Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–75 Isaac Perlman–75 Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison–75 Richard Gere–71 Julie Brown–66 Jonathan LaPaglia–51 Deborah Gibson–50 Christopher Tucker–49 ; 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