Happy Birthday Dave Madden–82 Earnest "Ernie" Hudson–68 Eugene Levy–67 Barry Livingston–60 William "Bill" Pullman–60 Heather Laurie Holden–44 Antonino Giovanni Ribisi–39 Sarah Paulson–39 Milica "Milla" Jovovich–38 ; 1903 – Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C.
Happy Birthday RIP Jane Austen(1775–1817) ; Lesley Stahl–72 Harry "Ben" Cross–66 Billy Gibbons–64 Sam Robards–52 Benjamin Bratt–50 Jonathan Scarfe–38 Scott Bailey–35 Theo James(Taptiklis)–29 Anna Popplewell–25 ; 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.
Happy Birthday RIP Jean Paul Getty(1892–1976) ; Thomas “Tim” Conway–80 Donnie Johnson–64 Marta DuBois–61 Garrett Wang–45 Michael Shanks–43 Stuart Townsend–41 Adam Brody–34 Camilla Luddington–30 ; 1939 – “Gone with the Wind” receives its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
Happy Birthday RIP Lee Remick (1935–1991) ; Anna Marie "Patty" Duke–67 Joyce Vincent Wilson("Dawn")–65 Theodore "Ted" Raimi–48 Matthew McNulty–31 ; 2000 The FTC unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.
Happy Birthday Richard "Dick" Van Dyke–88 Arthur "Christopher" Plummer–84 John Davidson–72 Theodore "Ted" Nugent–65 Morris Day–57 Steve Buscemi–56 "Jamie Foxx"(Eric Bishop)–46 Taylor Swift–24 ; 1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
Happy Birthday "Rita Moreno"(Rosita Alverio)–82 Donna Mills(Miller)–71 John Kerry–70 Lynda Day George(Lynda Louise Day)–69 Terry "Teri" Garr–65 Robert "Ben" Browder–51 Monica "Monique" Imes–46 Jason "Rusty" Joiner–41 ; 1946 – UNICEF (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) was established.
Happy Birthday RIP Harold Gould(Goldstein 1923–2010) Michael Clarke Duncan(1957–2012) ; Fionnghuala Flanagan–72 Susan Dey(Smith)–61 Paul Hardcastle–56 Kenneth Branagh–53 Virenia "Nia" Peeples–52 Raven-Symoné Pearman–28 ; 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.
Happy Birthday RIP Margaret Hamilton(1902–1985) Douglas Fairbanks Jr.(1909–2000) "Redd Foxx"(John Sanford 1922–1991) ; "Kirk Douglas"(Issur Danielovitch)–97 Richard "Dick" Van Patten–85 Buck Henry Zuckerman–83 Dame Judith Dench–79 Lloyd "Beau" Bridges III–72 Richard "Dick" Butkus–71 Michael Dorn–61 John Malkovich–60 Donald "Donny" Osmond–56 Felicity Huffman–51 Jesse Metcalfe–35 Simon Helberg–33 ; 1793 – New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
Happy Birthday RIP Sammy Davis Jr(1925–1990) Clerow "Flip" Wilson(1933–1998) John "David" Carradine(1936–2009) Jim Morrison(1943–1971) Sam Kinison(1953–1992) ; Gregg Allman–66 Kimila Basinger–60 Teri Hatcher–49 Sinéad O'Connor–47 Ian Somerhalder–35 "Nicki Minaj"(Onika Maraj)–31 ; 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.
Happy Birthday RIP Tadeusz Konopka("Ted Knight" 19231–1986) ; "Ellen Burstyn"(Edna Gillooly)–81 Tom Waits–64 Larry Bird–57 Priscilla Barnes–55 Christopher Thomas Howell–47 Shiri Appleby–35 Emily Browning–25 ; 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.
Happy Birthday RIP Alfred Eisenstaedt(1898–1995) Agnes Moorehead(1900–1974) Ryan White(1971–1990) ; James Naughton–68 Margaret JoBeth Williams–65 Gina Hecht–61 Craig Newmark–61 Tom Hulce–60 Steven Wright–58 Andrew Cuomo–56 Lindsay Price–37 Ryan Kennedy–31 ; 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
Happy Birthday RIP Walter Elias Disney(1901–1966) ; Little Richard Penniman–81 Joan Didion–79 "Morgan Brittany"(Suzanne Cupito)–62 Amanda (Armand) Lepore–46 Margaret Moran Cho–45 Amy Acker–37 Nicolas "Nick" Stahl–34 Francisco "Frankie" Muñiz IV–28 ; 1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States).
Happy Birthday Winston "Wink" Martindale–79 Max Baer, Jr.–76 Jeffrey Bridges–64 Patricia Wettig–62 Marisa Tomei–49 Tyra Banks–40 Brooke Adams–29 ; 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.
Happy Birthday RIP Howard "Andy" Williams(1927–2012) ; Mary "Jaye P." Morgan–82 John "Ozzy" Osbourne–65 Del Shores–56 "Julianne Moore"(Julie Smith)–53 Daryl Hannah–53 Brendan Fraser–45 Bruno Campos–40 Anna Chlumsky–33 Brian Bonsall–31 Michael Angarano–26 ; 1947 – "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway in New York City
Happy Birthday Harry Reid–74 Cathy Lee Crosby–69 Stone Phillips–59 Esteban Echevarria("Steven Bauer")–57 Daniel Gauthier–50 Lucy Liu–45 Nelly Furtado–35 Britney Spears–32 ; 1939 – New York City's La Guardia Airport opens to the public.
Happy Birthday RIP Mary Martin(1913–1990) David Doyle(1929–1997) Richard Pryor(1940–2005) ; "Woody Allen"(Allan Konigsberg)–78 Bette Midler–68 Richard Treat Williams–62 Charlene Tilton–55 Jeremy Northam–52 Nestor Carbonell–46 Sarah Silverman–43 Emily Mortimer–42 Dean O'Gorman–37 ; 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
Happy Birthday RIP "Mark Twain"(Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835–1910) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1874–1965) Richard "Dick" Clark(1929–2012) ; Robert Guillaume(Williams)–86 Sir Ridley Scott–76 Mandel Patinkin–61 "Billy Idol"(William Broad)–58 "Stacey Q" Swain–55 Benjamin Stiller–48 "Clay Aiken"(Clayton Grissom)–35 ; 1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company
Happy Birthday Jacques René Chirac–81 "Diane Ladd"(Rose Ladnier)–81 Chuck Mangione–73 Suzanne "Suzy" Chaffee–67 Garry Shandling–64 Joel Coen–59 Howard Mandel–58 Cathy Moriarty–53 Thomas Sizemore–52 Andrew McCarthy–51 Donald Cheadle–49 Jonathan Knight–45 Anna Faris–37 ; 1877 – Thomas Alva Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time with the words "Mary Had A Little Lamb" reproduced.
Happy Birthday RIP "Anna Nicole Smith"(Vickie Hogan 1967–2007) ; Randy Newman–70 Paul Shaffer–64 Edward Harris–63 Judd Nelson–54 Jon Stewart(Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz)–51 Ryan Kwanten–37 Aaron Coady("Sharon Needles")–32 Alan Ritchson–29 ; 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance.
Happy Birthday RIP Charles M Schulz(1922–2000) Robert Goulet(1933–2007) ; Rich Little–75 "Tina Turner"(Anna Bullock)–74 Mark Margolis–74 Adam Harrington–41 Peter Facinelli–40 Natasha Bedingfield–32 ; 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded
Happy Birthday RIP Ricardo Montalbán y Merino(1920–2009) Giuseppe "Joe" DiMaggio(1914–1999) ; Benjamin Stein–69 John Larroquette–66 Amy Grant–53 Stacy Lattisaw–47 Jillian Hennessy–45 Christina Applegate–42 Jerry Ferrara–34 ; 1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm otherwise known at the time as the "Storm of the Century", strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City. This storm also brings blizzard conditions to the Appalachian Mountains and Ohio Valley, becoming one of the worst storms of all time. 353 people die in the event.
Happy Birthday RIP Geraldine Fitzgerald(1913–2005) ; William "Billy" Connolly–71 William "Dwight" Schultz–66 Denise Crosby–56 Garret Dillahunt–49 Colin Hanks(Dillingham)–36 Katherine Heigl–35 ; 1859 – Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology
Happy Birthday RIP "Rodney Dangerfield"(Jacob Cohen 1921–2004) ; Robert Vaughn–81 Billie Jean King(Moffit)–70 Jamie Leigh Curtis–55 Mariel Hemingway–52 Stephen Geoffreys–49 Boris Becker–46 Mark Ruffalo–46 Scarlett Johansson–29 ; 1963 – President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas Texas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States.
Happy Birthday RIP Stan Musial(1920–2013) ; Margaret "Marlo" Thomas–76 Harold Ramis–69 Goldie Hawn–68 Lorna Luft–61 Colette "Nicollette" Sheridan–50 Björk Guðmundsdóttir–48 Robert "Rib" Hillis–43 "Chris Rockway"(Daniel Vomacka)–34 ; 1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound
Happy Birthday RIP Robert F. Kennedy(1925–1968) Franklin Cover(1928–2006) "Richard Dawson"(Colin Emm 1932–2012) ; Richard "Dick" Smothers–74 Joseph Biden–71 Veronica Hamel–70 Joe Walsh–66 "Bo Derek"(Mary Collins)–57 Joel McHale–42 David O'Donnell–39 ; 1966 – The musical "Cabaret," with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway ; 1985 The first version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was released
Happy Birthday RIP Gene Tierney(1920–1991) Tommy Dorsey(1905–1956) ; Larry King(Lawrence Zeiger)–80 Richard "Dick" Cavett–77 Robert "Ted" Turner III–75 Richard "Calvin" Klein–71 Robert Beltran–60 Allison Janney–54 Margaret "Meg" Ryan(Hyra)–52 Ann Curry–57 Alicia "Jodie" Foster–51 Jack Dorsey–36 ; 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania
Happy Birthday RIP Louis Daguerre(1787–1851) Imogene Fernandez de Coca(1908–2001) ; Brenda Vaccaro–74 Linda Evans(Evenstad)–71 Kevin Nealon–60 John Parr–59 Kim Wilde(Smith)–53 Owen Wilson–45 Chloë Sevigny–39 ; 1928 – The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York City ; 1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.
Happy Birthday RIP Oliver Burgess Meredith(1907–1997) ; David Leisure–63 Diana Krall–49 Lisa Bonet(Boney)–46 Martha Plimpton–43 Andrea "Missi" Pyle–41 Margaret "Maggie" Gyllenhaal–36 ; 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
Happy Birthday RIP Georgia O'Keeffe(1887–1986) ; Joseph Wapner–94 Ed Asner–84 Petula Clark–81 Joanna Barnes–79 Sam Waterston–73 Anni-Frid Lyngstad–68 Alexander O'Neal–60 Margaret Reed–57 Jonny Lee Miller–41 Sean Murray–36 ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. debuted with a radio network of 24 stations.
Happy Birthday RIP Constance Ockelman("Veronica Lake" 1922–1973) Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr.(1927–1996) Robert Keith Richey Jr.("Brian Keith" 1921–1997) ; Peter Norton–70 Prince Charles Philip Mountbatten-Windsor–65 Condoleezza Rice–59 Yiànnis Hryssomàllis–59 Daniel Bernard Sweeney–52 Patrick Warburton–49 Joshua Duhamel–41 Russell Tovey–32 ; 1851 – Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was published.
Happy Birthday RIP François-Auguste-René Rodin(1840–1917) Grace Kelly(1929–1982) ; Neil Young–68 Megan Mullally–54 Nadia Comăneci–52 Sammy Sosa–45 Craig Parker–43 Harvey Stephens–43 Ryan Gosling–33 Anne Hathaway–31 ; 1954 – Ellis Island closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since opening in New York Harbor in 1892
Happy Birthday RIP Jonathan Winters(1925–2013) ; Barbara Levy Boxer–73 Stanley Tucci–53 Demi Moore(Demetria Guynes)–51 Calista Flockhart–49 Philip McKeon–49 Carson Kressley–44 Leonardo DiCaprio–39 ; 1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
Happy Birthday RIP Richard Burton(Jenkins 1925–1984) Vincent Schiavelli(1948–2005) Roy Scheider(1932–2008) ; Russell Johnson–89 "Jack Scalia"(Giacomo Tedesco)–63 "Sinbad"(David Adkins)–57 Laura Mackenzie Phillips–54 Tommy Davidson–50 Jonas Åkerlund–48 Tracy Morgan–45 Walton Goggins–42 Ellen Pompeo–44 Heather Matarazzo–31 ; 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas under authority of the Continental Congress
Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) ; Norman Lloyd–99 Morley Safer–82 Bonnie Raitt–64 Mary Hart(Harum)–63 Christie Hefner–61 Alfre Woodard–61 "Chi Chi LaRue"(Larry Paciotti)–54 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–52 Craig Chester–48 Gordon Ramsay–47 Parker Posey–45 Gretchen Mol–41 Tara Reid–38 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Henry Dow(1851–1902) ; Sally Field–67 Glenn Frey–65 Maria Shriver–58 Ethan Hawke–43 Rebecca Romijn–41 ; 1860 – Former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the U.S. presidency
Happy Birthday RIP "Roy Rogers"(Leonard Slye 1911–1998) Vivien Leigh Hartley(1913–1967) Herbert Edelman(1933–1996) ; Elke Sommer(von Schletz)–73 Art Garfunkel–72 Samuel Shepard Rogers–70 Bryan Adams–54 Katherine Matilda Swinton–53 Scott Sowers–50 Tatum O’Neal–50 Armin Shimerman–49 Famke Janssen–49 Sam Rockwell–45 Samuel "Page" Elliot–37 Paul Kevin Jonas–26 ; 1935 – Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly"
Happy Birthday RIP Will Rogers(1879–1935) Art Carney(1918–2003) Walter Cronkite(1916–2009) ; Doris Roberts(Green)–88 Loretta Swit–76 Laura Bush–67 Marjorie "Markie" Post–63 Kathleen Griffin–53 Ralph Macchio–52 Jeff Probst–52 Matthew McConaughey–44 Sean Combs–44 Travis Van Winkle–31 ; 2008 – California voters approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage (Overturned in 2013 by #DOMA ruling)
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Bronson(Buchinsky 1921–2003) Mike Evans(1949–2006) ; Michael Dukakis–80 Ken Berry–80 Tom Savini–67 Roseanne Barr–61 Kate Capshaw(Kathleen Nail)–60 Dennis Miller–60 "Adam Ant"(Stuart Goddard)–59 Kathy Kinney–59 Hans "Dolph" Lundgren–56 ; 1911 – The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant
Happy Birthday RIP Burton Lancaster(1913–1994) ; Stefanie Powers(Stefania Federkiewicz)–71 Kate Linder–66 Kathryn Dawn "k.d." Lang–52 David Schwimmer–47 Sean Kanan(Perelman)–47 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes–38 Randy Harrison–36 ; 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team
Happy Birthday RIP Marcia Wallace (1942–2013) ; Barbara Bosson–74 Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.–71 Lyle Lovett–56 Rachel Ticotin–55 Anthony Kiedis–51 Antonia "Toni" Collette–41 Jennifer "Jenny" McCarthy–41 Penn Badgley–27 ; 1512 – Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the public ; 1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London
Happy Birthday RIP John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal("Lee Grant")–86 Dan Rather–82 Saul "Ron" Rifkin–74 Sally Kirkland–72 David Ogden Stiers–71 Graham "Stephen" Rea–67 Margaret Jane Pauley–63 Peter Jackson–52 Dermot Mulroney–50 Rob Schneider–49 Robert Van Winkle("Vanilla Ice")–46 Adam Bouska–30 Sean Lockhart–27 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States
Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) Edward Lauter(1938–2013) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–74 Henry Winkler–68 Harry Hamlin–62 Juliet Stevenson–57 Kevin Pollak–56 Jack Plotnick–45 Nitara "Nia" Long–43 Matthew Morrison–35 Shaun Sipos–32 ; 1944 – Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Happy Birthday Richard Dreyfuss–66 Lucy Kate Jackson–65 Joely Fisher–46 Rufus Sewell–46 Christopher Wiehl–43 Winona Ryder(Horowitz)–42 Brendan Fehr–36 Ben Foster–33 ; 1929 – Black Tuesday: stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out
Happy Birthday Joan Plowright–84 Charlie Daniels–77 Jane Alexander(Quigley)–74 Telma Hopkins–65 William Bruce Jenner–64 Annie Potts–61 William Gates III–58 Julia Roberts–46 Brad Paisley–41 Joaquin Phoenix(Bottom)–39 ; 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
Happy Birthday RIP Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress(1945–2004) ; Ruby "Nanette" Fabares–93 Ruby "Dee" Wallace–89 John Cleese–74 Robert Picardo–60 Simon LeBon–55 Marla Maples–50 Kelly Osbourne–29 Patrick Fugit–29 ; 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway (IRT) line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States ; 1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded
Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) ; Bob Hoskins–71 Jacquelyn Smith–68 Pat Sajdak–67 Hillary Rodham Clinton–66 Mark "Dylan" McDermott–52 Ivan "Cary" Elwes–51 Keith Urban–46 Anthony Rapp–42 Seth MacFarlane–40 ; 1921 – The Chicago Theatre opens
Happy Birthday RIP Pablo Picasso y Lopez(1881–1973) Sarah Cannon("Minnie Pearl" 1912–1996) William Bertanzetti("Billy Barty" 1924–2000) ; Marian Ross–85 Helen Reddy–72 John Anderson–69 Nancy Cartwright–56 Adam Pascal–43 Joshua Henderson–32 "Katy Perry"(Katheryn Hudson)–29 Ciara Harris–28 ; 1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange is created
Happy Birthday RIP Bob Kane(Robert Kahn 1915–1998) ; Frederick Murray Abraham–74 Kevin Kline–66 John Kassir–56 Monica Arnold–33 Jemima Rooper–32 Oliver Jackson-Cohen–27 ; 1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from California to President Abraham Lincoln ; 1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan
Happy Birthday RIP "Curly Howard"(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) ; Joan Fontaine(de Havilland)–96 Sir Derek Jacobi–75 Christopher Lloyd–75 David "Tony" Roberts–74 Annette Funicello–71 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–70 Deepak Chopra–67 Jeff Goldblum–61 Ned "Carlos" Mencia–46 Brian Boitano–50 "Spike Jonze"(Adam Spiegel)–44 Michael Fishman–32 John Boyd–32 Zachary Hanson–28 Kyle Gallner–27 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter
Happy Birthday RIP John "Dizzy" Gillespie(1917–1993) ; Joyce Randolph(Sirola)–89 Manfred Mann(Lubowitz)–73 Judy Sheindlin(Blum)–71 Carrie Fisher–57 Kensaku Watanabe–54 Sasha Roiz–42 Jade Jagger–42 Jeremy Miller–37 William Estes Nipper–35 Aaron Tveit–30 ; 1879 – Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.
Happy Birthday RIP Bela Lugosi(Blaskó 1882–1956) John Dewey(1859–1952) Joyce Brothers(Bauer 1927–2013) ; William Christopher–81 Thomas Petty–63 Thomas Newman–58 Viggo Mortensen–55 Calvin Broadus("Snoop Dogg")–42 Sam Witwer–36 John Krasinski–34 Adam Butcher–25 ; 1803 – The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase
Happy Birthday RIP "LaWanda Page"(Alberta Peal 1920–2002) Harris Glenn Milstead("Divine" 1945–1988) ; John Lithgow–68 Patricia Ireland–68 Jennifer Holliday–53 Amy Carter–46 Randolph "Trey" Parker-44 Chris Kattan–43 Desmond Harrington–37 ; 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%)
Happy Birthday RIP George Campbell Scott(1927–1999) ; Charles "Chuck" Berry–87 Dawn Wells–75 Mike Ditka–74 Pam Dawber–62 Martina Navratilova–57 Erin Moran–53 Jean-Claude Van Damme(Varenberg)–53 Zachary Efron–26 ; 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day ; 1898 – United States takes possession of Puerto Rico
Happy Birthday RIP Edward Montgomery Clift(1920–1966)
"Rita Hayworth"(Margarita Cansino 1918–1987) Thomas Poston(1921–2007) ; Jim Seals–71 Michael McKean–66 Margaret "Margot" Kidder–65 George Wendt–65 Norman Macdonald–50 David "Ziggy" Marley–45 Marshall Mathers("Eminem")–41 David Matthew Macfadyen–39 Chris Lowell–29 Maximillian Irons–28 ; 1919 – RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America
Happy Birthday RIP Oscar Wilde(1854–1900) ; Angela Lansbury–88 Suzanne Somers(Mahoney)–67 Tim Robbins–55 Kim Wayans–52 Michael Balzary("Flea")–51 John Mayer–36 Brea Grant–32 ; 1923 – The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney
Happy Birthday RIP "Mark Lenard"(Leonard Rosenson 1924–1996) ; Lido "Lee" Iacocca–89 Linda Lavin–76 Carole Penny Marshall–71 Richard Carpenter–67 Sarah Ferguson–54 Emeril Lagasse–54 Dominic West–44 ; 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 (CBS)
Happy Birthday RIP Helen Hayes(Brown 1900–1993) Ibson Dana Elcar(1927–2005) Chris Penn(1965–2006) ; "Peter Coyote"(Rachmil Cohon)–72 Ben Vereen(Middleton)–67 David Lee Roth–59 Tanya Tucker–55 Julia Sweeney–54 Bradley Whitford–54 Jodi Marzorati("Benson")–52 Jonathan Manu Bennett–44 Mario Lopez–40 ; 1845 – The U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland
Happy Birthday RIP John Lennon(1940–1980) ; Clyde Jackson Browne–65 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)–61 Tony Shalhoub–60 John O'Hurley–59 Scott Bakula–59 Sean Lennon–38 Brandon Routh–34 ; 1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in New Haven. ; 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.
Happy Birthday Rona Barrett(Burstein)–77 Paul Hogan–74 Cornelius "Chevy" Chase–70 Sarah Purcell–65 Susan "Sigourney" Weaver–64 Darrell Hammond–58 Stephanie Zimbalist–57 Matt Damon–43 ; 1860 – Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens (later part of first transcontinental line across America)
Happy Birthday RIP Laura "Janet" Gainor(1906–1984) "Carole Lombard"(Jane Peters 1908–1942) ; Elisabeth Shue–50 Ioan Gruffudd–40 Jeff Bryan Davis–40 Jeremy Sisto–39 Wes Ramsey–36 Olivia Thirlby–27 ; 1927 – The era of talking pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson
Happy Birthday RIP Joseph "Buster" Keaton(1895–1966) ; "Anne Rice"(Howard O'Brien)–72 Susan Sarandon(Tomalin)–67 Armand Assante–64 Christopher Waltz–57 Bill Fagerbakke–56 "Jon Secada"(Juan Martínez)–52 Isaac Liev Schreiber–46 Alicia Silverstone–37 Rachael Leigh Cook–34 ; 1957 – "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS
Happy Birthday RIP Eugene "Gore" Vidal(1925–2012) ; "Chubby Checker"(Ernest Evans)–72 Roy Horn–69 Lindsey Buckingham–64 Pamela Hensley–63 Peter "Jack" Wagner–54 "Tommy Lee"(Thomas Bass)–51 Clive Owen–49 Gwen Stefani–44 Neve Campbell–40 Lena Headey–40 Sean William Scott–37 "Jake Shears"(Jason Sellards)–35 Seth Cosentino("Gabel")–32 Ashley Simpson–29 ; 1955 – "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC
Happy Birthday RIP Truman Capote(Persons 1924–1984) ; Angie Dickinson(Angeline Brown)–82 Johnny Mathis–77 Marilyn McCoo–69 Barry Williams(Blenkhorn)–59 Patrice Rushen–59 Francine Drescher–56 Eric Stoltz–52 Marion Cotillard–39 ; 1960 – The Flintstones premieres on ABC TV (Originally called "Flagstones" in 1959 pilot)
Happy Birthday RIP Orvon "Gene" Autry(1907–1998) Madeline Kahn(Wolfson 1942–1999) ; Jerry Lee Lewis–78 Ian McShane–71 Bryant Gumbel–65 Andrew "Dice" Clay Silverstein–56 Roger Bart–51 Jill Whelan–47 Luke Goss–45 Zachary Levi Pugh–33 ; 1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
Happy Birthday RIP Edward "Ed" Sullivan(1901–1974) James "J.T." Walsh(1943–1998) ; Brigitte Bardot–79 Jeffrey Jones–67 Jane "Janeane" Garofalo–49 Leilani Sarelle Figalan–47 Mira Sorvino–46 Naomi Watts–45 Daniel Bonjour–32 Hilary Duff–26 ; 1867 – Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario
Happy Birthday RIP Will Sampson(1933–1987) Don Cornelius(1936–2012) "William Conrad"(John Cann 1920–1994) ; "Jayne Meadows"(Jane Cotter)–93 Anthony Wilford Brimley–79 Marvin Aday("Meatloaf")–66 Elizabeth "Liz" Torres–66 Shaun Cassidy–55 Christopher Cousins–53 William Patrick Muldoon III–45 Phoebe Price–41 Gwyneth Paltrow–41 Avril Lavigne–29 ; 1908 – The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan
Happy Birthday RIP Patrick O'Neal(1927–1994) Joyce Jameson(1932–1987) ; "Donna Douglas"(Dorothy Smith)–80 Anne Robinson–69 Olivia Newton-John–65 Linda Hamilton–57 Melissa Sue Anderson–51 James Caviezel–45 Mark Famiglietti–34 Jessie Pavelka–31 ; 1914 – The Federal Trade Commission was established
Happy Birthday RIP Christopher Reeve(1952–2004) Juliet Prowse(1936–1996) William Faulkner(1897–1962) ; Barbara Walters–84 Michael Douglas–69 Cheryl Tiegs–66 Anson William Heimlich–64 Mark Hamill–62 Michael Madsen–56 Heather Locklear–52 Tate Donovan–50 Willard "Will" Smith–45 Catherine Jones(Douglas)–44 Hal Harry Sparks III–44 ; 1493 – Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere
Happy Birthday RIP Erich von Stroheim(1885–1957) John Houseman(Jacques Haussmann 1902–1988) ; Tommy Lasorda–86 Antonia Basilotta("Toni Basil")–70 David Coverdale–62 Shari Belafonte-59 Debby Boone–57 Joan Jett(Larkin)–55 Scott Baio–53 Laura Vandervoort–29 ; 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published
Happy Birthday RIP Herbert G. Wells(1866–1946) "Henry Gibson"(James Bateman 1935–2009) Larry Hagman(1931–2012) ; "Fannie Flagg"(Patricia Neal)–69 Stephen King–66 Bill Murray–63 Ethan Coen–56 Rob Morrow–51 "Faith Hill"(Audrey Perry)–46 Ricki Lake–45 Luke Wilson–42 Nicole Richie(Escovedo)–32 Maggie Grace Denig–30 ; 1957 – "Perry Mason," starring Raymond Burr, premiered on CBS
Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878–1968) Jonathan Hardy(1940–2012) ; Anne Meara–84 "Sophia Loren"(Sofia Scicolone)–79 Karen Sharpe–79 "Candy Spelling"(Carole Marer)–68 Gary Cole–57 Joseph Lyle Taylor–49 Brad Beyer–40 Jon Bernthal–36 Charlie Weber–35 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts
Happy Birthday RIP Greta Garbo(Gustafsson 1905–1990) John Lebzelter("Jack Warden" 1920–2006) James Gandolfini(1961–2013) ; Michael Gubitosi("Robert Blake")–80 Francis Avallone("Frankie Avalon")–74 Fred Willard–74 Beth Grant–64 Jada Pinkett Smith–42 Lance Armstrong(Gunderson)–42 James Marsden–40 Daniel "Jason" Sudeikis–38 ; 1851 – The first edition of The New York Times was published as "The New-York Daily Times"
Happy Birthday RIP Hiram "Hank" Williams(1923–1953) Roderick "Roddy" McDowall(1928–1998) Anne Bancroft(Italiano 1931–2005) Paul Benedict(1938–2008) "Lupe Ontiveros"(Guadalupe Marino 1942–2012) John Ritter(1948–2003) ; John "Fee" Waybill–63 Cassandra Peterson("Elvira")–62 Rita Rudner–60 Wendy Worthington–59 Bryan Singer–48 Kyle Chandler–48 Jeffrey Matthew Settle–44 Nathan Berkus–42 Griffith Feuerstein("Furst")–32; 1972 – The comedy series "M.A.S.H." standing for "Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" premiered on CBS
Happy Birthday RIP Peter Falk(1927–2011) ; "Lauren Bacall"(Betty Perske)–89 Riley "B.B." King–88 Edward Begley Jr.–64 Philip "Mickey" Rourke–61 David Copperfield(Kotkin)–57 Jennifer Tilly(Chan)–55 Richard Marx–50 Molly Shannon–49 Marco Antonio Muñiz("Marc Anthony")–45 Amy Poehler–42 Ian Harding–27 Nichols Jonas–21 ; 1972 – "The Bob Newhart Show" premiered on CBS
Happy Birthday RIP Agatha Christie(1890–1976) Vina Fay Wray(1907–2004) Julius "Nipsey" Russell(1918–2005) John "Jackie" Cooper(1922–2011) Roy Brocksmith(1945–2001) Wendie Jo Sperber(1958–2005) ; Norman Crosby–86 Tommy Lee Jones–67 William "Oliver" Stone–67 Joshua Charles–42 Edward "Tom" Hardy–36 Prince Henry Charles Albert David Windsor–29 Heidi Montag–27 ; 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
Happy Birthday RIP Melvin Tormé (1925–1999) Nell Carter(Hardy 1948–2003) Emilie Claudette Chauchoin("Colbert" 1903–1996) ; "Barbara Bain"(Millicent Fogel)–82 "Eileen Fulton"(Margaret McLarty)–80 Richard Kiel–74 Winnifred Jacqueline Bisset–69 Peter Cetera–69 Jean Smart–62 Geraldine "Geri" Jewell–57 Dominic Fumusa–44 Louise Lombard(Perkins)–43 Fiona Apple Maggart–36 Bennett "Ben" Savage–33 ; 1993 – Bill Clinton witnesses at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shaking hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy
Happy Birthday RIP Maurice Chevalier(1888–1972) James "Jesse" Owens(1913–1980) Barry White(Carter 1944–2003) ; Ian Holm Cuthbert–82 Linda Gray–73 Joseph Pantoliano–62 Peter Scolari–58 Jason Statham–46 Louis Szekely("CK")–46 William Joshua Hopkins–43 Paul Walker–40 Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan–35 Jennifer Hudson–32 ; 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit
Happy Birthday RIP Herbert Lom(Schluderpacheru 1917–2012) ; Henry Earl Holliman–85 Brian De Palma–73 Amy Madigan–63 John Hawkes(Perkins)–54 Virginia Madsen–52 Christina "Kristy" McNichol–51 Richard "Moby" Hall–48 Joseph "Harry" Connick Jr.–46 Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges–36 ; 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
Happy Birthday Arnold Palmer–84 Karl Lagerfeldt–80 Jose Feliciano Garcia–68 Bill O’Reilly Jr–64 Anthony Joseph Pereira("Joe Perry")–63 Harry Groener–62 Amy Irving–60 Colin Firth–53 Guy Ritchie–45 James Duval–41 Matthew Ryan Phillippe–39 ; 1955 – “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS
Happy Birthday RIP Clifford Robertson(1923–2011) ; Chaim Topol–78 Joseph Theismann–64 Thomas Wopat–62 Hugh Grant–53 Adam Sandler–47 Goran Višnjić–41 Michael Bublé–38 ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America
