Happy Birthday RIP Howard Phillips Lovecraft(1890-1937) Theodore Bergman(“Alan Reed” 1907–1977) Isaac Hayes(1942–2008) ; Donald King–92 Constance “Connie” Chung Povich(宗毓華)–77 Robert Plant–75 Albert “Al” Roker Jr–69 Joan Allen–67 James Marsters–61 Amy Adams–49 Misha Collins–49 Benjamin Barnes–42 ; 1920 – First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan ; 1977 – Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.