Happy Birthday RIP Helen Hayes(Brown 1900–1993) Ibson Dana Elcar(1927–2005) Christopher Penn(1965–2006) ; “Peter Coyote”(Rachmil Cohon)–82 Benjamin Vereen(Middleton)–77 David Lee Roth–69 Tanya Tucker–65 Julia Sweeney–64 Bradley Whitford–64 Jodi Marzorati(“Benson”)–62 Mario Lopez Jr–50 Daniel Stevens–41 ; 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts for 3 days ; 1973 – Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.