Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for May 15: Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 89. Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 89. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 85. Actress Gunilla Hutton ("Petticoat Junction," ''Hee Haw") is 83.

Celebrity Birthdays for May 17: Actor Peter Gerety is 85. Singer Taj Mahal is 83. Drummer Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson is 76. Singer-guitarist George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson is 72. TV personality Kathleen Sullivan is 72.

Celebrity Birthdays for May 14: Photo-realist artist Richard Estes is 93. Actress Dame Sian Phillips is 92. Movie director-producer George Lucas is 81. Singer-actress Catherine McKinnon is 81.

Celebrity Birthdays for May 13: Actor Buck Taylor ("Gunsmoke," ''Gods and Generals") is 87. Actor Harvey Keitel is 86. (Magic) Dick Salwitz, harmonica player with the J. Geils Band, is 80. Author Charles Baxter is 78.

Today in History for May 22: In 337, Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, died at the age of 47. In 1216, Louis VIII of France invaded England, the last military invasion of the British Isles.

Today in History for May 23: In 1275, King Edward I of England ordered the cessation of the persecution of French Jews. In 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.

Today in History for May 19: In 804, the English medieval scholar Alcuin of York died. As an educator, he made beauty, goodness and truth the hallmarks of Charlemagne's Frankish empire.

Today in History for May 21: In 427 B.C., philosopher Plato was born. In 1471, King Henry VI of England was executed during the "Wars of the Roses." Henry of the House of Lancaster, the only child of Henry V and Catherine of Valois, was born Dec.

Today in Music History for May 18: In 1911, Big Joe Turner, one of the forefathers of rock 'n' roll, was born in Kansas City.

Today in Music History for May 20: In 1927, the Canadian Folk Song and Handicraft Festival opened in Quebec City.