May 10

Fred Astaire is widely considered the greatest dancer in cinema history. His partnership with Ginger Rogers in films like "Top Hat" and "Swing Time" defined the golden age of Hollywood musical. He also had a successful recording career and later television work, receiving an honorary Academy Award in 1950.

As the lead vocalist of U2, Bono helped define the sound of 1980s rock with albums like "The Joshua Tree" and "Achtung Baby." Beyond music he became one of the world's most prominent humanitarian campaigners, working on African debt relief and AIDS funding through his ONE and RED initiatives.

John Wilkes Booth was a celebrated stage actor from a famous theatrical family who became a passionate Confederate sympathizer. On April 14, 1865, he shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., and Lincoln died the following morning.

Donovan emerged in the mid-1960s as a key figure in the British folk revival before incorporating psychedelia and world music influences in hits like "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow." He was a close associate of The Beatles and Bob Dylan.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's 1925 doctoral thesis demonstrated that stars are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium — a finding initially dismissed by her male colleagues but later recognized as one of the most important discoveries in astrophysics. She became the first woman to be promoted to full professor at Harvard.