Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–73 Isaac Perlman–73 Sir George Ivan Morrison–73 Richard Gere–69 Julie Brown–64 Jonathan LaPaglia–49 Deborah Gibson–48 Christopher Tucker–46 ; 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