Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Today in History for June 7: In 1329, Scotland's national hero, Robert the Bruce, died of leprosy he had contracted during his campaigns against the English. In 1502, Pope Gregory XIII was born Ugo Buoncompagni in Bologna, Italy.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 8: Actress Millicent Martin is 91. Singer Nancy Sinatra is 85. Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 83. Singer Boz Scaggs is 81. Author Sara Paretsky is 78.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 14: Actress Marla Gibbs is 94. Jazz trombonist and composer Ian McDougall is 87. Soul singer Garland Green is 83. Country-rock musician Spooner Oldham is 82. Singer Rod Argent of The Zombies and Argent is 80. Former U.S.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 13: Actor Malcolm McDowell is 82. CFL Hall of Fame receiver Terry Evanshen is 81. Singer Dennis Locorriere of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show is 76. Actor Stellan Skarsgard ("Mamma Mia") is 74. Actor Jonathan Hogan is 74.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 10: Actress Alexandra Stewart ("Under the Cherry Moon") is 86. Actor Jurgen Prochnow is 84. Singer Shirley Alston Reeves of The Shirelles is 84. Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning is 83.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 11: International Motorsports Hall-of-Famer Jackie Stewart is 86. Funk drummer Bernard (Pretty) Purdie is 86. Singer Joey Dee of Joey Dee and the Starliters is 85. Actress Adrienne Barbeau ("Maude") is 80.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 12: Sports announcer Marv Albert is 84. Singer Roy Harper is 84. Actor Roger Aaron Brown is 76. Drummer Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick is 75. Country singer-guitarist Junior Brown is 73.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 9: Media analyst Marvin Kalb is 95. Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 86. Author Letty Cottin Pogrebin is 87. Guitarist Mick Box of Uriah Heep is 78. Film composer James Newton Howard is 74.

Today in History for June 20: In 1529, Clement VII and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V signed the "Peace of Barcelona," which ended attacks on Rome by the Lutheran armies. In 1599, the "Synod of Diamper" reunited a church in India with Rome.

Today in Music History for June 18: In 1830, Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane, an orphaned Scottish poet, was born. Two of her most notable hymns were "Beneath the Cross of Jesus" and “The Ninety and Nine.