Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn III(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–69 Isaac Perlman–69 George Ivan Morrison–69 Richard Gere–65 Julie Brown–60 Jonathan LaPaglia–45 Deborah Gibson–44 Chris Tucker–42 ; 1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector. ; 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.