MAY 12 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for May 12

William Alden Smith (1859-1932) -  Chairman of the Senate hearings investigating the sinking of the Titanic.

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) - Considered one of the most iconic actors of all time.

Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001) - Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Yogi Berra (1925-2015) - Considered on of the greatest catchers in the history of baseball.

George Carlin (1937-2008) - Comedian.

Millie Perkins (1938-Still Living) - Actress who played Anne Frank in the 1959 film Diary of Anne Frank.

Charles Hull (1939-Still Living) - Inventor of 3-D printing.

Billy Squier (1950-Still Living) - Rock singer of  My Kinda Lover, Everybody Wants You, and Don't Say You Love Me.

Emilio Estevez (1962-Still Living) - Actor in the Outsiders, The Breakfast Club, and the Young Gun movies.

Kim Fields (1969-Still Living) - Actress best known for her role as Tootie Ramsey in The Facts of Life.

Memorable Birthdays for May 12

1777  - The first ice cream ad is ran in the New York Gazette.

1874 - The U.S. Assay Office is authorized to open in Helena, MT.

1933 - President Roosevelt signs the Agricultural Adjustment Act, restricting  "agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting."

1933 - President Roosevelt signs legislation creating the FEMA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration).

1942 - A Nazi U-boat sinks an American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River.