September 20

Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878-1968) ; Anne Meara-83 Sophia Loren( Sofia Scicolone)-78 Gary Cole-56 Joseph Lyle Taylor-48 Brad Beyer-39 Jon Bernthal-35 Charlie Weber-34 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.in Springfield, Massachusetts

September 19

Happy Birthday RIP Cass Elliot(Ellen Cohen 1941–1974) ; Rosemary Harris-85 Adam West(William Anderson)-82 Randolph Mantooth-67 Jeremy Irons-64 Twiggy(Leslie Hornby)-63 Joan Blunden-62 Cheryl O'Teari-50 Jimmy Fallon-38 Alison Sweeney-36 ; 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show" debuted on CBS.

September 18

Happy Birthday RIP Greta Garbo(Greta Gustafsson 1905-1990) ; Robert Blake(Michael Gubitosi)-79 Frankie Avalon(Francis Avallone)-73 Fred Willard-73 Beth Grant-63 James Gandolfini-51 Aisha Tyler-42 Jada Pinkett Smith-41 Lance "Armstrong" Gunderson-41 James Marsden-39 Daniel "Jason" Sudeikis-37 ; 1851 The first edition of The New York Times was published as "The New-York Daily Times".

September 17

Happy Birthday RIP Roderick "Roddy" McDowall(1928-1998) John Ritter(1948-2003) ; John "Fee" Waybill-62 Cassandra Peterson-61 Rita Rudner-59 Bryan Singer-47 Kyle Chandler-47 ; 1972 The comedy series "M.A.S.H." premiered on CBS.

September 16

Happy Birthday RIP Peter Falk(1927–2011) ; Lauren Bacall(Betty Perske)-88 Riley "B.B." King-87 Ed Begley Jr.-63 David Copperfield(Kotkin)-56 Philip "Mickey" Rourke-56 Jennifer Tilly(Chan)-54 Richard Marx-49 Molly Shannon-48 Amy Poehler-41 Nick Jonas-20 ; 1908 - General Motors was formed in Flint, Mich., by William Durant ; 1972 "The Bob Newhart Show" premiered on CBS.

September 15

Happy Birthday RIP Agatha Christie (1890–1976) Roy Brocksmith (1945–2001) Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005) ; Norm Crosby-85 Tommy Lee Jones-66 William Oliver Stone-66 Josh Charles-41 Edward "Tom" Hardy-35 Prince Henry Charles Albert David Windsor-28 Heidi Montag-26 ; 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-76 Jon "Bowzer" Bauman-65 Nigel "Sam" Neill-65 Alexis "Faith" Ford-48 Emmitt "Tyler" Perry-43 Jesse James-23 ; 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface.

September 13

Happy Birthday RIP Mel Tormé (1925–1999) Nell Carter(Nell Hardy 1948–2003) ; Barbara Bain(Millicent Fogel)-81 Eileen Fulton(Margaret McLarty)-79 Richard Kiel-73 Winnifred Jacqueline Bisset-68 Peter Cetera-68 Jean Smart-61 Geri Jewell-56 Dominic Fumusa-43 Louise Lombard(Perkins)-42 Fiona Apple Maggart-35 Bennett Savage-32 ; 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.

September 12

Happy Birthday Ian Holm Cuthbert-81 Linda Gray-72 Joe Pantoliano-61 Peter Scolari-57 Jason Statham-45 Paul Walker-39 Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan-34 Jennifer Hudson-31 ; 1959 – Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.

September 11

Happy Birthday Henry Earl Holliman-84 Brian De Palma-72 Amy Madigan-62 Virginia Madsen-51 Christina "Kristy" McNichol-50 Richard "Moby" Hall-47 Joseph "Harry" Connick Jr.-45 Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges-35 ; 1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury ; 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.

September 10

Happy Birthday Arnold Palmer-83 Jose Feliciano Garcia-67 Bill O’Reilly Jr-63 Harry Groener-61 Amy Irving-59 Colin Firth-52 Guy Ritchie-44 James Duval-40 Matthew Ryan Phillippe-38 Dan Benson-25 ; 1955 “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS.

September 9

Happy Birthday RIP Cliff Robertson(1923–2011) ; Joe Theismann-63 Tom Wopat-61 Hugh Grant-52 Adam Sandler-46 Goran Višnjić-40 Michael Bublé-37 ; 1926 The National Broadcasting Co. was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America

September 8

Happy Birthday RIP Richard "Peter" Sellers(1925-1980) Virginia Hensley(Patsy Cline 1932-1963) ; Isaac Sidney Caesar-89 Kimberly Peirce-45 David Arquette-41 Alecia "Pink" Moore-33 Jonathan Taylor Thomas(Weiss)-31 ; 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

September 7

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Holley(Buddy Holly 1936-1959) William Jermaine Stewart(1957-1997) ; Gloria Gaynor-63 Julie Kavner-62 Christine Hynde-61 Michael Emerson-58 Corbin Bernsen-58 Thomas Everett Scott-42 Diane Farr-41 Devon Sawa-34 ; 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 JoAnne Worley-75 George Roger Waters-69 Swoosie Kurtz-68 Jane Curtin-65 Anne Lockhart(Anne Maloney)-59 Jeff Foxworthy-54 Rosie Perez-48 Cecilia "CeCe" Peniston-43 ; 1916 - The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tenn., by Clarence Saunders.

September 5

Happy Birthday RIP Freddie Mercury(Farrokh Bulsara 1946–1991) ; George "Bob" Newhart-83 William Devane-73 Raquel Welch(Jo Raquel Tejada)-72 Michael Keaton(Douglas)-61 Rose McGowan-39 Ian Nelson-30 ; 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) Dick York(1928-1922) ; Mitzi Gaynor(Francesca Gerber)-81 David "Drew" Pinsky-54 Damon Wayans-52 Wes Bentley-34 Beyonce Knowles-31 ; 1781 Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers.

September 3

Happy Birthday Anna Jackson-86 Eileen Brennan-80 Valerie Perrine-69 Adam Curry-48 Charlie Sheen(Carlos Estevez)-47 Trevor St. John-41 Samuel "Nick" Wechsler-34 David Moretti-31 ; 1951 – The first long-running American television soap opera, "Search for Tomorrow", airs its first episode on the CBS network.

September 2

Happy Birthday RIP Christa McAuliffe(1948–1986) ; Mary Jo Catlett-74 Terry Bradshaw-64 Thomas Mark Harmon-61 Jimmy Connors-60 Keanu Reeves-48 Salma Hayek Jiménez-46 Charles "Tuc" Watkins-46 ; 1789 The U.S. Treasury Department was established.

September 1

Happy Birthday RIP Margaret Middleton(Yvonne DeCarlo 1922–2007) ; Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin-73 Barry Gibb-66 Phil McGraw-62 Gloria Garcia(Estefan)-55  Robert "Scott" Speedman-37 ; 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.