Happy Birthday RIP Edith Posener(“Head” 1897–1981) Charles Daniels(1936–2020); Dame Joan Plowright–95 Jane Alexander(Quigley)–85 Telma Hopkins–76 Annie Potts–72 William Henry Gates III–69 Julia Roberts–57 Bradley Paisley–52 Joaquin Phoenix(Bottom)–50 Peter “Finn” Wittrock–40 ; 1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would later become 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)

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Roosevelt Jr(1858–1919) Caroline “Carrie” Snodgress(1945–2004) Ruby “Dee” Wallace(1922–2014) Ruby “Nanette” Fabares(1920–2018) ; John Cleese–85 Robert Picardo–71 Simon LeBon–66 Marla Maples–61 Patrick Fugit–42 Kelly Osbourne–40 Troy Gentile–31 ; 1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded ; 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway (IRT) line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States

Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) John “Jackie” Coogan(1914–1984) Robert “Bob” Hoskins(1942–2014) ; Jacquelyn Smith–79 Patrick Sajdak–78 Hillary Diane Rodham-Clinton–77 Cynthia Lauren Tewes–71 Mark “Dylan” McDermott–63 Ivan “Cary” Elwes–62 Thomas Cavanagh–61 Keith Urban–57 Anthony Rapp–53 Seth MacFarlane–51 ; 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. It is still open and located at 175 N State Street in Downtown Chicago

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) Helen Reddy(1941–2020) ; Marian Ross–96 Nancy Cartwright–67 Samantha Bee–55 Joshua Henderson–43 “Katy Perry”(Katheryn Hudson)–40 Ciara Harris–39 ; 1945 – The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan’s surrender to the Allies

Happy Birthday RIP “Bob Kane”(Robert Kahn 1915–1998) ; Frederick Murray Abraham–85 Kevin Kline–77 Douglas Davidson–70 John Kassir–67 Casey Wilson–44 Oliver Jackson-Cohen–38 ; 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. After struggling through the performance with a 104 degree temperature, Houdini gave in to doctor’s orders and was rushed to Grace Hospital.

Happy Birthday RIP William “Hayden” Rorke(1910–1987) Frank Sutton(1923–1974) Johnny Carson(1925–2005) John Michael Crichton(1942–2008) ; Ang Lee( 李安 )–70 Weird Alfred Yankovic–65 Samuel Raimi–65 Ryan Reynolds–48 Emilia Clarke–38 ; 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

Happy Birthday RIP “Curly Howard”(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) Joan Fontaine(Beauvoir de Havilland 1917–2013) Annette Funicello(1942–2013) ; Sir Derek Jacobi–86 Christopher Lloyd–86 David “Tony” Roberts–85 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–81 Deepak Chopra–78 Jeffrey Goldblum–72 Robert Odenkirk–62 Brian Boitano–61 Ned “Carlos” Mencia–57 “Spike Jonze”(Adam Spiegel)–55 Michael Fishman–43 Zachary Hanson–39 Kyle Gallner–38 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. ; 1883 – The Metropolitan Opera (“The Met”) House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust. It was direct competition for Academy of Music which folded 3 years after the Met opened.

Happy Birthday RIP John “Dizzy” Gillespie(1917–1993) Carrie Fisher(1956–2016) Joyce Randolph(Sirola 1924–2024) ; Manfred Mann(Lubowitz)–84 Judith “Judy” Sheindlin(Blum)–82 Kensaku Watanabe–65 Jade Jagger–53 Sasha Roiz–51 Jeremy Miller–48 William Estes Nipper–46 Matthew Dallas–42 Aaron Tveit–41 ; 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 bulb for which use was practical.

Happy Birthday RIP Bela Lugosi(Blaskó 1882–1956) John Dewey(1859–1952) Jerome Orbach(1935–2004) Dr. Joyce Brothers(Bauer 1927–2013) William Christopher(1932–2016) Thomas Petty(1950–2017) ; Thomas Newman–69 Viggo Mortensen Jr–66 Kamala Harris–60 Calvin Broadus(“Snoop Dogg”)–53 Samuel Witwer–47 John Krasinski–45 Niall Matter–44 Adam Butcher–36 ; 1803 – The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

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” 1931–2020) Sir Michael Gambon(1940–2023) ; John Lithgow–79 Patricia Ireland–79 Jennifer Holliday–64 Amy Carter–57 Randolph “Trey” Parker III–55 Christopher Kattan–54 Desmond Harrington–48 ; 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%)