On this Day June 5
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1923 – Retired U.S. Air Force General Chuck Yaeger, the first pilot to break the sound barrier
1933 – Actress Kim Novak (“Vertigo,” “The Man With the Golden Arm,” “Bell, Book and Candle”)
1944 – Talk show host and former Cincinnati Mayor Jerry Springer
1979 – Actress Mena Suvari (“American Beauty,” “American Pie,” “Six Feet Under”)
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1830 – Poet Emily Dickinson (d. 1886)
1952 – Actress Susan Dey (“The Partridge Family,” “L.A. Law”)
1957 – Actor Michael Clarke Duncan (“The Green Mile,” “The Whole Nine Yards”) (d. 2012)
1961 – Singer-actress Nia Peeples (“Fame,” “Walker, Texas Ranger,” “Pretty Little Liars”)
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1961 – Ricky Nelson reaches the top of the singles chart with “Travelin’ Man.”
1965 – “Help Me, Rhonda,” by the Beach Boys, is the most popular single in the U.S.
1976 – Diana Ross claims the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks with “Love Hangover.”
2004 – Usher claims the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Burn.”