Today's Famous Birthdays

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George Francis "Gabby" Hayes
(7 May 1885 – 9 February 1969)

was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he
was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western film series as the bewhiskered,
cantankerous, but ever-loyal and brave comic sidekick of the cowboy stars Hopalong Cassidy,
Roy Rogers and John Wayne. Hayes was born the third of seven children in his father's hotel,
the Hayes Hotel, in Stannards, New York, a hamlet just outside Wellsville, New York.
(Hayes always gave Wellsville as his birthplace, but legally he was born in Stannards.)










Gary Cooper
(born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961)

was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He
won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as an
Academy Honorary Award in 1961 for his career achievements. He was one of the top-10 film
personalities for 23 consecutive years and one of the top money-making stars for 18 years. The
American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Cooper at number 11 on its list of the 25 greatest male stars
of classic Hollywood cinema. Frank James Cooper was born in Helena, Montana, on May 7, 1901,
the younger of two sons of English parents Alice (née Brazier; 1873–1967) and
Charles Henry Cooper (1865–1946).










María Eva Duarte de Perón
( née María Eva Duarte; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952),

better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita, was an Argentine politician, activist, actress,
and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952,
as the wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974). She was born in poverty in the
rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children. In 1934, at the age of 15,
she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage, radio, and film actress.