August 20

Happy Birthday Don King-81 Connie Chung(Constance Yu-Hwa Chung-Povich)-66 Robert Plant-64 Al Roker-58 Joan Allen-56 James Marsters-50 Amy Adams-38 Brant Daugherty-27 ; 1920 First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.

August 19

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Roddenberry(1921–1991) ; Diana Muldaur-74 Jill St. John(Jill Oppenheim)-72 William Jefferson Blythe(Bill Clinton)-66 Mary "Tipper" Gore-64 Jonathan Frakes-60 Peter Gallagher-57 John Stamos-49 Kyra Sedgwick-47 Kevin Dillon-47 Matthew Perry-43 ; 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 Shelley Winters(Shirley Schrift 1920–2006) Patrick Swayze(1952–2009) ; Rosalynn Carter-85 Roman Polanski(Rajmund Liebling)-79 Charles Robert Redford-75 Martin Mull-69 Elayne Boosler-60 Denis Leary-55 Christian Slater-43 Edward Norton-43 Malcolm-Jamal Warner-42 Andy Samberg-34 ; 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.

August 17

Happy Birthday Robert De Niro-69 Larry Ellison-68 Kevin Rowland-59 Belinda Carlisle-54 Sean Penn-52 Donnie Wahlberg-43 ; 1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.

August 16

Happy Birthday Frank Gifford-82 Eydie Gorme(Edith Garmezano)-81 Julie Newmar(Julia Newmeyer)-79 Lesley Ann Warren-66 Kathie Lee Gifford(Epstein)-59 James Cameron-58 Angela Bassett-54 Madonna Louise Ciccone-54 Timothy Hutton-52 Steve Carell-50 Cameron Gigandet-30 ; 1954 - Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc.

August 15

Happy Birthday RIP Julia Child(1912-2004) ; Rose Marie Mazetta-89 Mike Connors(Krekor Ohanian)-87 Pat Priest-76 Linda Ellerbee(Smith)-68 Tess Harper(Tessie Washam)-62 Željko Ivanek-55 Kierin Magenta Kirby-49 Melinda French Gates-48 Debra Messing-44 Ben Affleckbold-40 Joe Jonas-23 ; 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-71 Steve Martin-67 Susan Saint James(Miller)-66 Danielle Steel-65 Gary Larson-62 Earvin "Magic" Johnson-53 Marcia Gay Harden-53 Susan Olsen-51 Maria Halle Berry-46 Catherine Bell-44 Christopher Gorham-38 ; 1935 – Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.

August 13

Happy Birthday RIP Alfred Hitchcock(1899-1980) Herb Ritts(1952–2002) ; Pat Harrington-83 Kevin Tighe(John Fishburn)-68 Dante "Danny" Bonaduce-53 John Slattery-50 James Carpinello-37 ; 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-73 Pat Metheny-58 Peter Krause-47 Rebecca Gayheart-40 Caleb Casey Affleck-37 ; 1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine ; 1981 - IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150.

August 11

Happy Birthday Hulk Hogan(Terry Bollea)-59 Viola Davis-47 Anna Gunn-44 Chris Messina-38 Chris Hemsworth-29 ; 1965, deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.

August 10

Happy Birthday Ian Anderson-65 Rosanna Arquette-53 José Antonio Domínguez Banderas-52 JoAnna Garcia-33 Ryan Eggold-28 Lucas Till-22 ;  1793 – The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France ; 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old 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) ; Sam Elliott-68 Melanie Griffith-55 Amanda Bearse-54 Gillian Anderson-44 Eric Banadinovich(Eric Bana)-44 Audrey Tautou-36 Anna Kendrick-27 ; 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 Esther Williams-91 Richard Anderson-86 Dustin Hoffman-75 Connie Stevens(Concetta Ingolia)-74 Larry Wilcox-65 Keith Carradine-63 Donny Most-59 Drew Lachey-36 ; 1974 – President 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 Mary "Billie" Burke (1884–1970) ; John Glover-68 Paul Bruce Dickinson-58 Wayne Knight-57 David Duchovny-52 Charlize Theron-37 Eric Johnson-33 Randy Wayne Frederick-31

August 6

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) Andy Warhola (1928–1987) ; Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan-42 Vera Farmiga-39 Soleil Moon Frye-36 Ryan Sypek-30 Christopher Anton Ploszczansky-26 ; 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 Neil Armstrong-82 John Saxon(Carmine Orrico)-77 Loni Anderson-67 Jeannette "Ja'net" DuBois-67 Maureen McCormick-56 Patrick Ewing-50 ; 1957 - "American Bandstand," hosted by Dick Clark, made its network TV debut on ABC.

August 4

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Armstrong(1901–1971) ; Richard Belzer-68 Billy Bob Thornon-57 Barack Obama-51 ; 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.

August 3

Happy Birthday Tony Bennett(Anthony Benedetto)-86 Martin Sheen(Ramon Estevez)-72 Martha Stewart(Martha Kostyra)-71 John Landis-62 Tommy Dewey-34 Nicole Evangeline Lilly-33 ; 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.

August 2

Happy Birthday RIP Jack Warner(1892–1978) John Carroll O'Connor(1924-2001) ; Peter O'Toole-80 Wes Craven-73 Joanna Cassidy-67 Butch Patrick( Patrick Alan Lilley)-59 Victoria Jackson-53 Patricia "Apollonia" Kotero-53 Cynthia Stevenson-50 Mary-Louise Parker-48 Sam Worthington-36 Edward Furlong-35 ; 1790 – The first US Census is conducted.

August 1

Happy Birthday RIP Jerry Garcia(1942-1995) Yves Saint Laurent(1936-2008) Dom DeLuise(1933–2009) ; Sam Mendes-47 James St James(James Clark)-46 Tempestt Bledsoe-39 Max Carver-24 Jack O'Connell-22 ; 1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.