Today's Famous Birthdays

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Jason Shannon Acuña
(born May 16, 1973),

better known by his stage name Wee Man, is an American stunt performer, television personality,
professional skateboarder, and actor. He is one of the stars of the reality comedy series Jackass and
the host of Fox Sports Net's skateboarding show 54321. Acuña has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.
Born in Pisa, Italy, Acuña grew up in Torrance, California, and attended North High School.
He is of Mexican and German descent.











Megan Denise Fox
(born May 16, 1986)

is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the family film Holiday in the Sun (2001),
which was followed by numerous supporting roles in film and television, such as the teen musical
comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), as well as a starring role in the ABC
sitcom Hope & Faith (2004–2006). Her breakout role was as Mikaela Banes in the blockbuster
action film Transformers (2007), which she reprised in its sequel
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). She also portrayed the titular character in the
horror comedy Jennifer's Body (2009), starred as April O'Neil in the superhero action film
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and its sequel
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), and starred as Reagan Lucas in
the fifth and sixth seasons of the Fox sitcom New Girl (2016–2017).










Herman Webster Mudgett
(May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896),

better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer,
the subject of more than 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone. Until his execution in 1896, he chose a career of
crime including insurance fraud, swindling, check forging, three to four bigamous illegal marriages,
horse theft and murder. Despite his confession of 27 murders
(including some people who were verifiably still alive) while awaiting execution, Holmes was convicted
and sentenced to death for only one murder, that of accomplice and business partner Benjamin Pitezel.
It is believed he killed three of the Pitezel children, as well as three mistresses, the child of one of his
mistresses and the sister of another. Holmes was executed on May 7, 1896. Holmes was born as
Herman Webster Mudgett in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, on May 16, 1861, to Levi Horton Mudgett
(November 11, 1827 – March 9, 1911) and Theodate Page Price (October 1, 1827 – December 23, 1903),
both of whom were descended from the first English immigrants in the area.









Olga Valentinovna Korbut
(born 16 May 1955)

is a former gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk", she won
four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972
and 1976 for the Soviet team, and was the inaugural inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
in 1988. Korbut was born in Grodno to Valentin and Valentina Korbut. After World War II, the family moved
to Grodno from Dubniaki (small town near Kalinkavichy). She started training at age 8, and entered a
Belarusian sports school headed by coach Renald Knysh at age 9.









Janet Damita Jo Jackson
(born May 16, 1966)

is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious
and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreography became
a catalyst in the growth of MTV, enabling her to rise to prominence while breaking gender and racial barriers
in the process. Lyrical content which focused on social issues and lived experiences set her reputation as
a role model for youth. Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana. She was the
youngest of ten children in the Jackson family, a working-class African-American family living in a
two-bedroom house on Jackson Street. Her mother, Katherine Esther Jackson, played clarinet
and piano, had aspired to be a country-and-western performer, and worked part-time at Sears.

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