May 12, 1820 – The founder of modern nursing, British nurse Florence Nightingale, is born in Florence, Italy .
May 12, 1907 – Four-time academy award winning actress Kathryn Hepburn is born in Hartford, Connecticut.
May 14, 1727 – Physicist and perfecter of the thermometer Gabriel Fahrenheit is born in Gdansk, Poland.
May 18, 1897 – Hollywood director Frank Capra, known for “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”, and “It Happened One Night”, is born in Bisacquino, Italy.