italian archeologist Antonio Bosio became the first man in modern times to rediscover the Christian catacombs in Rome. Researchers who followed him dubbed Bosio "the Columbus of the Catacombs.

Today in Music History for May 31: In 1809, composer Franz Josef Haydn died in Vienna, Austria, at age 77. In 1913, Edward Fisher, founder of the Toronto Conservatory of Music, died at age 65.

Celebrity Birthdays for May 30: Actress Ruta Lee is 89. Actor Keir Dullea ("2001: A Space Odyssey") is 88. Guitarist Lenny Davidson of The Dave Clark Five is 80. Actor-comedian Don Ferguson (Royal Canadian Air Farce) is 78.

Today in History for May 30: In 339, Eusebius, the father of early church history, died at age 74.

Today in Music History for May 30: In 1903, songwriter Alex Kramer was born in Montreal. With his wife, Joan Whitney, Kramer was among the first songwriters to join BMI when the ban on broadcasting the music of ASCAP composers began in 1941.

Celebrity Birthdays for May 29: Former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent is 86. Actor Anthony Geary ("General Hospital") is 77. Actor Cotter Smith is 75. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 74. Movie composer/musician Danny Elfman is 71.