Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–80 Isaac Perlman–80 Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison–80 Richard Gere–76 Julie Brown–67 Jonathan LaPaglia–56 Deborah Gibson–55 Christopher Tucker–54 ; 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