Happy Birthday RIP Howard Phillips Lovecraft(1890-1937) Theodore Bergman(“Alan Reed” 1907–1977) Isaac Hayes(1942–2008) ; Donald King–93 Constance “Connie” Chung Povich(宗毓華)–78 Robert Plant–76 Albert “Al” Roker Jr–70 Joan Allen–68 James Marsters–62 Amy Adams–50 Misha Collins–50 Benjamin Barnes–43 ; 1920 – First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan ; 1977 – Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.