December 31

Happy Birthday RIP "John Denver"(Henry Deutschendorf Jr 1943–1997) "Donna Summer"(LaDonna Gaines 1949–2012) ; Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins–79 "Ben Kingsley"(Krishna Bhanji)–73 Diane Von Furstenberg(Diana Halfin)–71 Timothy Matthieson–69 Beatrice "Bebe" Neuwirth–58 Val Kilmer–57 Michael McDonald–52 Joseph "Joey" McIntyre–44 ; 1983 – The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government due to antitrust laws

December 30

Happy Birthday RIP "Jack Lord"(John Ryan 1920–1998) "Bo Diddley"(Ellas Bates 1928–2008) David "Davy" Jones(1945–2012) ; James Burrows–76 Meredith Vieira–63 Matthew Lauer–59 Tracey Ullman–57 Heidi Fleiss–51 Jason Behr–43 Eldrick "Tiger" Woods–42 Kristin Kreuk–34 ; 1940 – California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened

December 29

Happy Birthday Inga Swenson–84 Mary Tyler Moore–80 Barbara Steele–79 Jonathan "Jon" Voight–78 Edward "Ted" Danson III–69 Yvonne Elliman–65 Paula Poundstone–57 Patricia Clarkson–57 John Newton–51 Andrew "Lilly" Wachowski–49 David Jude Law–44 David Fumero–44 ; 1851 – The first American Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was organized, in Boston Massachusetts

December 28

Happy Birthday RIP Martin Milner(1931–2015) ; Stanley "Lee" Lieber–94 Grace "Nichelle" Nichols–84 Dame Margaret "Maggie" Smith–82 Denzel Washington Jr.–62 Terri Garber–56 Hugh Malcolm Gets–52 Seth Meyers–43 Joseph Manganiello–40 Brendan Hines–40 ; 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.

December 27

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Pasteur(1822–1895) Marie "Marlene" Dietrich(1901–1992) Heather O'Rourke(1975–1988) ; John Amos–77 Michael "Mike" Pinder–75 Mary "Cokie" Roberts(Boggs)–73 Gérard Depardieu–68 Wilson Echevarrí("Cruz")–43 Masayori "Masi" Oka(岡 政偉)–42 Emilie de Ravin–35 ; 1932 – Radio City Music Hall "Showplace of the Nation" opened in New York City

December 26

Happy Birthday RIP Stephen "Steve" Allen(1921–2000) Irwin Kniberg("Alan King" 1926–2004) ; Harvey Phillip Spector–77 Osborn "Ozzie" Smith–62 David Sedaris–60 Jared Leto(Bryant)–45 Richard "Reichen" Lehmkuhl–43 Chris Daughtry–37 Christopher "Kit" Harington–30 ; 1865 – James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for the coffee percolator ; 1933 – FM radio is patented by US patent office

December 25

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Isaac Newton(1642–1726) Clarissa "Clara" Barton(1821–1912) Humphrey Bogart(1899–1957) "Tony Martin"(Alvin Morris 1913–2012) Rodman "Rod" Serling(1924–1975) "Mabel King"(Donnie Washington 1932–1999) ; Gary Sandy–71 James "Jimmy" Buffett–70 Barbara Mandrell–68 Mary "Sissy" Spacek–67 Ann "Annie" Lennox–62 Florian Armstrong("Dido")–45 Dylan Vox–42 ; 1815 – The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance at King's Chapel (then Stone Chapel), with a chorus of 90 men and 10 women

December 24

Happy Birthday RIP Howard Hughes Jr(1905–1976) Ava Gardner(1922–1990) ; Mary Teresa Higgins("Clark")–89 Karl Diedrich Bader–50 Enrique Martín Morales("Ricky Martin")–45 Jeremy Greenberg(Davidson)–45 Ryan Seacrest–42 ; 1851 – Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes

December 23

Happy Birthday RIP Corey Haim(1971–2010) ; Japanese Emperor Akihito(昭仁)–83 Robert "Bob" Kahn(TCP/IP Creator)–78 Harry Shearer–73 Susan Lucci–70 "Eddie Vedder"(Edward Severson III)–52 ; 1913 – The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve Bank

December 22

Happy Birthday RIP Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson(1912–2007) Barbara Billingsley(Combes 1915–2010) Eugene Rayburn(Rubessa 1917–1999) Maurice and Robin Gibb(1949–2003;2012) ; Hector Elizondo–80 Lila Diana Sawyer–71 Bernadette Stanislaus–63 Ralph Fiennes–54 Heather Donahue–42 ; 1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York, New York #PardonMeStewardess #ISpeakJive

December 21

Happy Birthday RIP Francis "Frank" Zappa Jr(1940–1993) ; Phillip Donahue–81 Jayne Seymour Fonda–79 Samuel Leroy Jackson–68 Raymond Romano–59 Andrew Dick–51 Kiefer Sutherland–50 ; 1913 – Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

December 20

Happy Birthday RIP Charlie Callias(1927–2011) ; John Hillerman–84 George Criscuola("Peter Criss")–71 Uri Geller–70 Alan Parsons–68 Christopher Robinson–50 David Cook–34 Jonah Hill Feldstein–33 Emerson Collins–32 Allan Hyde–27 ; 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase was completed as the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States during ceremonies in New Orleans

December 19

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Urich(1946–2002) Maurice White(1941–2016) ; Timothy Reid–72 Elaine Joyce Pinchot–71 Christopher Hamill("Limahl")–58 Michael Lookinland–56 Jennifer Beals–53 Tilman Schweiger–53 Kristen Swanson–47 Alyssa Milano–44 Rosa Blasi–44 Jacob "Jake" Gyllenhaal–36 ; 1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service

December 18

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth "Betty" Grable(1916–1973) ; Cicely Tyson–92 Keith Richards–73 Steven Spielberg–70 Leonard Maltin–66 Raymond "Ray" Liotta–62 William Bradley Pitt–53 Casper Van Dien Jr–48 Kate Holmes–38 Christina Aguilera–36 ; 1957 – the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went online as engineers synchronized the plant with the distribution grid of Duquesne Light Company

December 17

Happy Birthday RIP George Lindsey(1928–2012) David Madden(1931–2014) ; Jorge Bergoglio(Pope Francis)–80 Earnest "Ernie" Hudson–71 Eugene Levy–70 Barry Livingston–63 William "Bill" Pullman–63 Heather Laurie Holden–47 Antonino Giovanni Ribisi–42 Sarah Paulson–42 Militza "Milla" Jovovich–41 ; 1892 – First issue of Vogue is published

December 16

Happy Birthday RIP Jane Austen(1775–1817) ; Joyce Boulifant–79 Harry "Ben" Cross–69 William "Billy" Gibbons–67 Sam Robards–55 Benjamin Bratt–53 Jonathan Scarfe–41 Scott Bailey–38 Theodore James Taptiklis–32 Anna Popplewell–28 ; 1773 – The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes

December 15

Happy Birthday RIP Jean Paul Getty(1892–1976) ; Thomas “Tim” Conway–83 Donnie Johnson–67 Marta DuBois–64 Garrett Wang–48 Michael Shanks–46 Stuart Townsend–44 Geoffrey Stults–39 Adam Brody–37 Charlie Cox–34 Camilla Luddington–33 ; 1939 – “Gone with the Wind” receives its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia

December 14

Happy Birthday RIP Frances Bavier(1902–1989) Lee Remick(1935–1991) Anna Marie “Patty” Duke(1946–2016) ; Joyce Vincent Wilson(“Dawn”)–67 Theodore “Ted” Raimi–51 Matthew McNulty–34 ; 2000 – The FTC unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner ; 2012 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut

December 13

Happy Birthday Richard "Dick" Van Dyke–91 Arthur "Christopher" Plummer–87 John Davidson–75 Ben Bernanke–63 Morris Day–59 Steven  Buscemi–59 "Jamie Foxx"(Eric Bishop)–49 "NeNe Leakes"(Linnethia Johnson)–49 Barton Johnson–46 Taylor Swift–27 ; 1621 – Under the care of Robert Cushman, the first American furs to be exported from the continent leave for England aboard the Fortune

December 12

Happy Birthday RIP "Buck Jones"(Charles Gebhart 1891–1942) Francis "Frank" Sinatra(1915–1998) Edward "Ed" Koch(1924–2013) Brandon Teena(1972–1993) http://bit.ly/5GJXp2 ; Robert "Bob" Barker–93 "Connie Francis"(Concetta Franconero)–78 "Dionne Warwick"(Marie Warrick)–76 William "Bill" Nighy–67 Cathleen "Cathy" Rigby–64 Sheila "E" Escovedo–59 Jennifer Connelly–46 Shelton Hank Williams–44 Mayim Bialik–41 ; 1787  – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution five days after Delaware became the first

December 11

Happy Birthday RIP "Ron Carey"(Ronald Cicenia 1935–2007) Maila Syrjaniemi("Vampira" 1922–2008) ; "Rita Moreno"(Rosita Alverio)–85 Donna Mills(Miller)–76 John Kerry–73 Lynda Day George–72 Terry "Teri" Garr–69 Robert "Ben" Browder–54 Monica "Monique" Imes–49 Jason "Rusty" Joiner–44 ; 1946 – UNICEF (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) was established

December 10

Happy Birthday RIP "Dorothy Lamour"(Mary Slaton 1914–1996) Harold Gould(Goldstein 1923–2010) Michael Clarke Duncan(1957–2012) ; Fionnghuala Flanagan–75 Gloria Goff("Losing")–70 Susan Dey(Smith)–64 Paul Hardcastle–59 Kenneth Branagh–56 Virenia "Nia" Peeples–55 Patrick Flueger–33 Raven-Symoné Pearman–31 ; 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps

December 9

Happy Birthday RIP Emmett Kelly(1898–1979) Margaret Hamilton(1902–1985) "Redd Foxx"(John Sanford 1922–1991) Douglas Fairbanks Jr.(1909–2000) Richard "Dick" Van Patten(1928–2015) ; "Kirk Douglas"(Issur Demsky)–100 Buck Henry Zuckerman–86 Dame Judith Dench–82 Lloyd "Beau" Bridges III–75 Richard "Dick" Butkus–74 Michael Dorn–64 John Malkovich–63 Donald "Donny" Osmond–59 Mario Cantone–57 Felicity Huffman–54 Jesse Metcalfe–38 Simon Helberg–36 ; 1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal ; 1960 – The first episode of "Coronation Street", the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom(still in production today)

December 8

Happy Birthday RIP Samuel "Sammy" Davis(1925–1990) Clerow "Flip" Wilson(1933–1998) John "David" Carradine(1936–2009) James Morrison(1943–1971) Samuel Kinison(1953–1992) ; Gregory Allman–69 Kimila "Kim" Basinger–63 Teri Hatcher–52 Sinéad O'Connor–50 Dominic Monaghan–40 Ian Somerhalder–38 "Nicki Minaj"(Onika Maraj)–34 ; 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City

December 7

Happy Birthday RIP Tadeus Konopka("Ted Knight" 19231–1986) ; "Ellen Burstyn"(Edna Gillooly)–84 Thomas Waits–67 Larry Bird–60 Priscilla Barnes–61 Christopher Thomas Howell–50 Shiri Appleby–38 Emily Browning–28 Nicholas Hoult–27 ; 1941 – Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, drawing the United States into World War II. More than 2,300 Americans were killed ; 1963 – Instant replay makes its debut during an American Army–Navy football game

December 6

Happy Birthday RIP Alfred Eisenstaedt(1898–1995) Agnes Moorehead(1900–1974) Ryan White(1971–1990) ; James Naughton–71 Margaret JoBeth Williams–68 Craig Newmark(Founder of Craigslist)–64 Gina Hecht–64 Thomas Hulce–63 Steven Wright–61 Andrew Cuomo–59 Janine Turner(Gauntt)–54 Lindsay Price–40 Ryan Kennedy–34 ; 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published ; 1877 – The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

December 5

Happy Birthday RIP Walter Elias Disney(1901–1966) ; Little Richard Penniman–84 Joan Didion–82 "Morgan Brittany"(Suzanne Cupito)–65 Amanda (Armand) Lepore–49 Margaret Moran Cho–48 Amy Acker–40 Nicolas "Nick" Stahl–37 Adan Canto–35 Francisco "Frankie" Muñiz IV–31 ; 1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends with 21st Amendment to the Constitution ; 1955 – E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott ; 1969 – The four node ARPANET network is established (beginnings of internet between four colleges)

December 4

Happy Birthday Winston "Wink" Martindale–83 Max Baer, Jr.–79 Jeffrey Bridges–67 Patricia Wettig–65 Marisa Tomei–52 Kevin Sussman–46 Tyra Banks–43 ; 1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. ; 1945 – By a vote of 65 to 7, the US Senate approved United States of America as active participant in the United Nations.

December 3

Happy Birthday RIP Howard "Andy" Williams(1927–2012) ; Mary "Jaye P." Morgan–84 John "Ozzy" Osbourne–68 Del Shores–59 "Julianne Moore"(Julie Smith)–56 Daryl Hannah–56 Brendan Fraser–48 Bruno Campos–43 Anna Chlumsky–36 Brian Bonsall–35 Michael Angarano–29 ; 1910 – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show ; 1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague

December 2

Happy Birthday RIP Herman "Ray" Walston(1914–2001) William "Bill" Erwin(1914–2010) Giovanni Versace(1946–1997) ; Harry Reid–77 Cathy Lee Crosby–72 Stone Phillips–62 Esteban Echevarria("Steven Bauer")–60 Daniel Gauthier–53 Lucy Liu(劉玉玲)–48 Nelly Furtado–38 Britney Spears–35 ; 1939 – New York City's La Guardia Airport opens to the public ; 1970 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations

December 1

Happy Birthday RIP Mary Martin(1913–1990) David Doyle(1929–1997) Richard Pryor III(1940–2005) ; "Woody Allen"(Allan Konigsberg)–81 Bette Midler–71 Richard Treat Williams–65 Charlene Tilton–58 Jeremy Northam–55 Néstor Carbonell–49 Sarah Silverman–46 Emily Mortimer–45 Dean O'Gorman–40 ; 1885 – First serving of the soft drink "Dr Pepper" formulated by Charles Alderton in Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas ; 1913 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

November 30

Happy Birthday RIP "Mark Twain"(Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835–1910) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1874–1965) Gordon Parks(1912–2006) Richard "Dick" Clark Jr(1929–2012) Martin E. Brooks(Baum 1925–2015) ; Robert Guillaume(Williams)–89 Sir Ridley Scott–79 Mandel "Mandy" Patinkin–64 "Billy Idol"(William Broad)–61 "Stacey Q" Swain–58 Benjamin Stiller–51 "Clay Aiken"(Clayton Grissom)–38 Kaley Cuoco–31 ; 1982 – Michael Jackson's second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history

November 29

Happy Birthday RIP Garry Shandling(1949–2016) ; Jacqueline "Jackie" Stallone(Labofish)–95 Vincent Scully–89 Jacques Chirac–84 "Diane Ladd"(Rose Ladnier)–81 Chuck Mangione–76 Suzanne "Suzy" Chaffee–70 Joel Coen–62 Howard Mandel–61 Cathy Moriarty–56 Thomas Sizemore–55 Andrew McCarthy–54 Donald Cheadle Jr–52 Jonathan Knight–48 Anna Faris–40 Lucas Black–34 ; 1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California ; 1877 – Thomas Alva Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time with the words "Mary Had A Little Lamb" reproduced.

November 28

Happy Birthday RIP Hope Lange(1933–2003) Gloria Grahame(Hallward 1923–1981) Anna Nicole Smith(Vickie Hogan 1967–2007) ; Randall Newman–73 Paul Shaffer–67 Edward Harris–66 Judd Nelson–57 "Jon Stewart"(Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz)–54 Ryan Kwanten–40 Alan Ritchson–32 ; 1895 – The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours ; 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance

November 27

Happy Birthday RIP Bruce Lee(李小龍 1940–1973) Edward "Eddie" Rabbitt(1941–1998) Johnny "Jimi" Hendrix(1942–1970) James Avery(1945–2013) ; Heidemarie Jiline "Jil" Sander–73 William "Bill" Nye–61 William Fichtner–60 Caroline Kennedy–59 Robin Givens–52 Michael Vartan–48 Jaleel White–40 ; 1910 – New York's Penn Station opened ; 1924 – 1st Macys Thanksgiving Parade in NYC. ; 1978 – In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White

November 26

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Monroe Schulz(1922–2000) Robert Goulet(1933–2007) Marian Mercer(1935–2011) ; Richard "Rich" Little–78 "Tina Turner"(Anna Mae Bullock)–77 Mark Margolis–77 Daniel Davis–71 Ryan Currier(Robbins)–44 Adam Harrington–44 Peter Facinelli–43 Natasha Bedingfield–35 ; 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded

November 25

Happy Birthday RIP John Kennedy Jr(1960–1999) Ricardo Montalbán y Merino(1920–2009) Giuseppe "Joe" DiMaggio Jr(1914–1999) ; Benjamin Stein–72 John Larroquette Jr–69 Amy Grant–56 William Burke–50 Stacy Lattisaw–50 Jillian Hennessy–48 Christina Applegate–45 Jerry Ferrara–37 ; 1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play "The Mousetrap" opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history. It is still playing at St Martin's Theatre in London.

November 24

Happy Birthday RIP Geraldine Fitzgerald(1913–2005) William Frank Buckley, Jr(1925–2008) ; William "Billy" Connolly–74 William Dwight Schultz–69 Denise Crosby–59 Amanda Wyss–56 Garret Dillahunt–52 Colin Hanks(Dillingham)–39 Katherine Heigl–38 ; 1859 – Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species", which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology ; 1963 – In the first live, televised murder, Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is murdered two days after the assassination, by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters

November 23

Happy Birthday RIP “Boris Karloff”(William Pratt 1887–1969) Adolph “Harpo” Marx(1888–1964) Francis Michael Gough(1916–2011) Steven Landesberg(1936–2010) ; Bruce Vilanch–68 Bruce Hornsby–62 Robin Roberts–56 Vincent Cassel(Crochon)–50 Christopher Hardwick–45 Destiny “Miley” Cyrus–24 ; 1889 – The first jukebox made its debut, at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco

November 22

Happy Birthday RIP "Rodney Dangerfield"(Jacob Cohen 1921–2004) ; Robert Vaughn(1932–2016) ; Billie Jean King(Moffit)–73 Jamie Leigh Curtis–58 Mariel Hemingway–55 Stephen Geoffreys(Miller)–52 Boris Becker–49 Mark Ruffalo–49 Scarlett Johansson–32 ; 1963 – President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas Texas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested

November 21

Happy Birthday RIP François-Marie Arouet("Voltaire" 1694–1778) Corinne Griffith(Griffin 1894–1979) Stan Musial(1920–2013) Harold Ramis(1944–2014) ; Margaret "Marlo" Thomas–79 Goldie Hawn–71 Lorna Luft–64 Brian McNamara–56 Colette "Nicollette" Sheridan–53 Björk Guðmundsdóttir–51 Robert "Rib" Hillis–46 Jena Malone–32 ; 1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sounds ;  1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI

November 20

Happy Birthday RIP Robert F. Kennedy(1925–1968) Franklin Cover(1928–2006) "Richard Dawson"(Colin Emm 1932–2012) ; Richard "Dick" Smothers–77 Joseph Biden Jr–74 Veronica Hamel–73 Joseph Walsh–69 "Bo Derek"(Mary Collins)–60 Joel McHale–45 David O'Donnell–42 ;  1947 – The Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London ; 1966 – The musical "Cabaret," with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway ; 1974 – The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System

November 19

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Tierney(1920–1991) Thomas Dorsey(1905–1956) ; "Larry King"(Lawrence Zeiger)–83 Richard "Dick" Cavett–80 Robert "Ted" Turner III–78 Richard "Calvin" Klein–74 Robert Beltran–63 Ann Curry–60 Allison Janney–57 Margaret "Meg" Ryan(Hyra)–55 Alicia "Jodie" Foster–54 Jack Dorsey–40 ; 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania

November 18

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Daguerre(1787–1851) George Gallup(1901–1984) Imogene Fernandez de Coca(1908–2001) ; Brenda Vaccaro–77 Linda Evans(Evanstad)–74 Kevin Nealon–63 John Parr–62 Elizabeth Perkins–56 Kim Wilde(Smith)–56 Owen Wilson–48 Chloë Sevigny–42 Damon Wayans Jr–34 ; 1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday ; 1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service

November 17

Happy Birthday RIP "Rock Hudson"(Roy Scherer Jr 1925–1985) ; Gordon Lightfoot–78 Martin Scorsese–74 Mary "Lauren" Hutton–73 Daniel DeVito Jr–72 Lorne Michaels(Lipowitz)–72 "RuPaul"(Andre Charles)–56 Rachel McAdams–38 Clarke Isaac Hanson–36 ; 1973 – President Nixon told 400 Associated Press editors meeting in Orlando, Fla., that "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."

November 16

Happy Birthday RIP Oliver Burgess Meredith(1907–1997) ; David Leisure–66 Diana Krall–52 Lisa Bonet(Boney)–49 Martha Plimpton–46 Andrea "Missi" Pyle–44 Margalit "Maggie" Gyllenhaal–39 ; 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens

November 15

Happy Birthday RIP Georgia O'Keeffe(1887–1986) John Kerr(1931–2013) ; Joseph Wapner–97 Edward Asner–87 Petula Clark–84 Joanna Barnes–82 Samuel Waterston–76 Anni-Frid Lyngstad–71 Alexander O'Neal–63 Margaret Reed–60 Jonathan Lee Miller–44 Sean Murray–39 ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. debuted with a radio network of 24 stations

November 14

Happy Birthday RIP Oscar-Claude Monet(1840–1926) Constance Ockelman("Veronica Lake" 1922–1973) Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr.(1927–1996) Robert Keith Richey Jr.("Brian Keith" 1921–1997) ; Peter Norton–73 Prince Charles Philip Mountbatten-Windsor–68 Yiànnis Hryssomàllis–62 Daniel Bernard Sweeney–55 Harland Williams–54 Patrick Warburton–52 Joshua Duhamel–44 Russell Tovey–35 ; 1851 – Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was published

November 13

Happy Birthday RIP Gertrude Olmstead(1897–1975) Norman "Dack" Rambo(1941–1994) Richard Mulligan(1932–2000) William "Jack" Elam(1920–2003) Garry Marshall(Maschiarelli 1934–2016) ; Joseph Mantegna Jr–69 Frances Conroy–63 Tracy Scoggins–63 Christopher Noth–62 "Whoopi Goldberg"(Caryn Johnson)–61 James Kimmel–49 Steven Zahn–49 Gerard Butler–47 Jordan Bridges–43 Michael Copon–34 Kit Williamson–31 ; 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. ; 1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott

November 12

Happy Birthday RIP François-Auguste-René Rodin(1840–1917) Grace Kelly(1929–1982) ; Neil Young–71 Megan Mullally–58 Nadia Comăneci–55 Sammy Sosa–48 Craig Parker–46 Harvey Stephens–46 Ryan Gosling–36 Anne Hathaway–34 ; 1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic. ; 1954 – Ellis Island closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since opening in New York Harbor in 1892

November 11

Happy Birthday RIP Jonathan Winters Jr(1925–2013) Vincent Schiavelli(1948–2005) ; Barbara Levy Boxer–76 Stanley Tucci Jr–56 "Demi Moore"(Demetria Guynes)–54 Calista Flockhart–52 Philip McKeon–52 Carson Kressley–47 Leonardo DiCaprio–42 John "Scoot" McNairy–39 ; 1919 – Woodrow Wilson commemorates the first Armistice Day (Later to be called Veteran's Day) "Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory" ; 1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System is established

November 10

Happy Birthday RIP Richard Burton(Jenkins 1925–1984) Roy Scheider(1932–2008) Russell Johnson(1924–2014) ; "Jack Scalia"(Giacomo Tedesco)–66 "Sinbad"(David Adkins)–60 Laura Mackenzie Phillips–57 Thomas Davidson–53 Jonas Åkerlund–51 Tracy Morgan–48 Ellen Pompeo–47 Walton Goggins Jr–45 Heather Matarazzo–34 ; 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas under authority of the Continental Congress. ; 1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0

November 9

Happy Birthday RIP Carl Sagan(1934–1996) "Hedy Lamarr"(Hedwig Kiesler 1913–2000) ; Dorrel "Whitey" Herzog–85 Louis Ferrigno–65 Robert Duncan McNeill–52 Eric Dane–44 Nicholas Lachey–43 ; 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal ; 1967 – First issue of Rolling Stone Magazine is published ; 2016 Donal Trump wins the presidential election as Republican nominee.

November 8

Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) Morley Safer(1931–2016) ; Norman Lloyd(Perlmutter)–102 Bonnie Raitt–67 Mary Hart(Harum)–66 Christie Hefner–64 Alfre Woodard–64 "Chi Chi LaRue"(Larry Paciotti)–57 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–55 Gordon Ramsay–50 Parker Posey–48 Gretchen Mol–44 Tara Reid–41 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray

November 7

Happy Birthday RIP Dana "Plato" Strain(1964–1999) William Booth(1949–2006) ; "Joni Mitchell"(Roberta Anderson)–73 Earl Boen–71 Judy Tenuta–60 Christopher Knight–59 Pierre David Guetta–49 Michelle Clunie–47 Jason and Jeremy London–44 ; 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

November 6

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Henry Dow(1851–1902) Jonathan Charasuchin("Harris" 1914 –2002) Glenn Frey(1948–2016) ; Sally Field–70 Maria Shriver–61 Ethan Hawke–46 Rebecca Romijn–44 Emily Stone–28 ; 1947 – "Meet The Press" makes its television debut 

November 5

Happy Birthday RIP "Roy Rogers"(Leonard Slye 1911–1998) Vivien Leigh Hartley(1913–1967) Natalie Schafer(1900–1991) Herbert Edelman(1933–1996) ; Elke Sommer(von Schletz)–76 Arthur Garfunkel–75 Samuel Shepard Rogers–73 Armin Shimerman–67 Bryan Adams–57 Katherine Matilda Swinton–56 Tatum O’Neal–53 Famke Janssen–52 Samuel Rockwell–48 Samuel "Page" Elliot–40 Paul Kevin Jonas Jr–29 ; 1935 – Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly”

November 4

Happy Birthday RIP William "Will" Rogers(1879–1935) Arthur Carney(1918–2003) Walter Cronkite Jr(1916–2009) Doris Roberts(Green 1925–2016) ; Loretta Swit–79 Laura Bush(Welch)–70 Marjorie "Markie" Post–66 Kathleen Griffin–56 Ralph Macchio–55 Jeffrey Probst–55 Matthew McConaughey–47 Sean Combs–47 Travis Van Winkle–34 ; 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA. ; 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first man of African-American descent to be elected President of the United States

November 3

Happy Birthday RIP Walker Evans(1903–1975) Charles Bronson(Buchinsky 1921–2003) Michael Evans(1949–2006) ; Michael Dukakis–83 Kenneth Berry–83 Thomas Savini–70 Roseanne Barr–64 Kate Capshaw(Kathleen Nail)–63 Dennis Miller–63 “Adam Ant”(Stuart Goddard)–62 Kathy Kinney–62 Hans “Dolph” Lundgren–59 ; 1911 – The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant to compete with the Ford Model T ; 1954 – The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name

November 2

Happy Birthday RIP Burton Lancaster(1913–1994) ; "Stefanie Powers"(Stefania Paul)–74 Kate Linder–69 Kathryn Dawn "k.d." Lang–55 David Schwimmer–50 Sean Kanan(Perelman)–50 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes Jr–42 Randolph "Randy" Harrison–39 ; 1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the United States presidential election, 1920

November 1

Happy Birthday RIP Marcia Wallace(1942–2013) ; Barbara Bosson–77 Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.–74 Lyle Lovett–59 Peter Ostrum–59 Rachel Ticotin–58 Timothy Cook–56 Antonia "Toni" Collette–44 Jennifer "Jenny" McCarthy–44 Penn Badgley–30 ; 1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London ; 1800 – John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House)

October 31

Happy Birthday RIP "Michael Landon"(Eugene Orowitz 1936–1991) John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal("Lee Grant")–91 Daniel Rather Jr–85 Saul "Ron" Rifkin–77 Sally Kirkland–75 David Ogden Stiers–74 Graham "Stephen" Rea–70 Margaret Jane Pauley–66 Peter Jackson–55 Dermot Mulroney–53 Robert Schneider–53 Robert Van Winkle("Vanilla Ice")–49 Adam Bouska–33 Sean Lockhart–30 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States ; 1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed

October 30

Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) Jane Randolph(Roermer 1915–2009) Edward Lauter II(1938–2013) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–77 Henry Winkler–71 Harry Hamlin–65 Juliet Stevenson–60 Kevin Pollak–59 Jack Plotnick–48 Nitara "Nia" Long–46 Matthew Morrison–38 Shaun Sipos–35 ; 1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter

October 29

Happy Birthday Richard Dreyfuss–69 Lucy Kate Jackson–68 Joely Fisher–49 Rufus Sewell–49 Christopher Wiehl–46 Winona Ryder(Horowitz)–45 Brendan Fehr–39 Benjamin Foster–36 ; 1929 – Black Tuesday: stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out financially.

October 28

Happy Birthday Dame Joan Plowright–87 Charles Daniels–80 Jane Alexander(Quigley)–77 Telma Hopkins–68 Annie Potts–64 William Gates III–61 Julia Roberts–49 Bradley Paisley–44 Joaquin Phoenix(Bottom)–42 Peter "Finn" Wittrock–32 ; 1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become later known as Harvard University ; 1886 – the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland with the first ticker tape parade (office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets)

October 27

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Roosevelt Jr(1858–1919) Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress(1945–2004) Ruby "Dee" Wallace(1922–2014) ; Ruby "Nanette" Fabares–96 John Cleese–77 Robert Picardo–63 Simon LeBon–58 Marla Maples–53 Patrick Fugit–34 Kelly Osbourne–32 ; 1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded ; 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway (IRT) line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States

October 26

Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) John "Jackie" Coogan(1914–1984) Robert "Bob" Hoskins(1942–2014) ; Jacquelyn Smith–71 Patrick Sajdak–70 Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton–69 Mark "Dylan" McDermott–55 Ivan "Cary" Elwes–54 Thomas Cavanagh–52 Keith Urban–49 Anthony Rapp–45 Seth MacFarlane–43 Emilia Clarke–30 ; 1921 – The Chicago Theatre originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre promoted as the "Wonder Theatre of the World" opened with its first performance "The Sign on the Door " starring Norma Talmadge

October 25

Happy Birthday RIP Pablo Picasso y Lopez(1881–1973) Sarah Colley("Minnie Pearl" 1912–1996) William Bertanzetti("Billy Barty" 1924–2000) Wilma Jeanne Cooper(1928–2013) ; Marian Ross–88 Helen Reddy–75 John "Jon" Anderson–72 Nancy Cartwright–59 Samantha Bee–47 Joshua Henderson–35 "Katy Perry"(Katheryn Hudson)–32 Ciara Harris–31 ; 1945 – The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies

October 24

Happy Birthday RIP "Bob Kane"(Robert Kahn 1915–1998) ; Frederick Murray Abraham–77 Kevin Kline–69 John Kassir–59 Casey Wilson–36 Oliver Jackson-Cohen–30 ; 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls, in a barrel ; 1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan

October 23

Happy Birthday RIP William "Hayden" Rorke(1910–1987) Johnny Carson(1925–2005) John Michael Crichton(1942–2008) ; Ang Lee( 李安 )–62 Weird Alfred Yankovic–57 Samuel Raimi–57 Ryan Reynolds–40 ; 1915 – Women's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote ; 1958 – The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo, which is serialized in the weekly Spirou magazine

October 22

Happy Birthday RIP "Curly Howard"(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) Joan Fontaine(de Havilland 1917–2013) Annette Funicello(1942–2013) ; Sir Derek Jacobi–78 Christopher Lloyd–78 David "Tony" Roberts–77 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–73 Deepak Chopra–70 Jeffrey Goldblum–64 Brian Boitano–53 Ned "Carlos" Mencia–49 "Spike Jonze"(Adam Spiegel)–47 Michael Fishman–35 Zachary Hanson–31 Kyle Gallner–30 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. ; 1883 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust

October 21

Happy Birthday RIP John "Dizzy" Gillespie(1917–1993) ; Joyce Randolph(Sirola)–92 Manfred Mann(Lubowitz)–76 Judith "Judy" Sheindlin(Blum)–74 Carrie Fisher–60 Kensaku Watanabe–57 Jade Jagger–45 Sasha Roiz–43 Jeremy Miller–40 William Estes Nipper–38 Aaron Tveit–33 Matthew Dallas–34 ; 1879 – Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. which was tested the next day and lasted 13.5 hours. This would be the start of the invention of the first commercially practical incandescent light. Popular belief is that he invented the light bulb, which he did not. He invented the first that for which use was practical.

October 20

Happy Birthday RIP Bela Lugosi(Blaskó 1882–1956) John Dewey(1859–1952) Joyce Brothers(Bauer 1927–2013) ; William Christopher–84 Thomas Petty–66 Thomas Newman–61 Viggo Mortensen Jr–58 Calvin Broadus("Snoop Dogg")–45 Samuel Witwer–39 John Krasinski–37 Adam Butcher–28 ; 1803 – The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

October 19

Happy Birthday RIP "LaWanda Page"(Alberta Peal 1920–2002) "Robert Reed"(John Rietz Jr 1932–1992) Harris Glenn Milstead("Divine" 1945–1988) ; David Cornwell("John Le Carré")–85 Sir Michael Gambon–76 John Lithgow–71 Patricia Ireland–71 Jennifer Holliday–56 Amy Carter–49 Randolph "Trey" Parker III–47 Christopher Kattan–46 Desmond Harrington–40 ; 1987 – "Black Monday" the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or -22.6 percent in value, the largest one-day percentage drop (worse than 1929 at -12.82%)

October 18

Happy Birthday RIP George Campbell Scott(1927–1999) Peter Boyle Jr(1935–2006) ; Charles "Chuck" Berry–90 Dawn Wells–78 Michael Ditka(Dyczko)–77 Pamela Dawber–65 Robert "Bob" Weinstein–62 Martina Navratilova–60 Erin Moran–56 Jean-Claude Van Damme(Varenberg)–56 Zachary Efron–29 ; 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day ; 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service

October 17

Happy Birthday RIP Edward Montgomery Clift(1920–1966) "Rita Hayworth"(Margarita Cansino 1918–1987) Thomas Poston(1921–2007) Robert "Evil" Knievel(1938–2007) ; James Seals–75 Michael McKean–69 Margaret "Margot" Kidder–68 George Wendt–68 Norman Macdonald–53 David "Ziggy" Marley–48 Marshall Mathers III("Eminem")–44 David Matthew Macfadyen–42 Chris Lowell–32 Maximillian Irons–31 ; 1919 – RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America ; 1956 – The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield,in Cumbria, England

October 16

Happy Birthday RIP Oscar Wilde(1854–1900) Michael Conrad(1925–1983) ; Angela Lansbury–91 Leonard Barrie Corbin–76 Suzanne Somers(Mahoney)–70 Timothy Robbins–58 Kim Wayans–55 Michael Balzary("Flea")–54 Johnathan Mayer–38 Brea Grant–35  ; 1923 – The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.

October 15

Happy Birthday RIP “Mark Lenard”(Leonard Rosenson 1924–1996) ; Linda Lavin–79 Carole Penny Marshall–73 Richard Carpenter–70 Sarah Ferguson–57 Emeril Lagasse III–57 Dominic West–47 William "Brent" Unger–21 ; 1878 – The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation (later General Electric) in Schenectady ; 1951 – The first episode of I Love Lucy, an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, airs on the Columbia Broadcasting System

October 14

Happy Birthday RIP David Dwight Eisenhower(1890–1969) Lillian Gish(1893–1993) Charles Everett Koop(1916–2013) ; Sir Roger Moore–89 Ralph Lauren(Lifschitz)–77 Harry Anderson–64 Gregory Evigan–63 Thomas Dolby(Robertson)–58 Isaac Mizrahi–55 Stephen Coogan–51 Karyn White–51 Usher Raymond IV–38 Maximillion Thieriot–28 ; 1926 – The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published ; 1964 – civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence

October 13

Happy Birthday RIP Laraine Johnson("Day" 1920–2007) Margaret Thatcher(Roberts 1925–2013) ; Paul Simon–75 Grady Demond Wilson–70 Samuel "Sammy" Hagar–69 Olive Marie Osmond–57 Kathleen "Kate" Walsh–49 Sacha Baron Cohen–45 Ashanti Douglas–36 ; 1843 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (בני ברית‎) "Children of the Covenant" , the oldest Jewish service organization in the world

October 12

Happy Birthday RIP Luciano Pavarotti(1935–2007) ; Christopher Wallace–69 Susan Anton–66 Christopher Botti–54 Glenn Soukesian("Colton Ford")–54 Hugh Jackman–48 Adam Rich–48 Joshua Hutcherson–24 ; 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, died five days after he was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie Wyoming.

October 11

Happy Birthday RIP Anna Eleanor Roosevelt(1884–1962) ; Daryl Hall(Hohl)–70 David Morse–63 Joan Cusack–54  Luke Perry(Coy Luther Perry III)–50  Sean Patrick Flanery–49 Jane Krajkowski–47 Stephen Moyer(Emery)–47 Matthew Bomer–39 Trevor Donovan Neubauer–37 ; 1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests ; 1988 – National Coming Out Day is an annual LGBTQ observed day to commemorate the gay liberation spirit of the person being political. The emphasis is that the most basic form of activism is coming out to family, friends and colleagues, and living life as an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender or queer

October 10

Happy Birthday RIP Helen Hayes(Brown 1900–1993) Ibson Dana Elcar(1927–2005) Christopher Penn(1965–2006) ; "Peter Coyote"(Rachmil Cohon)–75 Benjamin Vereen(Middleton)–70 David Lee Roth–62 Tanya Tucker–58 Julia Sweeney–57 Bradley Whitford–57 Jodi Marzorati("Benson")–55 Mario Lopez Jr–43 Daniel Stevens–31 ; 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8 to October 10

October 9

Happy Birthday RIP John Winston Lennon(1940–1980) ; Clyde Jackson Browne–68 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)–64 Anthony Shalhoub–63 John O'Hurley–62 Scott Bakula–62 Sean Lennon–41 Brandon Routh–37 ; 1701– The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut ; 1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California

October 8

Happy Birthday Rona Barrett(Burstein)–80 Paul Hogan–77 Cornelius "Chevy" Chase–73 Sarah Purcell–68 Susan "Sigourney" Weaver–67 Darrell Hammond–61 Stephanie Zimbalist–60 Matthew Damon–46 Peter Hernandez("Bruno Mars")–31 ; 1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game

October 7

Happy Birthday RIP "June Allyson"(Eleanor Geisman 1917–2006) ; "Joy Behar"(Josephina Occhiuto)–74 John Mellencamp–65 Judy Landers(Hamburg)–58 Simon Cowell–57 Dylan Baker–57 Daniel Savage–52 Toni Braxton–49 Brandon Quinn Swierenga–39 Shawn Ashmore–37 ; 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.

October 6

Happy Birthday RIP Laura "Janet" Gainor(1906–1984) "Carole Lombard"(Jane Peters 1908–1942) ; Britt-Marie Eklund–74 Kevin Cronin–65 Elisabeth Shue–53 Ioan Gruffudd–43 Jeremy Sisto–42 Wesley Ramsey–39 Olivia Thirlby–30 ; 1927 – The era of talking motion pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, the first prominent talking movie

October 5

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond "Ray" Kroc(1902–1984) "Larry Fine"(Louis Feinberg 1902–1975) Jeffery Conaway(1950–2011) ; Steven Miller–73 Karen Allen–65 Harold Faltermeier–64 Clive Barker–64 Guy Pearce–49 Kate Winslet–41 James Jesse Palmer–38 Jesse Eisenberg–33 ; 1947 President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised address from the White House ; 1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded

October 4

Happy Birthday RIP Joseph "Buster" Keaton(1895–1966) "Charleton Heston"(John Carter 1923–2008) Jacqueline Collins(1937–2015); "Anne Rice"(Howard O'Brien)–75 Susan Sarandon(Tomalin)–70 Armand Assante Jr–67 Christopher Waltz–60 William "Bill" Fagerbakke–59 "Jon Secada"(Juan Martínez)–55 Isaac Liev Schreiber–49 Alicia Silverstone–40 Rachael Leigh Cook–37 ; 1883 – First run of the Orient Express ; 1957 – "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS.

October 3

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene "Gore" Vidal(1925–2012) ; "Chubby Checker"(Ernest Evans)–75 Uwe "Roy" Horn–72 Lindsey Buckingham–67 Pamela Hensley–66 Peter "Jack" Wagner–57 "Tommy Lee"(Thomas Bass)–54 Clive Owen–52 Gwen Stefani–47 Neve Campbell–43 Lena Headey–43 Sean William Scott–40 Ashley Simpson–32 ; 1955 – "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC

October 2

Happy Birthday RIP Mohandas Gandhi(1869–1948) William "Bud" Abbott(1895–1974) Henry Graham Greene(1904–1991) Julius "Groucho" Marx(1890–1977) ; Rex Reed–78 Donna Karan(Faske)–68 Avery Brooks–68 Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz–67 Michael "Mike" Rutherford–66 "Sting"(Gordon Sumner)–65 Lorraine Bracco–62 Robert "Robbie" Nevil–58 Kelly Ripa–46 Tiffany Darwisch–45 ; 1950 – The comic strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz was first published ; 1959 – “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS

October 1

Happy Birthday RIP George Peppard Jr(1928–1994) Walter Matthow(1920–2000) Thomas Bosley(1927–2010) ; James "Jimmy" Earl Carter Jr.–92 Julie Andrews(Julia Wells)–81 Randall Quaid–66 Elizabeth Dennehy–56 Mark McGwire–53 Theodore King–51 Cindy Margolis–51 Zacharius Galifianakis–47 Rupert Friend–35 ; 1908 – Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825 ; 1963 – First broadcast of The Tonight Show starting Johnny Carson aired on NBC

September 30

Happy Birthday RIP Truman Capote(Persons 1924–1984) ; Angie Dickinson(Angeline Brown)–85 Johnny "John" Mathis–81 Marilyn McCoo–73 Countess Roza-Marie Lubienska("Rula Lenska")–69 Barbara "Basia" Trzetrzelewska–62 Barry Williams(Blenkhorn)–62 Patrice Rushen–62 Francine Drescher–59 Eric Stoltz–55 Silas Weir Mitchell Neilson–47 Marion Cotillard–41 ; 1960 – The Flintstones premieres on ABC TV (Originally called "Flagstones" in 1959 pilot)

September 29

Happy Birthday RIP Orvon "Gene" Autry(1907–1998) Madeline Kahn(Wolfson 1942–1999) Larry Linville(1939–2000) ; Jerry Lee Lewis–81 Ian McShane–74 Bryant Gumbel–68 Andrew "Dice" Clay Silverstein–59 Roger Bart–54 Jill Whelan–50 Luke Goss–48 Zachary Levi Pugh–36 ; 1951 – The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC

September 28

Happy Birthday RIP Seymour Cray(1925–1996) Edward "Ed" Sullivan(1901–1974) James "J.T." Walsh(1943–1998) ; Brigitte Bardot–82 Jeffrey Jones–70 Jane "Janeane" Garofalo–52 Leilani Sarelle Figalan–50 Mira Sorvino–49 Naomi Watts–48 Lucas Bryant–38 Hilary Duff–29 ; 1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later. Only 200 units were produced. NBC made the first coast-to-coast color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 1954, the first production receiver using NTSC color offered to the public (the NTSC standard still used in most of the world, as well as PAL standard, adding digital broadcasting in the US approx 2011)

September 27

Happy Birthday RIP Will Sampson(1933–1987) Donald Cornelius(1936–2012) "William Conrad"(John Cann 1920–1994) Francis Gregory "Greg" Morris(1933–1996) "Jayne Meadows"(Jane Cotter 1919–2015) ; Anthony Wilford Brimley–82 Marvin Aday("Meatloaf")–69 Elizabeth "Liz" Torres–69 Shaun Cassidy–58 Phoebe Price–44 Gwyneth Paltrow–44 Avril Lavigne–32 ; 1905 – The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².

September 26

Happy Birthday RIP Francois "Jack" LaLanne(1914–2011) Patrick O'Neal(1927–1994) Joyce Jameson(1932–1987) "Donna Douglas"(Dorothy Smith 1932–2015) ; Anne Robinson–72 Olivia Newton-John–68 Linda Hamilton–60 Melissa Sue Anderson–54 James Caviezel–48 Mark Famiglietti–37 Jessie Pavelka–34 ; 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General. ‪

September 25

Happy Birthday RIP Christopher Reeve(1952–2004) Juliet Prowse(1936–1996) William Faulkner(1897–1962) ; Barbara Walters–87 Michael Douglas–72 Cheryl Tiegs–69 Anson William Heimlich–67 Mark Hamill–65 Michael Madsen–59 Heather Locklear–55 Tate Donovan–53 Willard "Will" Smith Jr–48 Catherine Jones(Douglas)–47 Hal Harry Sparks III–47 ; 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas is integrated by the use of US Army troops

September 24

Happy Birthday RIP Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald(1896–1940) Audra Lindley(1918–1997) Phillip Hartmann(1948–1998) James Henson(1936–1990) ; Kevin Sorbo–58 Antonia "Nia" Vardalos–54 Andrew Leeds–38 Justin Bruening–37 Grey Damon–29 ; 1968 – 60 Minutes debuts on CBS. ; 1979 – Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service("email")

September 23

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Charles Robinson(1930–2004) "Mickey Rooney"(Joseph Yule Jr 1920–2014) ;  Julio Iglesias de la Cueva–73 Mary Kay Place–69 Bruce Springsteen–67 "Rosalind" Chao( 赵家玲)–59 Jason Alexander(Greenspan)–57 Kenneth "Chi" McBride–55 Alexander Proyas–53 Anthony Mackie–38 ; 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune ; 2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released which was based on Gecko and HTML4 and successor to Netscape Navigator

September 22

Happy Birthday RIP Erich von Stroheim(1885–1957) John Houseman(Jacques Haussmann 1902–1988) ; Thomas "Tommy" Lasorda–89 Antonia Basilotta("Toni Basil")–73 David Coverdale–65 Shari Belafonte–62 Deborah "Debby" Boone–60 Joan Jett(Larkin)–58 Bonnie Hunt–55 Laura Vandervoort–32 ; 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published

September 21

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones(1912–2002) "Henry Gibson"(James Bateman 1935–2009) Larry Hagman(1931–2012) ; William "Bill" Kuretich("Kurtis")–76 "Fannie Flagg"(Patricia Neal)–72 Stephen King–69 William "Bill" Murray–66 Ethan Coen–59 Robert Morrow–54 "Faith Hill"(Audrey Perry)–49 Ricki Lake–48 Lucas "Luke" Wilson–45 Nicole Richie(Escovedo)–35 Maggie Grace Denig–33 ; 1957 – "Perry Mason," starring Raymond Burr, premiered on CBS

September 20

Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878–1968) Jonathan Hardy(1940–2012) Anne Meara(1929–2015) ; "Sophia Loren"(Sofia Scicolone)–82 Karen Sharpe–82 Carole "Candy" Spelling–71 George Raymond Martin–68 Gary Cole–60 Robert Rusler–51 Kristen Johnston–49 Bradford Beyer Jr–43 Jon Bernthal–40 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts ; 2011 – The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time

September 19

Happy Birthday RIP Frances Farmer(1913–1970) "Mama Cass Elliot"(Ellen Cohen 1941–1974) ; Rosemary Harris–89 "Adam West"(William Anderson)–88 Randolph Mantooth–71 Jeremy Irons–68 "Twiggy"(Leslie Hornby)–67 Joan Blunden("Lunden")–66 Lita Ford–58 Cheryl O'Teari–54 Kimberly Richards–52 James "Jimmy" Fallon Jr.–42 Alison Sweeney–40 Kevin Zegers–32 ; In 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died of wounds inflicted by an assassin ; 1970 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show" debuted on CBS

September 18

Happy Birthday RIP Greta Garbo(Gustafsson 1905–1990) John Lebzelter("Jack Warden" 1920–2006) James Gandolfini(1961–2013) ; June Foray(Forer)–99 Michael Gubitosi("Robert Blake")–83 Francis Avallone("Frankie Avalon")–77 Frederick Willard–77 Beth Grant–67 Aisha Tyler–46 Jada Pinkett Smith–45 Lance Armstrong(Gunderson)–45 James Marsden–43 Daniel "Jason" Sudeikis–41 ; 1851 – The first edition of The New York Times was published as "The New-York Daily Times" ; 1947 – The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the USA armed forces

September 17

Happy Birthday RIP Dolores Costello(1903–1979) Hiram "Hank" Williams(1923–1953) Roderick "Roddy" McDowall(1928–1998) Anne Bancroft(Anna Italiano 1931–2005) Paul Benedict(1938–2008) "Lupe Ontiveros"(Guadalupe Moreno 1942–2012) Johnathan Ritter(1948–2003) ; John "Fee" Waybill–66 Cassandra Peterson("Elvira")–65 Rita Rudner–63 Wendy Worthington–62 Bryan Singer–51 Kyle Chandler–51 Jeffrey Matthew Settle–47 Nathan "Nate" Berkus–45 Griffith Feuerstein("Griff Furst")–35 ; 1972 – The comedy series "M.A.S.H." standing for "Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" premiered on CBS ; 1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.

September 16

Happy Birthday RIP Peter Falk(1927–2011) "Lauren Bacall"(Betty Perske 1924–2014) Riley "B.B." King(1925–2015) ; Edward Begley Jr.–67 Philip "Mickey" Rourke Jr–64 David Copperfield(Kotkin)–60 Jennifer Tilly(Chan)–58 Richard Marx–53 Molly Shannon–52 Marco Muñiz("Marc Anthony")–48 Amy Poehler–45 Ian Harding–30 Nicholas Jonas–24 ; 1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City ; 1972 – "The Bob Newhart Show" premiered on CBS

September 15

Happy Birthday RIP Agatha Christie(Miller 1890–1976) Vina Fay Wray(1907–2004) Julius “Nipsey” Russell(1918–2005) John “Jackie” Cooper Jr(1922–2011) Roy Brocksmith(1945–2001) Wendie Jo Sperber(1958–2005) ; Norman Crosby–89 Tommy Lee Jones–70 Daniel Marino Jr–55 Joshua Charles–45 Edward Thomas Hardy–39 Prince Henry Charles Albert David Windsor–32 Heidi Montag–30 ; 1963 – four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the deadliest act of the civil rights era

September 14

Happy Birthday RIP Amy Winehouse(1983–2011) ; Walter Koenig–80 Davenie "Joey" Heatherton–72 Jon "Bowzer" Bauman–69 Nigel "Sam" Neill–69 Alexis "Faith" Ford–52 Kimberly Payne Williams–45 Andrew Lincoln(Clutterbuck)–43 Jesse James–27 ; 1985 – The Golden Girls, a television sitcom, premieres on NBC

September 13

Happy Birthday RIP Reta Shaw(1912–1982) Emilie Claudette Chauchoin("Colbert" 1903–1996) Melvin Tormé (1925–1999) Nell Carter(Hardy 1948–2003) Richard Kiel(1939–2014) ; "Barbara Bain"(Millicent Fogel)–85 "Eileen Fulton"(Margaret McLarty)–83 Winnifred Jacqueline Bisset–72 Peter Cetera–72 Jean Smart–65 Geraldine "Geri" Jewell–60 Dominic Fumusa–47 Fiona Apple Maggart–39 Bennett "Ben" Savage–36 ; 1956 – The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage (not only RAM)

September 12

Happy Birthday RIP Maurice Chevalier(1888–1972) James "Jesse" Owens(1913–1980) "Barry White"(Barrence Carter 1944–2003) Paul Walker IV(1973–2013) ; Ian Holm Cuthbert–85 Linda Gray–76 Joseph Pantoliano–65 Peter Scolari–61 Louis Szekely("CK")–49 William Joshua Hopkins–46 Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan–38 Jennifer Hudson–35 ; 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit

September 11

Happy Birthday RIP Herbert Lom(Schluderpacheru 1917–2012) ; Henry Earl Holliman–88 Brian De Palma–76 Amy Madigan–66 Roxann Dawson(Caballero)–58 John Hawkes(Perkins)–57 Virginia Madsen–55 Christina "Kristy" McNichol–54 Richard "Moby" Hall–51 Joseph Harry Connick Jr.–49 Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges–39 ; 2001 – Al Qaida suicide hijackers crashed two jet airliners into the World Trade Center in New York, causing both 110-story twin towers to collapse killing nearly 3,000 people. #NeverForget 

September 10

Happy Birthday Arnold Palmer–87 Karl Lagerfeldt–83 Jose Feliciano Garcia–71 Anthony Joseph Pereira("Joe Perry")–66 Harold "Harry" Groener–65 Amy Irving–63 Colin Firth–56 Guy Ritchie–48 James Duval–44 Matthew Ryan Phillippe–42 ; 1955 – “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS (the second of the Western genre for Television, first being the "Lone Ranger")

September 9

Happy Birthday RIP Otis Redding, Jr(1941–1967) Clifford Robertson III(1923–2011) ; Chaim Topol–81 Joseph Theismann–67 Thomas Wopat–65 Hugh Grant–56 Adam Sandler–50 Goran Višnjić–44 Michael Bublé–41 ; 1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington ; 1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)

September 8

Happy Birthday RIP May McAvoy(1899–1984) Richard "Peter" Sellers(1925–1980) Virginia Hensley("Patsy Cline" 1932–1963) Isaac "Sid" Caesar(1922–2014) ; Bernard "Bernie" Sanders–75 Julian Richings–61 Aimee Mann–56 David Lee Smith–53 Kimberly Peirce–49 Martin Freeman–45 David Arquette–45 Alecia "Pink" Moore–37 Jonathan Taylor Thomas(Weiss)–35 Steven "Jake" Sandvig–30 ; 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape ; 1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC television

September 7

Happy Birthday RIP John Pierpont "Jack" Morgan, Jr.(1867–1943) Charles Holley("Buddy Holly" 1936–1959) William Jermaine Stewart(1957–1997) ; Gloria Gaynor(Fowles)–67 Julie Kavner–66 Christine "Chrissie" Hynde–65 Michael Emerson–62 Corbin Bernsen–62 Diane Farr–47 Thomas Everett Scott–46 Oliver Hudson–40 Devon Sawa–38 ; 1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

September 6

Happy Birthday Jo Anne Worley–79 George Roger Waters–73 Swoosie Kurtz–72 Jane Curtin–69 Patricia "Patti" Yasutake–63 Anne Lockhart(Maloney)–63 Jeffrey Foxworthy–58 Rosa "Rosie" Perez–52 Natalie McIntyre("Macy Gray")–49 Cecilia "CeCe" Peniston–47 Idrissa Elba–44 ; 1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders

September 5

Happy Birthday RIP "Freddie Mercury"(Farrokh Bulsara 1946–1991) ; George Robert Newhart–87 William Devane–77 Raquel Welch(Tejada)–76 Michael Keaton(Douglas)–65 Peter Wingfield–54 Rose McGowan–43 ; 1957 – “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, the defining novel of the Beat Generation, was published

September 4

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Ford II(1917–1987) Richard "Dick" York(1928–1992) ; "Mitzi Gaynor"(Francesca von Gerber)–85 Dr. David Drew Pinsky–58 Damon Wayans–56 Wesley Bentley–38 Beyoncé Knowles–35 ; 1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settler ; 1882 – Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age ; 1957 – Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel line

September 3

Happy Birthday RIP Alan Ladd(1913–1964) Verla Eileen Brennan(1932–2013) "Kitty Carlisle"(Catherine Conn 1910–2007) Anna "Anne" Jackson(1925–2016) ; Valerie Perrine–73 Adam Curry–52 "Charlie Sheen"(Carlos Estevez)–51 Trevor St. John–45 Samuel "Nick" Wechsler–38 David Moretti–35 Garrett Hedlund–32 ; 1951 – The first long-running American soap opera, "Search for Tomorrow", airs its first episode on the CBS television network

September 2

Happy Birthday RIP Meinhardt Raabe("Munchkin Coroner" 1915–2010) Christa McAuliffe(1948–1986) ; Mary Jo Catlett–78 Terry Bradshaw–68 Thomas Mark Harmon–65 James "Jimmy" Connors–64 Keanu Reeves–52 Salma Hayek Jiménez–50 Charles "Tuc" Watkins III–50 Salvatore "Vincent DePaul" Zannino–48 ; 1789 – The U.S. Treasury Department was established ; 1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes

September 1

Happy Birthday RIP "Yvonne De Carlo"(Margaret Middleton 1922–2007) Richard Farnsworth(1920–2000) Conway Twitty(Harold Jenkins 1933–1993) ; George Maharias–88 Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin–77 Barry Gibb–70 Dr. Phillip McGraw–66 Gloria Estefan(Garcia)–59 Burn Gorman–42 Robert Scott Speedman–41 Robert Boyd Holbrook–35 ; 1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company ; 1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America

August 31

Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) "Buddy Hackett"(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–71 Isaac Perlman–71 Sir George Ivan Morrison–71 Richard Gere–67 Julie Brown–62 Jonathan LaPaglia–47 Deborah Gibson–46 Christopher Tucker–44 ; 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan ; 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris France

August 30

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Massey(1896–1983) "Shirley Booth"(Thelma Ford 1898–1992) Fredrick MacMurray(1908–1991) ; Bill Daily–89 Warren Buffett–86 Elizabeth Ashley(Cole)–77 Timothy Bottoms–65 Paul Oakenfold–53 Michael Chiklis–53 Cameron Diaz–44 Lisa Ling(麗莎玲)–43 Andrew "Andy" Roddick–34 ; 1963 – The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation

August 29

Happy Birthday RIP Ingrid Bergman(1915–1982) Eloise "Isabel" Sanford(1917–2004) Michael Jackson(1958–2009) ; William Friedkin–81 Elliott Gould(Goldstein)–78 Robin Leach–75 Temple Grandin–69 Rebecca DeMornay(Pearch)–57 Carla Gugino–45 William Levy–36 Lea Michele Sarfati–30 ; 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded ; 1922 – The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City advertising a new apartment complex in Jackson Heights, Queens

August 28

Happy Birthday RIP Nancy Kulp(1921–1991) Roxie Roker(1929–1995) Donald O'Connor(1925–2003) Biagio "Ben" Gazzara(1930–2012) ; David Soul(Solberg)–73 Luis Guzmán–60 Scott Hamilton–58 Brian Thompson–57 Emma Samuelson("Samms")–56 Jennifer Coolidge–55 David Fincher–54 "Shania Twain"(Eilleen Edwards)–51 Jason Priestley–47 Thomas "Jack" Black–47 Margaret LeAnn Rimes–34 Armond "Armie" Hammer–30 ; 1898 – Caleb Bradham (a pharmacist) invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called "Pepsi-Cola" and was president of the original corporation ; 1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech

August 27

Happy Birthday RIP Lyndon Johnson(1908–1973) "Martha Raye"(Margaret Reed 1916–1994) ; George W. Bailey–72 Barbara Goldbach–69 Paul Rubenfeld("PeeWee Herman")–64 Peter Storm–63 Diana Scarwid–61 "Downtown" Julie Brown–57 Thomas "Tom" Ford–55 Sarah Chalke–40 Aaron Paul Sturtevant–37 Patrick J. Adams–35 Blake Jenner–24 ; 1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft

August 26

Happy Birthday RIP Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu("Mother Theresa" 1910–1997) Geraldine Ferraro(1935–2011) ; Valerie Simpson–71 Peter Brett Cullen–60 Wanda De Jesus–58 Melissa McCarthy–46 Gunner Wright–43 Zemfira Ramazanova–40 Christopher Pine–36 Macaulay Culkin–36 "Cassie"(Casandra Ventura)–30 ; 1920 – the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effect by congress

August 25

Happy Birthday RIP Melchoir Ferrer(1917–2008) Louis "Leonard" Bernstein(1918–1990) ; Maurice Halperin("Monty Hall")–95 Thomas Sean Connery–86 Regis Philbin–85 Thomas Skerritt–83 Nancy Stoll("Mink Stole")–69 Chaim Weitz("Gene Simmons")–67 Declan MacManus("Elvis Costello")–62 Timothy Burton–58 William Ray Cyrus–55 Blair Underwood–52 Rachael Ray–48 Claudia Schiffer–46 Alexander Skarsgård–40 ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.

August 24

Happy Birthday RIP Margaret "Dorothy" Comingore(1913–1971) Millicent "Penny" Edwards(1928–1998) ; Ronee Blakley–71 Anne Archer–69 Stephen Fry–59 Steven Guttenberg–58 Craig Kilborn–54 Marlee Matlin–51 David Chappelle–43 Simon "James" D'Arcy–41 Chad Michael Murray–35 Rupert Grint–28 ; 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera ; 1949 – The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect

August 23

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene Kelly(1912–1996) Edgar "Ted" Codd(1923–2003) River Phoenix(Bottom 1970–1993) ; Vera "Miles" Ralston–87 Barbara "Eden" Moorhead–85 Richard Sanders–76 Richard "Rick" Springthorpe("Springfield")–67 Shelley Long–67 Jon "Jay" Mohr–46 Scott Caan–40 Kobe Bryant–38 ; 1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented ; 1926 – Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died at age 31

August 22

Happy Birthday RIP Helene "Leni" Riefenstahl(1902–2003) Ray Bradbury(1920–2012) ; Valerie Harper–77 Cynthia Williams–69 Myra "Tori" Amos–53 Richard Armitage–45 Kristen Wiig–43 ; 1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded ; 1902 – President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public

August 21

Happy Birthday Kenneth Rogers–78 Patricia McCormack(Russo)–71 Kim Cattrall–60 Carrie-Anne Moss–49 Alicia Witt–41 Hayden Panettiere–27 ; 1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobile was founded ; 1959 – President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union

August 20

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Bergman("Alan Reed" 1907–1977) Isaac Hayes(1942–2008) ; Donald King–85 Constance "Connie" Chung-Povich(宗毓華)–70 Robert Plant–68 Albert "Al" Roker Jr–62 Joan Allen–60 James Marsters–54 Amy Adams–42 Benjamin Barnes–35 ; 1920 – First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan

August 19

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene Roddenberry(1921–1991) ; Diana Muldaur–78 Jill St. John(Oppenheim)–76 William Jefferson Blythe III(Bill Clinton)–70 Mary "Tipper" Gore–68 Jonathan Frakes–64 Peter Gallagher–61 John Stamos–53 Kyra Sedgwick–51 Kevin Dillon–51 Matthew Perry–47 ; 1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ; 1929 – The comedy "Amos 'n' Andy" made its network radio debut on NBC ; 2004 – Internet search engine Google went public

August 18

Happy Birthday RIP Max Factor, Jr.(1904–1996) "Shelley Winters"(Shirley Schrift 1920–2006) Patrick Swayze(1952–2009) ; Eleanor Rosalynn Carter–89 "Roman Polanski"(Rajmund Liebling)–83 Charles Robert Redford Jr.–80 Martin Mull–73 Elayne Boosler–64 Denis Leary–59 Christian Slater–47 Edward Norton–47 Malcolm-Jamal Warner–46 Andrew "Andy" Samberg–38 ; 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium

August 17

Happy Birthday RIP "Samuel Goldwyn"(Schmuel Gelbfisz 1879–1974) Mary "Mae" West(1893–1980) ; Robert De Niro Jr.–73 Kevin Rowland–63 Belinda Carlisle-Mason–58 Sean Penn–56 Donald Wahlberg–47 Mark Salling–34 ; 1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany

August 16

Happy Birthday RIP Fess Parker Jr.(1924–2010)  Robert Culp(1930–2010) Edith Gormezano("Eydie Gormé" 1928–2013) Frank Gifford(1930–2015) ; Julia Newmeyer("Julie Newmar")–83 Lesley Ann Warren–70 Kathie Lee Gifford(Epstein)–63 James Cameron–62 Madonna Louise Ciccone–58 Angela Bassett–58 Timothy Hutton–56 Steven Carell–54 Cameron Gigandet–34 Cameron Monaghan–23 ; 1954 – Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc. ; 1977 – Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42. The bathroom where the body was found is closed to the public.

August 15

Happy Birthday RIP Julia Child(McWilliams 1912–2004) Peter Nigel Terry(1945–2015) ; Rose Marie Mazetta–93 "Mike Connors"(Krekor Ohanian)–91 Patricia Priest–80 Linda Ellerbee(Smith)–72 Princess Anne Windsor–66 Tessie Harper(Washam)–66 Željko Ivanek–59 Debra Messing–48 Benjamin Affleck-Boldt–44 Joseph Jonas–27 Jennifer Lawrence–26 ; 1939 – "The Wizard of Oz" premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood California

August 14

Happy Birthday RIP Alice Ghostley(1924–2007) ; David Crosby–75 Stephen "Steve" Martin–71 Antonio Fargas–70 Susan Saint James(Miller)–70 Danielle Schuelein-Steel–69 Gary Larson–66 Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr–57 Marcia Gay Harden–57 Susan Olsen–55 Jon Marc Ingle("Lady Bunny")–54 Maria Halle Berry–50 Catherine Bell–48 Christopher Gorham–42 Milena "Mila" Kunis–33 ; 1935 – Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired, is signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt ; 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London at the Rialto Theater

August 13

Happy Birthday RIP Irving "Bert" Lahrheim(1895–1967) Alfred Hitchcock(1899–1980) Neville Brand(1920–1992) Herbert Ritts(1952–2002) Daniel "Pat" Harrington Jr(1929–2016) ; "Kevin Tighe"(John Fishburn)–72 Dante "Danny" Bonaduce–57 John Slattery Jr–54 James Carpinello–41 Augusto "Alex" González–36 ; 1942 – Walt Disney's animated feature "Bambi" premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City

August 12

Happy Birthday RIP Jane Wyatt(1910–2006) Cecil Blount DeMille(1881–1959) ; George Hamilton–77 Patrick "Pat" Metheny–62 Peter Krause–51 Rebecca Gayheart–45 Caleb Casey Affleck–41 ; 1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine

August 11

Happy Birthday Ian McDiarmid–72 Terry Bollea("Hulk Hogan")–63 Viola Davis–51 Anna Gunn–48 Chris Messina–42 Chris Hemsworth–33 ; 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island ; 1965 – deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.

August 10

Happy Birthday RIP Herbert Hoover(1874–1964) Edith Norma Shearer(1902–1983) John "Jack" Haley Jr(1898–1979) Eddie Fisher(Edwin Tisch 1928–2010) ; Ian Anderson–69 Donald Swayze–58 Rosanna Arquette–57 José Antonio Banderas–56 Justin Theroux–45 Ryan Eggold–32 Lucas Till–26 ; 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24yo postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year

August 9

Happy Birthday RIP Whitney Houston(1963–2012) ; Samuel Elliott–72 Melanie Griffith–59 Amanda Bearse–58 Gillian Anderson–48 Eric Banadinovic(Eric Bana)–48 Audrey Tautou–40 Anna Kendrick–31 ; 1969 – Actress Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring and Steven Parent were found murdered in Los Angeles; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the murders

August 8

Happy Birthday RIP Esther Williams(1921–2013) ; Richard Anderson–90 Lonnie Melvin Tillis–84 Donald P. Bellisario–81 Dustin Hoffman–79 Concetta Ingolia("Connie Stevens")–78 Larry Wilcox–69 Keith Carradine–67 Donald Most–63 Joshua "J.C." Chasez–40 ; 1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph ; 1974 – Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day

August 7

Happy Birthday RIP Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (1927–1959) Mary "Billie" Burke(1884–1970) ; John Glover Jr–72 Wayne Knight–61 Paul Bruce Dickinson–58 David Duchovny–56 Charlize Theron–41 Eric Johnson–37 Randy Wayne Frederick–35 ; 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart

August 6

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Mitchum(1917–1997) Andy Warhola(1928–1987) Lucille Ball(1911–1989) ; Barbara Windsor(Deeks)–79 Manoj Nelliyattu "M Night" Shyamalan–46 Vera Farmiga–43 Soleil Moon Frye–40 Melissa George–40 Christopher Anton Ploszczansky–30 ; 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare.

August 5

Happy Birthday RIP John Huston(1906–1987) Selma Diamond(1920–1985) Neil Armstrong(1930–2012) ; "John Saxon"(Carmine Orrico)–81 Loni Anderson–71 Jeannette "Ja'net" DuBois–71 Maureen McCormick–60 Jesse Williams–35 ; 1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping ; 1957 – "American Bandstand," hosted by Dick Clark, made its network TV debut on ABC

August 4

Happy Birthday RIP Anita Page(Pomares 1910–2008) Louis Armstrong(1901–1971) ; Frank Vincent Gattuso–77 Richard Belzer–72 William Robert Thornton–61 Barack H. Obama II–55 Daniel Dae Kim–48 Abigail Spencer–35 ; 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy

August 3

Happy Birthday "Tony Bennett"(Anthony Benedetto)–90 "Martin Sheen"(Ramon Estevez)–76 Martha Stewart(Kostyra)–75 John Landis–66 Jay Waverly North Jr–65  Molly Hagan–54 Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr–39 Thomas Dewey–38 Nicole Evangeline Lilly–37 ; 1923 – Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack ; 1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers

August 2

Happy Birthday RIP Jacob "Jack" Warner(1892–1978) Myrna "Loy" Williams(1905–1993) Beatrice Straight(1914–2001) John Carroll O'Connor(1924–2001) Peter O'Toole(1932–2013) Wesley Craven(1939–2015) ; Joanna Cassidy(Caskey)–71 Patrick Lilley("Butch Patrick")–63 Patricia Apollonia Kotero–57 Mary-Louise Parker–52 Samuel Worthington–40 Edward Furlong–39 ; 1790 – The first United States Census is conducted ; 1870 – Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

August 1

Happy Birthday RIP Jerome "Jerry" Garcia(1942–1995) Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent(1936–2008) Dominic "Dom" DeLuise(1933–2009) ; Samuel "Sam" Mendes–51 "James St James"(James Clark)–50 Tempestt Bledsoe–43 Joseph Jason Momoa–37 "Max Carver"(Robert Maxwell Martensen)–28 Jack O'Connell–26 ; 1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles!

July 31

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Cassidy(1932–1979) Geoffrey Lewis(1935–2015) ; Michael Biehn–60 Wesley Snipes–54 Joanne "J.K." Rowling–51 Dean "Cain" Tanaka–50 Rudolf Martin–49 Loren Dean Jovicic–47 Emily "Eve" Best–45 Benjamin "B.J." Novak–37 Charlie Carver Martensen–28 ; 1930 – The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time ; 1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed JFK International Airport) is dedicated

July 30

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Ford(1863–1947) ; Paul Anka–75 David Sanborn–71 Arnold Schwarzenegger–69 Delta Burke–60 Catherine "Kate" Bush–58 Laurence Fishburne III–55 Lisa Kudrow–53 Vivica A. Fox–52 Simon Baker–47 Christopher Nolan–46 Michael "Tom" Green–45 Hilary Swank–42 Damon Wayans Jr–34 ; 1965 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare

July 29

Happy Birthday RIP Clara Bow(1901–1965) "Theda Bara"(Theodosia Goodman 1885–1955) Peter Jennings(1938–2005) ; "Robert Fuller"(Leonard Lee)–83 David Warner–75 Genaro "Tony" Sirico Jr–74 Gary "Geddy Lee" Weinrib–63 Ian Roberts–51 Rodney Allen Rippy–48 Richard "Wil" Wheaton III–44 Stephen Dorff–43 Allison Mack–35 ; 1914 – Transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco ; 1957 –Jack Paar debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight" show.

July 28

Happy Birthday RIP Hubert "Rudy" Vallée(1901–1986) Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy(1929–1994) ; Sally Struthers–68 Duncan Dickie Ebersol–68 Georgia Engel–67 Lori Loughlin–51 Robert "Alexis" Arquette–46 Elizabeth Berkley–43 ; 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.

July 27

Happy Birthday Norman Lear–94 Peggy Fleming–68 Julian McMahon–48 Maya Rudolph–44 Jonathan Rhys Meyers(O'Keefe)–39 Taylor Schilling–32 ; 1940 – Bugs Bunny made his debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare."

July 26

Happy Birthday RIP George Bernard Shaw(1856–1950) Gracie Allen(1895–1964) Stanley Kubrick(1928–1999) Vivian Vance(Jones 1909–1979) William Blake Crump("Blake Edwards" 1922–2010) ; Sir Michael "Mick" Jagger–73 Helen Mirren(Mironoff)–71 Susan George–66 Dorothy Hamill–60 Nana Visitor(Tucker)–59 Kevin Spacey Fowler–57 Sandra Bullock–52 Jeremy Piven–51 Olivia Williams–48  ; 1947 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council

July 25

Happy Birthday RIP Brad Renfro(1982–2008) Estelle Getty(Scher-Gettleman 1923–2008) "Jack Gilford"(Jacob Gellman 1908–1990) ; Verdine White–65 Iman Abdulmajid–61 Illeana Douglas(Hesselberg)–51 Matthew LeBlanc–49 "Tera Patrick"(Linda Hopkins)–40 ; 1956 – 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51 people

July 24

Happy Birthday RIP Amelia Earhart(1897–1937)  Bella Savitsky Abzug(1920–1998) ; Charles "Mark" Goddard–80 Ruth Buzzi–80 Christopher Sarandon–74 Leo Gallagher Jr–70 Robert Hays–69 Linda Carter–65 Gus Van Sant Jr–64 Kristi Dawn Chenoweth–49 Jennifer Lopez–47 Mary Rose Byrne–37 Anna Paquin–34 ; 1969 – Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific ; 1974 – Watergate scandal : The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed white house tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

July 23

Happy Birthday RIP Helen Martin(1909–2000) Bernard "Bert" Convy(1933–1991) Philip Seymour Hoffman(1967–2014) ; Daniel Ronald Cox–78 Edie McClurg–65 Woodrow "Woody" Harrelson–55 Erik La Salle–54 Saul Hudson("Slash")–51 Marlon Wayans–44 Monica Lewinsky–43 Shane McRae–39 Tenitra Michelle Williams–36 Daniel Radcliffe–27 ; 1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car ; 1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film

July 22

Happy Birthday RIP Daniel Rowan(1922–1987) Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo(1932–2014) ; "Orson Bean"(Dallas Burroughs)–88 Estelle Louise Fletcher–82 Terence Stamp–78 Giorgi "Alex" Trebek–76 Daniel "Danny" Glover–70 Donald Henley–69 William "Willem" Dafoe–61 Keith "Sweat"(Crier)–55 John Leguizamo–52 David Spade–52 Colin Ferguson–44 Franka Potente–42 Selena Gomez–24 : 1934 – Outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents ; 1991 – Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee after police discover human remains in his apartment

July 21

Happy Birthday RIP Ernest Hemingway(1899–1961) Jesse Donald Knotts(1924–2006) Robin Williams(1951–2014) ; Janet Reno–78 "Cat Stevens"(Steven Georgiou)–68 Garretson "Garry" Trudeau–68 Taco Ockerse–61 Jonathan Lovitz–59 Ike Eisenmann–54 Joshua Hartnett–38 Rory Culkin–27 ; 1873 – At Adair Iowa  Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West

July 20

Happy Birthday RIP Natalia Zakharenko("Natalie Wood" 1938–1981) ; Kimberly Carnes–71 Carlos Santana–69 Sandra Oh–45 Simon Rex Cutright–42 ; 1969 – Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon.

July 19

Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Cole(1940–2009) Martin "Pat" Hingle(1924–2009) ; Brian May–69 Atom Yegoyan–56 Lisa Lampugnale–55 Campbell Scott–55 Anthony Edwards–54 Benedict Cumberbatch–40 Jared Padalecki–34 ; 1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation

July 18

Happy Birthday RIP Hume Cronyn Jr(1911–2003) Richard "Red" Skelton(1913–1997) Nelson Mandela(1918–2013) ; John Glenn Jr–95 Craig Bruderlin("James Brolin")–76 Audrey Landers(Hamburg)–60 Elizabeth McGovern–55 Wendy Williams–52 Mark Sinclair("Vin Diesel")–49 Kristen Bell–36 Christopher Chace Crawford–31 ; 1969 – After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies

July 17

Happy Birthday RIP James Cagney(1899–1986) "Art Linkletter"(Gordon Kelly 1912–2010) Phoebe "Snow"(Laub 1950–2011) Phyllis "Diller"(Driver 1917–2012) ; Donald Sutherland–81 Carol Diahann Johnson–81 Duchess Camilla Mountbatten(Shand)–69
Terence "Geezer" Butler–67 Lucie Arnaz–65 David Hasselhoff–64 Heather Langenkamp–52 Alex Winter–51 Michael Vogel–37 ; 1955 – Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California

July 16

Happy Birthday RIP "Ginger Rogers"(Virginia McMath 1911–1995) "Barbara Stanwyck"(Ruby Stevens 1907–1990) ; Stewart Copeland–63 Phoebe Cates–53 John William Ferrell–49 Corey Feldman–45 Jayma Mays–37 ; 1790 – The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the U.S. government.

July 15

Happy Birthday RIP Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) Alexander "Alex" Karras(1935–2012) ; Linda Ronstadt–70 "Arianna Huffington"(Ariadne Stassinopoulos)–66 Terrance Quinn–64 "Willie Aames"(Albert Upton)–56 Forest Whitaker–55 Scott Foley–44 Diane Heidkrüger("Kruger")–40 ; 2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day ; 2006 – Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world

July 14

Happy Birthday RIP George Tobias(1901–1980) ; Nancy Olson–88 Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier–84 Vincent Pastore–70 Jane Lynch–56 Matthew Fox–50 Melissa Fisher("Missy Gold")–46 ; 1789 – French Revolution: Bastille Day ; 1943 – In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American

July 13

Happy Birthday Happy Birthday RIP Robert "Bob" Crane(1928–1978) Gerald Levert(1966–2006) ; Sir Patrick Stewart–76 Harrison Ford–74 Richard "Cheech" Marin–70 Edith Bernstein("Didi Conn")–65 Thelma Louise Mandrell–62 Cameron Crowe–59 Robert Gonzalez("Gant")–48 Deborah Cox–42 Steven Chadwick McQueen–28 ; 1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949

July 12

Happy Birthday RIP "Louis B. Mayer"(Lazar Meir 1884–1957) Mendel Berlinger("Milton Berle" 1908–2002) ; William "Bill" Cosby Jr–79 "Christine McVie"(Anne Perfect)–73 Milton "Richard" Simmons–68 Brian Grazer–65 Cheryl "Ladd" Stoppelmoor–65 Cheyenne Jackson–41 Christopher "Topher" Grace–38 ; 1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London.

July 11

Happy Birthday RIP Yuli Bryner(1920–1985) ; "Tab Hunter"(Arthur Kelm)–85 Giorgio Armani–82 Thomas "Tom" Holland–73 Patricia "Bonnie" Pointer–66 Leon Spinks–63 Sela Ward–60 Suzanne Vega–57 Gregory Grunberg–50 Justin Chambers–46 Michael Rosenbaum–44 Kimberly "Lil Kim" Jones–42 ; 1798 – The U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of Congress ; 1922 – The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles formerly known as the 'Daisy Dell' in Bolton Canyon ; 1962 – First transatlantic satellite television transmission

July 10

Happy Birthday RIP Frederick Gwynne(1926–1993) David Brinkley(1920–2003) ; Granville "Robert" Pine–75 Ronald Glass–71 Arlo Guthrie–69 Alejandro "Alec" Mapa–51 Gale Harold III–47 Sofía Vergara–44 Adrian Grenier–40 Jessica Simpson–36 Cindy Taylor("Jesse Jane")–36 ; 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act

July 9

Happy Birthday Brian Dennehy–78 Richard Roundtree–74 Dean Koontz–71 Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson–69 Christopher Cooper–65 Jonathon Tesh–64 Jimmy Smits–61 Thomas "Tom" Hanks–60 Richard Timothy Kring–59 Kelly McGillis–59 James "Jim" Kerr–57 Courtney "Love" Harrison–52 Scott Grimes–45 Fredrick Savage–40 ; 1962 – Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles ; 1981 – Donkey Kong, a video game created by Nintendo, is released. The game marks the debut of Nintendo's future mascot, Mario.

July 8

Happy Birthday RIP "Jerry Vale"(Genaro Vitaliano 1930–2014) Martin Feldman(1933–1982) ; "Steve Lawrence"(Sidney Leibowitz)–81 Jeffrey Tambor–72 Wolfgang "Puck" Topfschnig–67 Anjelica Huston–65 Kevin Bacon–58 Toby Keith Covel–55 Lee Tergesen–51 William "Billy" Crudup–48 Beck Campbell–46 Kathleen Robertson–43 Milo Ventimiglia–39 ; 1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published

July 7

Happy Birthday Carl “Doc" Severinsen–89 Richard Starkey("Ringo Starr")–76 Shelley Duvall–67 William "Billy" Campbell–57 Christian Camargo(Minnick)–45 Troy Garity(Hayden)–43 Barry "Cassidy" Reese–34 ; 1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri ; 1954 – Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right"