Happy Birthday RIP Howard Phillips Lovecraft(1890-1937) Theodore Bergman(“Alan Reed” 1907–1977) Isaac Hayes(1942–2008) ; Donald King–94 Constance “Connie” Chung Povich(宗毓華)–79 Robert Plant–77 Albert “Al” Roker Jr–71 Joan Allen–69 James Marsters–63 Amy Adams–51 Misha Collins–51 Benjamin Barnes–44 ; 1920 – First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan ; 1977 – Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.