Revisionist History (5/13) - Born today: Stevie Wonder, Stevie Colbert, Joe Louis

Also: Pope John Paul II shot, Chris Rock riffs on assassination

On this day in 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in a driveby assassination attempt while passing through St. Peter’s Square in an open car. The pope recovered, but conspiracy theorists have long speculated whether the pope was shot by a then-10-year-old Tupac Shakur or Notorious B.I.G, then 9. 

(Video: Chris Rock weighs in on Biggie and Tupac)

On this day in 1637, Cardinal Richelieu of France invented the table knife – perhaps to discourage dinner guests picking their teeth with the points of their daggers, and/or to cut down on suppertime stabbings. 

Today is National Frog Jumping Day, traditionally celebrated by gathering around the television to watch the prestigious Westminster Frog Show. 

Today is also National Apple Pie Day, traditionally celebrated by shoving some apple pie into your apple piehole. 

Today's Birthdays:

Joe Louis (1914-1981): legendary heavyweight boxing champion, nicknamed “the Brown Bomber” by the white sporting press – either because of his fondness for the color brown or because of the dark pigmentation of his skin.

Harvey Keitel, 85: actor, played Mr. White in the Quentin Tarantino film “Reservoir Dogs” and Mr. Brown in “The Joe Louis Story.”

Stevie Wonder, 74: musical wunderkind who had his first of many #1 hits at age 13 (“Fingertips”); others include the intoxicating 1973 classic “You Are the Moonshine of My Life.”

Robert Pattinson, 38: actor, this may sound batty, but he has played Batman and a vampire, and is a also distant descendent of Vlad the Impaler, the real-life inspiration for Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”

Lena Dunham, 38: writer, director, actress; creator and star of the Emmy-winning HBO series “Girls.” Married a man who she says “looked like a vampire Lord Byron.”

Stephen Colbert, 60: comedian and late-night talk show host; has won 9 Emmys, 2 Grammys and 3 Peabody Awards, and was thrilled to be called “a no-talent guy” by then-President Donald Trump.

(Video: Colbert doing a brief fake interview with Trump)