Born on this day – James Ellison:

James Ellison

Actor

May 4, 1910 – December 23, 1993

Credits:

23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937); 8 Girls in a Boat (1934); After Office Hours (1935); Almost a Gentleman (1939); Annapolis Salute (1937); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Army Surgeon (1942); Bar 20 Rides Again (1935); Bar 20 Rides Again (1950); Battle of the Buttes (1952); Best Foot Forward (1943); Border Justice (1951); Borderland (1937); Buried Loot (1935); Calendar Girl (1947); Call of the Prairie (1936); Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942); Carolina (1934); Central Airport (1933); Charley's Aunt (1941); Colorado Ranger (1950); Crooked River (1950); Dead Man's Trail (1952); Death on the Diamond (1934); Dixie Dugan (1943); Earth Aid, Our World: A Users Guide (1993); Everybody's Dancin' (1950); Fast on the Draw (1950); Fifth Avenue Girl (1939); G.I. War Brides (1946); Heart of the West (1936); Heart of the West (1950); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); Hollywood and Vine (1945); Hop-a-Long Cassidy (1935); Hostile Country (1950); Hotel for Women (1939); I Killed Geronimo (1950); I Walked with a Zombie (1943); Ice-Capades (1941); Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944); Kentucky Jubilee (1951); Lady, Let's Dance (1944); Last of the Wild Horses (1948); Man from the Black Hills (1952); Marshal of Heldorado (1950); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941); Next Time I Marry (1938); Oklahoma Justice (1951); Play Girl (1932); Play Girl (1941); Prairie Vengeance (1951); Reckless (1935); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (1940); Sorority House (1939); Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934); Student Tour (1934); Texas City (1952); Texas Lawmen (1951); That Other Woman (1942); The Barrier (1937); The Eagle's Brood (1935); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); The Plainsman (1936); The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950); The Undying Monster (1942); The Winning Ticket (1935); They Met in Argentina (1941); Three on a Trail (1950); Three on the Trail (1936); Trail Dust (1936); Vivacious Lady (1938); West of the Brazos (1950); When the Girls Take Over (1962); Whistling Hills (1951); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940); Zenobia (1939).

Born on this day – Owen McGiveney:

Owen McGiveney

Actor

May 4, 1884 – July 31, 1967

Credits:

36 Hours (1964); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953); Auntie Mame (1958); Batman (1967); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Bewitched (1966); Big Town (1955); Brigadoon (1954); Fluffy (1965); Handle with Care (1958); Hong Kong Confidential (1958); House of Numbers (1957); If Winter Comes (1947); In the Money (1958); It's a Dog's Life (1955); I've Got a Secret (1961); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); Key Witness (1960); Les Girls (1957); Matinee Theatre (1955); Merry Andrew (1958); My Fair Lady (1964); My Three Sons (1963); Pat and Mike (1952); Perry Mason (1961); Peter Gunn (1960–1961); Plymouth Adventure (1952); Profiles in Courage (1965); Raintree County (1957); Scandal at Scourie (1953); Scaramouche (1952); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Show Boat (1951); Slander (1956); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Band Wagon (1953); The Ed Sullivan Show (1948); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Fastest Gun Alive (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Garry Moore Show (1954); The Gazebo (1959); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The King's Thief (1955); The Mating Game (1959); The Maze (1953); The Mickey Mouse Club (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1954); The Monkees (1966); The Outer Limits (1964); The Power and the Prize (1956); The Scarlet Coat (1955); The Seventh Sin (1957); The Tab Hunter Show (1961); The True Story of Jesse James (1957); Titanic (1953); Where the Boys Are (1960).

Confucius, on reading:

No matter how busy you may think you are,

you must find time for reading,

or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

- Confucius.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (2000)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Fury.

Released May 3, 2000.

Directed by John Bruno.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jennifer Lien, Nancy Hower, Scarlett Pomers, Vaughn Armstrong, Josh Clark, Kurt Wetherill, Cody Wetherill, Tarik Ergin, Majel Barrett, Peter Scott Harmyk, Grace Harrell, Tina Kotrich, Joyce Lasley, Nichole McAuley.

On this day in music history:

Banba by Clannad (1993)

With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails (2005)

Embers by Helen Jane Long (2010)

In Your Dreams by Stevie Nicks (2010)

Banba

Album by Clannad,

released May 3, 1993.

Track list: Na Laethe Bhi; Banba Oir; There For You; Mystery Game; Struggle; I Will Find You (Theme From The Last Of the Mohicans'); Soul Searcher; Caide Sin Do' N Te Sin; The Other Side; Sunset Dreams; A Gentle Place.

With Teeth

Album by Nine Inch Nails,

released May 3, 2005.

Track list: All The Love In The World; You Know What You Are?; The Collector; The Hand That Feeds; Love Is Not Enough; Every Day Is Exactly The Same; With Teeth; Only; Getting Smaller; Sunspots; The Line Begins To Blur; Beside You In Time; Right Where It Belongs.

Embers

Album by Helen Jane Long,

released May 3, 2010.

Track list: Embers; One Day; Finding; To Dust; What If; Mirror; Absolute; Everything; Wishes; Bells; Besides; Just.

In Your Dreams

Album by Stevie Nicks,

released May 3, 2010.

Track list: Secret Love; For What It's Worth; In Your Dreams; Wide Sargasso Sea; New Orleans; Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream); Annabel Lee; Soldier's Angel; Everybody Loves You; Ghosts Are Gone; You May Be the One; Italian Summer; Cheaper Than Free (feat. Dave Stewart).

On this day in television history - Murder in the Heartland (1993):

Murder in the Heartland

a made-for-TV miniseries directed by Robert Markowitz,

written by Michael O'Hara,

was released in the United States on May 3, 1993.
Based on the true Charles Starkweather murder case (1957-1958).
Music by Patrick Williams.

Cast:

Tim Roth, Fairuza Balk, Kate Reid, Brian Dennehy, Randy Quaid, Roberts Blossom, Tom Bower, Rondi Reed, Bob Gunton, Ryan Cutrona, Angie Bolling, Jake Carpenter, Heather Kafka, Don Bloomfield, John Hussey, James Hansen Prince, John S. Davies, Mark Walters, Jennifer Griffin, Milo O'Shea, Gerry Bamman, Jeff Perry, Connie Cooper, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Valentina Marie Lomborg, Tom Smith, Renée Zellweger, Darryl Cox, Marco Perella, John Cantwell, Chamblee Ferguson, Gary Mitchell Carter, Suzi McLaughlin, Joan Arenstein.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 32.
Episode entitled: Dead Parrots Don’t Talk.
Released May 3, 1960.
Directed by Donald McDougall.
Written by Frank Burt and Robert Quaid.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Arthur Batanides, Elaine Edwards, Robert Ellis, Bara Byrnes, Warren J. Kemmerling, Norman Leavitt, Arthur Space, Forrest Taylor.