Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–79 Isaac Perlman–79 Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison–79 Richard Gere–75 Julie Brown–66 Jonathan LaPaglia–55 Deborah Gibson–54 Christopher Tucker–53 ; 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan ; 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris France