Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for June 5: Broadcast journalist Bill Moyers is 91. Former prime minister Joe Clark is 86. Author Dame Margaret Drabble is 86. Singer Colm Wilkinson is 81. Country singer Don Reid of the Statler Brothers is 80.

Today in History for June 5: In 754, St. Boniface died. He was known as the apostle of Germany for his missionary work in Europe.

Today in Music History for June 5: In 1926, singer Bill Hayes was born in Harvey, Ill. He had a No. 1 hit in 1955 with "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," outselling a version by Fess Parker, star of the Disney movie. Coonskin hats were big that year.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 4: Soprano Colette Boky is 90. Actor Bruce Dern is 89. Singer-actress Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and The Papas) is 81. Musician Roger Ball is 81. Jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton is 80.

Today in Music History for June 4: In 1894, Quebec singer and songwriter La Bolduc (Mary Rose-Anna Travers,) was born in Newport, Que.

Today in History for June 4: In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers first publicly demonstrated their hot-air balloon, which did not carry any passengers, over Annonay, France.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 3: Former Cuban president Raul Castro is 94. Actress Irma P. Hall is 90. Rock singer Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople) is 86. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Hale Irwin is 80. Singer Eddie Holman is 79.

Today in Music History for June 3: In 1875, French composer Georges Bizet died in Paris at age 36. In 1942, Curtis Mayfield, a driving force in R&B music as singer, writer, producer and record company owner, was born in Chicago.

Today in History for June 3: In 1097, Crusaders recaptured the ancient Christian city of Antioch, in present-day Turkey, from Muslim rule. In 1621, the Dutch West Indies Co. was founded to promote trade and colonization in the Americas.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 2: Singer Sammy Turner is 93. Filmmaker and movie historian Kevin Brownlow is 87. Actor Stacy Keach is 84. Actor-director Charles Haid ("Hill Street Blues") is 82. Singer Chubby Tavares of Tavares is 81.