On this Day June 5
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1791 – Inventor and painter Samuel Morse, most famous for creating the telegraph (d. 1872)
1922 – Actor Jack Klugman (“The Odd Couple,” “Quincy, M.E.”) (d. 2012)
1951 – Guitarist and Kiss co-founder Ace Frehley
1986 – Actress Jenna Coleman (“Doctor Who,” “Victoria,” “The Cry”)
1988 – Grammy-winning pop superstar Lizzo, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson
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1874 – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Frost (d. 1963)
1940 – Actor James Caan (“The Godfather,” “Brian’s Song,” “Rollerball,” “Alien Nation,” “Misery”)
1944 – Legendary Motown singer-actress Diana Ross, formerly of The Supremes
1948 – Rock singer-songwriter and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler
1950 – Comedian-actor and “SCTV” and “SNL” alum Martin Short
1950 – R&B soul singer Teddy Pendergrass (d. 2010)
1968 – Country music singer-songwriter and producer Kenny Chesney
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1881 – Classical composer Béla Bartók (d. 1945)
1928 – Retired NASA astronaut (Apollo 8/Apollo 13) Jim Lovell
1934 – Feminist crusader and Ms. magazine founder-publisher Gloria Steinem
1942 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and undisputed “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin (d. 2018)
1947 – Grammy, Oscar, Tony and Golden Globe-winning pop superstar Elton John, born Reginald Dwight
1967 – “Happy Together,” by The Turtles, begins a three-week run as the hottest single in the U.S.
1978 – The Bee Gees continue their reign over the Billboard Hot 100 with “Night Fever.”
1995 – Madonna is midway through a seven-week domination of the singles chart with “Take a Bow.”
2006 – Ne-Yo begins his second and final week on top of the pop chart with “So Sick.”
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1919 – Radio-TV writer and “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney (d. 2011)
1938 – Grammy-winning pop singer Jack Jones (“The Love Boat” theme)
1941 – Academy Award-winning actress Faye Dunaway (“Bonnie and Clyde,” “Chinatown,” “Network”)
1967 – Actress Emily Watson (“Breaking the Waves,” “War Horse”)
1968 – Hip-hop star and actor LL Cool J, born James Todd Smith
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1977 – After nearly four decades with CBS News, anchor Eric Sevareid retires. Sevareid was among a group of elite war correspondents hired by legendary CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow, and nicknamed “Murrow’s Boys.” He was the first to report the Fall of Paris when the city was captured by the Germans in World War II.