Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

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.

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.

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.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 6: Singer-songwriter Gary (U.S.) Bonds is 86. Country singer Joe Stampley is 82. Jazz pianist Monty Alexander is 81. Actor Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger) is 78. Folk singer Holly Near is 76.

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.

Today in Music History for June 9: In 1892, songwriter and composer Cole Porter was born in Peru, Ind.

Today in History for June 10: On this date: In 1650, the Jesuits closed their mission in Huronia, now Midland, Ont., which had been established in 1623.

Today in Music History June 12: In 1941, jazz keyboardist Chick Corea was born in Chelsea, Mass. He established himself as a major jazz figure with his work on Miles Davis's landmark jazz-rock albums "In a Silent Way" and "Bitches Brew" in 1969.

Today in History for June 14: On this date: In 1617, Canada's first farmer, Louis Hebert, arrived at Tadoussac with his wife and their three children.

Today in History for June 13: On this date: In 323 B.C., Alexander III of Macedonia, better known as "Alexander the Great," died at age 32. In 1525, German church reformer Martin Luther married former nun Katherine von Bora.