UPI Almanac for Friday, May 23, 2008.

UPI almanac for Wednesday, May 23, 2007.

Today is Tuesday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2006 with 222 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2006 with 222 to follow.

Today is Monday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2005 with 222 to follow.

Today is Sunday, May 23, the 144th day of 2004 with 222 to follow.

Today is Friday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2003 with 222 to follow.

Today's birthdays include the clarinet-playing bandleader Artie Shaw in 1910 (age 93); singers Helen O'Connell in 1920 and Rosemary Clooney in 1928; Robert Moog (rhymes with "vogue"), inventor of the Moog Synthesizer, in 1934 (age 69); Tiki Fulwood, drumm

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Peggy Lee's death further depletes the ranks of women singers of the jazz and swing eras, vocalists whose voices rang with romance and rhythm. They were the swe