February 29 - Leap Day

Happy Birthday RIP Dinah Shore (1916–1994) Tony Robbins-51 Antonio Sabato Jr.-40 ; 1916 – Child labor in South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old!Rossini Google Doodle

February 28

Happy Birthday  Charles Durning-89 Gavin MacLeod-81 Mario Andretti-72 Bernadette Peters-64 Gilbert Gottfried-57 John Turturro-55 Cindy Wilson-55 Robert Sean Leonard-43 Ali Larter-36 ; 1827 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. was incorporated.

February 27

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) Joanne Woodward-82 Ralph Nader-78 Howard Hesseman-72 Adam Baldwin-50 Grant Show-50 Chelsea Clinton-32 Josh Groban-31 ; 1801 The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.

February 26

Happy Birthday RIP John Harvey Kellogg (1852 - 1943) Tony Randall (1920-2004) Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) Johnny Cash (1932–2003) Tex Avery (1908 - 1980) ; Antoine "Fats" Domino-84 Michael Bolton-59 Greg Rikaart-35 ; Hello all you happy people

February 25

Happy Birthday RIP George Harrison (1943–2001) Karen Grassle-70 "Sally Jessy" Lowenthal-69 Téa Leoni-46 Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson-45 Sean Astin Duke-41 Julio Iglesias Jr.-39 Chelsea Handler-37 ; 1836 Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver.

February 24

Happy Birthday RIP Steve Jobs (1955–2011) Abe Vigoda-91 Joseph Lieberman-70 Barry Bostwick-67 George Thorogood-62 Paula Zahn-56 Billy Zane-46 Bonnie Somerville-38 ; 1863 Arizona was organized as a territory.

February 23

Happy Birthday RIP Majel Barrett (1932–2008) Peter Fonda-72 Patricia Richardson-61 Howard Jones-58 Kristin Davis-47 Emily Blunt-29 Dakota Fanning-18 ; 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh.

February 22

Happy Birthday Jonathan Demme-68 Julius Erving-62 Ellen Greene-61 Kyle MacLachlan-53 Jeri Ryan-44 Drew Barrymore-37 ; 1924 Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.

February 21

Happy Birthday RIP Rue McClanahan(1934–2010) David Geffen-69 Anthony Daniels-66 Alan Rickman-66 Tyne Daly-66 Christine Ebersole-59 Kelsey Grammer-57 Jack Coleman-54 Christopher Atkins-51 William Baldwin-49 Jennifer Love Hewitt-33 Brendan Sexton-32 Ellen Page-25 ; 1885 The Washington Monument was dedicated.

February 20

Happy Birthday Gloria Vanderbilt-88 Sidney Poitier-85 Sandy Duncan-66 John Geils-66 Ivana Trump-63 Patty Hearst-58 Cindy Crawford-46 Andrew Shue-45 Lili Taylor-45 Rihanna(Robyn Fenty)-24 ; 1792 President George Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office.

February 19

Happy Birthday Smokey Robinson-72 Jeff Daniels-57 Prince Andrew Windsor-52 Justine Bateman-46 Benicio Del Toro-45 ; 1878 Thomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph.

February 18

Happy Birthday George Kennedy-87 Yoko Ono -79 Cybill Shepherd-62 Juice Newton-60 John Travolta-58 Vanna White-55 Matt Dillon-48 Molly Ringwald-44 ; 1930 Photographic evidence of Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.

February 17

Happy Birthday Dame Edna(Barry Humphries)-78 Mary Ann Mobley-73 Rene Russo-58 Lou Diamond Phillips-50 Michael Jordan-49 Denise Richards-41 Jerry O'Connell-38 Joseph Gordon-Levitt-31 Paris Hilton-31 Chord Overstreet -23 ; 1933 Newsweek magazine was first published. ; 1992 Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.

February 16

Happy Birthday RIP Sonny Bono (1935-1998)  James Ingram-60 LeVar Burton-55 John McEnroe-53 Sarah Clarke-41 ; 1968 The nation's first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Alabama

February 15

Happy Birthday  RIP Harvey Korman(1927-2008)  Melissa Manchester-61 Jane Seymour-61 Matt Groening-58 Janice Dickenson-57 Christopher McDonald-57 Jane Child-45 Alex Borstein-39 ; 1764 The city of St. Louis was established.

February 14

Happy Birthday Hugh Downs-91 Florence Henderson-78 Michael Bloomberg-70 Ray Teller-64 Meg Tilly-52 ; 1903 The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor was established. ; Happy Valentine's Day

February 13

Happy Birthday Chuck Yeager-89 Kim Novak-79 Jerry Springer-68 Stockard Channing-68 Peter Gabriel-62 Robbie Williams-38 Mena Suvari-33

February 12

Happy Birthday Franco Zeffirelli-89 Judy Blume-74 Michael Ironside-62 Michael McDonald-60 Joanna Kerns-59 Arsenio Hall-57 Darren Aronofsky-43 Josh Brolin-44 Christina Ricci-32 ; 1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York.

February 11

Happy Birthday RIP Thomas Alva Edison(1847-1931) Tina Louise-78 Burt Reynolds-76 Sheryl Crow-50 Jennifer Aniston-43 Brandy Norwood-33 Taylor Lautner-20

February 10

Happy Birthday RIP Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) Robert Wagner-82 Roberta Flack-73 Mark Spitz-62 Laura Dern-45 Elizabeth Banks-38 ; 1763 France ceded Canada to England under the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War.

February 9

Happy Birthday Carole King-70 Joe Pesci-69 Mia Farrow-67 Judith Light-63  Jim J Bullock-57 David Gallagher-27 ; 1964 The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on "The Ed  Sullivan Show"

February 8

Happy Birthday RIP James Dean (1931–1955) Ted Koppel-72 Nick Nolte-71 Robert Klein-70 Brooke Adams-63 Mary Steenburgen -59 Seth Green-38 Liam McIntyre-30 Jim Verraros-29 ; 1971 NASDAQ, the world's first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day.

February 7

Happy Birthday James Spader-52 Garth Brooks-50 Eddie Izzard-50 Chris Rock-47 Robyn Lively-40 Ashton Kutcher-34 ; 1812 Charles Dickens is born (200th Birthday)

February 6

Happy Birthday Zsa Zsa Gabor-95 Rip Torn-81 Mike Farrell-73 Tom Brokaw-72 Fabian Forte-69 Natalie Cole-62 Kathy Najimy-55 Axl Rose-50 Rick Astley-46 ; 1899 A peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate.

February 5

Happy Birthday Hank Aaron-78 Barbara Hershey-64 Tom Wilkinson-64 Tim Meadows-51 Jennifer Jason Leigh-50  Laura Linney-48 Bobby Brown-43 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.

February 4

Happy Birthday Conrad Bain-89 David Brenner-76 John Schuck-72 Alice Cooper-64 Oscar De La Hoya-39 ; 1913 Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama

February 3

Happy Birthday Fran Tarkenton-72 Blythe Danner-69 Morgan Fairchild-62 Nathan Lane-56 Michele Greene-50 ; Today 1913 The 16th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.

February 2

Happy Birthday Tom Smothers-75  Graham Nash-70 RIP Farrah Fawcett(1947-2009) Brent Spiner-63 Shakira Ripoll-35 ; 1653 New Amsterdam - now New York City - was incorporated.

February 1

<p>Happy Birthday Garrett Morris-75 Sherman Hemsley-74 Lisa Marie Presley-44 Michael C. Hall-41 ; 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they'd been refused service</p>