Your Day in Pop Culture (Wednesday, May 8, 2013)

This Day in Pop Culture History
1886: Dr. John Pemberton sells Coca-Cola as a patent medicine.
1912: Paramount Pictures is founded.
1933: Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast, but he had a big meal at the Olive Garden the night before.
1984: The Soviet Union announces it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics USA! USA! USA!

Famous People Have Birthdays Too
1884: Harry S Truman, American president
1926: Don Rickles, comedian (Casino, Kelly's Heroes)
1940: Ricky Nelson, singer and actor (Rio Bravo)
1940: Tori Tennille, singer (Captain and Tennille)
1944: Gary Glitter, singer
1951: Chris Frantz, drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
1953: Billy Burnette, guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1953: Alex Van Halen, drummer (Van Halen)
1955: Stephen Furst, actor (St. Elsewhere, National Lampoon;s Animal House)
1963: Michel Gondry, director (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, The Green Hornet)
1964: Melissa Gilbert, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1975: Enrique Inglesias, singer/guy who may or may not be married to Anna Kournikova

Who's On What Tonight: Your Guide to Late-Night TV
CONAN: The Big Bang Theory's Simon Helberg, John Collins, music group Marina and the Diamonds
LETTERMAN: How I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan, Dickie Chick Natalie Maines
KIMMEL: Star Trek Into Darkness' Zoe Saldana, Grantland's Bill Simmons, music group Fitz and the Tantrums
LENO: The Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson, Connie Sawyer, singer Emeli Sande
FALLON: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Star Trek Into Darkness' Zachary Quinto, music group Lady Antebellum
FERGUSON: Parenthood's Lauren Graham, Ben Dukes