Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Today in Music History for June 2: In 1857, English composer Sir Edward Elgar was born. Music composed in 1897 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee brought him public recognition.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 1: Singer Pat Boone is 91. Actor Morgan Freeman is 88. Opera singer Frederica von Stade is 80. '60s pop singer Linda Scott is 80. Actor Brian Cox ("Deadwood") is 79. Guitarist Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones is 78.

Today in Music History for June 1: In 1915, country singer Johnny Bond was born in Enville, Okla.

Today in History for June 1: In 1533, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned as Queen Consort of England. In 1812, U.S.

Celebrity Birthdays for May 31: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 95. Singer-keyboardist Augie Meyers of the Texas Tornadoes and the Sir Douglas Quintet is 85. Actress Sharon Gless ("Cagney and Lacey") is 82.

Today in History for May 31: In 1578, Italian archeologist Antonio Bosio became the first man in modern times to rediscover the Christian catacombs in Rome. Researchers who followed him dubbed Bosio "the Columbus of the Catacombs.

Today in Music History for May 31: In 1809, composer Franz Josef Haydn died in Vienna, Austria, at age 77. In 1913, Edward Fisher, founder of the Toronto Conservatory of Music, died at age 65.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 1: Singer Pat Boone is 91. Actor Morgan Freeman is 88. Opera singer Frederica von Stade is 80. '60s pop singer Linda Scott is 80. Actor Brian Cox ("Deadwood") is 79. Guitarist Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones is 78.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 7: Movie director James Ivory is 97. Actress Virginia McKenna is 94. Singer Tom Jones is 85. Former talk show host Jenny Jones is 79. Americana singer-songwriter Willie Nile is 77. Composer-singer-actor Lewis Furey is 76.

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.