Headline Birthdays for June 5

Thomas Chippendale 1718-1799

baptized in Yorkshire, England; died in London in 1799; furniture maker, author of The Gentleman & Cabinet Maker's Director, which illustrated almost every style of mid-18th-century domestic furniture; 1753 opened his showrooms in St. Martin's Lane, London, where he and his son designed and built neoclassical mahogany furniture; their name has become generic for that style.

Adam Smith 1723-1790

baptised at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland; died in Edinburgh July 17, 1790; political economist; studied at Glasgow and Balliol College, Oxford; 1751 appointed professor of logic at Glasgow; 1759 published The Theory of Moral Sentiments, which looked at social institutions and the standards of ethical conduct that hold society together; 1776 moved to London; 1778 appointed commissioner of customs in Edinburgh; best known for An Inquiry into the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776), which examined wealth and the division of labor, the function of markets, and the international implications of free trade and a laissez-faire economy; argued that the price system solves the economic problem efficiently without conscious direction, and the state should refrain from interfering with the economic life of a nation except for limited functions (defense, justice, certain public works). While the French Physiocrats believed that society should be reorganized from the top down, Smith believed that it should be from the bottom up. He saw no moral good in selfishness but did see the dangers of self-interest. Quote:: "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices."
Some other famous Smith quotes:
"Every individual endeavors to employ his capital so that its produce may be of greatest value. He generally neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. He intends only his own security, only his own gain. And he is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of society more effectively than when he really intends to promote it."
"All money is a matter of belief."
"The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it."

Francisco 'Pancho' Villa 1878-1923

born Doroteo Aranga at Hacienda de Río Grande, San Juan del Río, Mexico; assassinated in Parral June 20, 1923; revolutionary, guerrilla leader; at age 15, shot a man trying to rape his sister, and escaped into the Sierra Madre; 1910 in the Mexican Revolution, offered his services to rebel leader Francisco Madero against dictators Diaz and Huerta, escaped to the US and got backing from General Pershing; 1914 gained control of northern Mexico in the civil war against Carranza; 1915 lost the Battle of Celaya, and US support; March 9th 1916 crossed the US border with about 600 men and raided Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17 Americans; Pershing led 150,000 troops in a Punitive Expedition against him, but Carranza demanded the retreat of US troops from Mexican soil; 1920 after the overthrow of Carranza, Villa lay down his arms in exchange for land and amnesty, and retired to a ranch in Chihuahua.

John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946

born at Cambridge, England; died at Firle, Sussex April 21, 1946; economist, journalist, financier; known for economic theories (today known as Keynesian economics) on the causes of prolonged unemployment; 1936 published The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money; his remedies, if not properly applied, can lead to stagflation.

Federico Garcia Lorca 1898-1936

born at Fuente Vaqueros, Spain; assassinated by Falangists in Granada Aug. 19, 1936; poet, dramatist; best known work is his dramatic trilogy, Bodas de sangre (1933; Blood Wedding), Yerma (1934), and La casa de Bernarda Alba (1936; The House of Bernarda Alba). [picture: with filmmaker Luis Bunuel]

Dennis Gabor 1900-1979

born at Budapest, Hungary; died in London, England Feb. 8, 1979; electrical engineer; 1947 developed the theory of holography while working to improve the resolution of an electron microscope, coining the term hologram from the Greek words holos, meaning "whole," and gramma, meaning "message"; suggested that the wavefront emanating from each point of a scene could be recorded by causing it to interfere with a background wave, converting phase difference into an intensity difference; the wavefront could be reconstructed by illuminating the recorded information with coherent light; to be practical, his theory needed a source of coherent light, which came with the invention of the laser; 1971 won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his invention of holography, a system of lenseless, three-dimensional laser photography.

Richard Scarry 1919-1994

born in Boston, Massachusetts; died in Gstaad, Switzerland April 30, 1994; children's author, illustrator; knwn for his oversized picture books, with characters including Huckle, Lowly Worm, Sergeant Murphy, Mayor Fox and Farmer Goat; books include Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever, Richard Scarry's Please & Thank You Book.

Christy Brown 1932-

born in Dublin, Ireland; author; born with cerebral palsy that left him with little control over any part of his body except his left foot, with which he learned to paint and type; best known for his memoir, My Left Foot (1954, made into a film starrring Daniel Day-Lewis) and a novel, Down All the Days.

Margaret Drabble 1939-

born in Sheffield, England; novelist, known for coming-of-age novels about young women; she wrote her best known works, The Summer Bird-Cage, The Garrick Year, and The Millstone, while pregnant or raising her three small children; Quote: "On one thing professionals and amateurs agree: mothers can't win."

Other Birthdays

1664 06 05 Mustafa II, sultan of Turkey (1695-1703)
1665 06 05 Nicolas Bernier, composer
1686 06 05 Cristoph Raupach, composer
1695 06 05 Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect
1718 06 05 Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker (baptized)
1723 06 05 Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)
1736 06 05 Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp
1759 06 05 Theodor Zwetler, composer
1760 06 05 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium)
1771 06 05 Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51)
1771 06 05 Willem F, count of Bylandt, Dutch military officer
1798 06 05 Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer
1813 06 05 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer
1819 06 05 John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune)
1823 06 05 George Thorndike Angell, Mass, lawyer (ASPCA)
1825 06 05 Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, Georgia, educator (Rep-Ala, 1857-61)
1826 06 05 Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer
1827 06 05 Beverly Holcombe Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1831 06 05 Marcus Joseph Wright, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1922
1862 06 05 Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel 1911)
1863 06 05 Arthur Somervell, composer
1867 06 05 Max Friedl„nder, German art historian (Altniederl„ndische Malerei)
1874 06 05 Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees - won 41 in 1904)
1875 06 05 Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Francouzsk Revoluce)
1877 06 05 Johan W Albarda, first Dutch socialist minister (1939-45)
1878 06 05 Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)
1878 06 05 [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader
1879 06 05 Adolf Wiklund, composer
1882 06 05 Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS]
1883 06 05 John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist
1884 06 05 Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist
1885 06 05 Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940)
1887 06 05 Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture)
1888 06 05 Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen)
1892 06 05 Alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington)
1893 06 05 Albert M„hl, German writer (Hart vull Drift)
1895 06 05 August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus)
1895 06 05 William Boyd, Ohio, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)
1898 06 05 Federico Garc¡a Lorca, Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding)
1900 06 05 Barbara Gooden, novelist
1900 06 05 Dennis Gabor, inventor (holography (3D laser photography)) [or Jan 5]
1901 06 05 Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar
1902 06 05 Hugo Huppert, writer
1905 06 05 Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas)
1905 06 05 John Abbott, London, actor (Smogasboard)
1906 06 05 Kenneth Anderson, deputy comptroller (British GPO)
1906 06 05 Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday)
1906 06 05 Viscount Rochdale, British CEO
1907 06 05 Rolf Bongs, writer
1907 06 05 Rudolf Peieris, physicist
1908 06 05 Jack Jacob, senior master (British Supreme Court)
1909 06 05 Alfred Uhl, composer
1911 06 05 Arthur Vick, vice chancelor (Queens University, Belfast)
1911 06 05 Charles Fletcher, physician/CEO (ASH)
1912 06 05 Adriaan Morri‰n, Dutch literary (An Untidy Man)
1912 06 05 Eric Hollies, cricketer (England leggie, bowled Bradman)
1912 06 05 Josef Neckermann, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968)
1913 06 05 Friedrich Wildgans, composer
1914 06 05 Beatrice de Cardi, archaeoligist
1914 06 05 Rose Hill, singer/actress (Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark)
1914 06 05 Stan Jones, Douglas Az, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
1915 06 05 Alfred Kazin, US writer/literature critic (Inmost Leaf)
1915 06 05 Lancelot Ware, founder (MENSA)
1916 06 05 Eddie Joost, baseball player
1916 06 05 Jack Sutherland, journalist
1916 06 05 Syd Barnes, cricketer (Australian batsmen of 30's/40's)
1917 06 05 Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter
1918 06 05 Branimir Sakac, composer
1919 06 05 Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68)
1919 06 05 Richard McClure Scarry, children's author/illustrator
1920 06 05 Cornelius Ryan, US historian/writer (Italians: Face of a Nation)
1920 06 05 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist (Klimbim)
1920 06 05 Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh)
1921 06 05 Lancelot Pierre, cricketer (1 Test WI v England 1948, 0-28)
1923 06 05 Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac)
1924 06 05 Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/orientalist
1925 06 05 Bill Hayes, Harvey Ill, actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life)
1925 06 05 Dorothy Claire, LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney)
1925 06 05 William L Dickinson, (Rep-R-AL, 1965- )
1928 06 05 Otto V Walter, writer
1928 06 05 Robert Lansing, SD Calif, actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan)
1928 06 05 Tony Richardson, England, director (Delicate Balance, Hotel NH)
1930 06 05 Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, composer
1930 06 05 Robert Buchanan, founder (Center for History of Tech Bath University)
1930 06 05 Roger W Suddards, solicitor
1931 06 05 Jacques Demy, France, director (Lola, Magic Donkey)
1931 06 05 John Dellow, commisioner (London Metropolitan Police)
1932 06 05 A R Dawson, rugby player
1932 06 05 Christy Brown, Dublin, novelist (My Left Foot, Down All the Days)
1934 06 05 Bill D Moyers, Hugo Okla, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal)
1934 06 05 F Curtis Michel, LaCrosse Wisconsin, astronaut
1934 06 05 Gwen Swire, British social worker
1934 06 05 Katherine Helmond, actress (Soap, Coach)
1935 06 05 Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion)
1936 06 05 Barry Wilson, deputy chief (British Defense Staff)
1936 06 05 M A Kelly Seymour, cricketer (S Afr off-spinner in 7 Tests 1963-70)
1937 06 05 Stanley Lunetta, composer
1938 06 05 Karin Balzer, German DR, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968)
1938 06 05 Marion Chapman, smallest known premature baby to survive (280 g)
1939 06 05 Joe Clark, [Charles Joseph], (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80)
1939 06 05 Ken Follett, spy author (Eye of the Needle)
1939 06 05 Margaret Drabble, British author (Needle's Eye)
1940 06 05 H R Tiger Lance, cricketer (S African batting all-rounder 1961-67)
1940 06 05 Moira Anderson, Scotland, singer (Loch Lomond)
1941 06 05 Duane Duke Sims, baseball player
1941 06 05 Floyd Butler, rocker
1941 06 05 Jeffrey Rooker, MP (Labour)
1941 06 05 Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949)
1941 06 05 Spalding Gray, RI, actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting)
1942 06 05 Charles Dodge, composer
1942 06 05 Nelson Bo Burton Jr, bowler/sportscaster (Pro Bowlers Tour)
1942 06 05 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, pres of Equatoriaal Guinee (1979- )
1943 06 05 Ann Craft, researcher/writer
1943 06 05 Bill Hopkins, composer
1944 06 05 Chris Finnegan, UK, middleweight boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1968)
1944 06 05 Tommie Smith, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jan 5]
1945 06 05 Ambar Roy, cricketer (nephew of Pankaj Batted in 4 Tests 1969-70)
1945 06 05 Don Reid, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall)
1945 06 05 John Carlos, track star (Olympic bronze 1968); gave black power salute
1945 06 05 Klaus Wyborny, actor (Klammer auf Klammer Zu)
1946 06 05 Fred Stone, rock guitarist (Sly & Family Stone-Stand)
1946 06 05 Fuzzy Fuscaldo, rocker (Capt Beefheart)
1946 06 05 Gillian Hills, Cairo Egypt, actress (Blow-up, Clockwork Orange)
1946 06 05 Michael Monarch, rocker (Steppenwolf)
1946 06 05 Stefania Sandrelli, Viareggio Italy, actress (Afredo, Key)
1947 06 05 David Hare, playwright (Strapless, Plenty, Wetherby, Fatale)
1947 06 05 Eric Molobi, South Africa, activist (ANC)
1947 06 05 Laurie Anderson, performance artist (O Superman, Excellent Birds)
1947 06 05 Tom Evans, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Badfinger)
1948 06 05 Frank Estersmith, Australia, rocker (Air Supply)
1950 06 05 Adrian Cosma, Romania, team handball (Olympic-silver-1976)
1950 06 05 Ronnie Dyson, US, singer (Hair, All over your face)
1954 06 05 Michael Nicko McBain, Eng hard rock drummer (Iron Maiden-Powerslave)
1954 06 05 Phil Neale, cricketer
1955 06 05 Nancy Stafford, Fla, Miss Florida (1977)/actress (Joan-St Elsewhere)
1956 06 05 Kenny G, saxophonist (Duotones)
1956 06 05 Richard A Searfoss, Mount Clemons Mich, Astronaut (STS 58, 76, sk 90)
1957 06 05 Jim Woodward, Wilmington DE, Nike golfer (1994 Miss Gulf Coast-50th)
1959 06 05 Michael Winans, gospel singer (Winans)
1961 06 05 Ramesh Krishnan, India, tennis star
1961 06 05 Teri Nunn, Calif, rock vocalist (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away)
1962 06 05 Astrid, Belgian princess/daughter of Albert II
1964 06 05 Laura Charameda, Marshall Mich, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1964 06 05 Mags, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
1965 06 05 Bob Probert, Windsor, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
1965 06 05 Edward Hartman, Skalica CZE, hockey goalie (Team Slovakia)
1965 06 05 Karen Sillas, Bkln NY, actress (Prime Suspect)
1966 06 05 Bill Spiers, Orangeburg SC, infielder (Houston Astros)
1966 06 05 Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State)
1967 06 05 Joe Deloach, US, 200m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1967 06 05 Matt Bullard, NBA forward (Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks)
1967 06 05 Ray Lankford, Modesto Calif, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1969 06 05 Ed Smith, WLAF tight end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 06 05 Keith Powe, WLAF/CFL defensive lineback (Win Blue Bombers, Claymores)
1970 06 05 Izabella Scorupco, Bialystok Poland, actress (Golden Eye)
1970 06 05 Martin Gelinas, Shawinigan, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1970 06 05 Todd Burger, guard (Chicago Bears)
1971 06 05 Marky Mark Wahlberg, Mass, rap singer (New Kids)/actor
1971 06 05 Pedro Garau, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)
1971 06 05 Vaughn Parker, NFL guard/tackle (SD Chargers)
1973 06 05 Brady Smith, defensive end (New Orleans Saints)
1973 06 05 Clay Williams, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 06 05 Sean Moran, defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1974 06 05 Chad Allen Lazzari, Cerritos Ca, actor (David-Our House, St Elsewhere)
1974 06 05 Chassity Lazzari, Cerritos Cal, actress
1975 06 05 Zydrunas Ilgauskas, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1977 06 05 Chantal Lefebvre, Ville LaSalle Que, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd)
1978 06 05 Korina Nikolaou, Miss Cyprus Universe (1997)
1978 06 05 Misha Ivetich, Miss Indiana Teen USA (1996)

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