Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–76 Isaac Perlman–76 Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison–76 Richard Gere–72 Julie Brown–63 Jonathan LaPaglia–52 Deborah Gibson–51 Christopher Tucker–50 ; 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