May 25, 1803 – American author and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
May 27, 1837 – Legendary wild west figure James “Wild Bill” Hickok is born in Troy Grove, Illinois.
May 26, 1886 – Singer and actor Al Jolson is born in the Kovno Governorate of Russia.
May 29, 1917 – 35th U. S. President John F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts.