Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–74 Isaac Perlman–74 Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison–74 Richard Gere–70 Julie Brown–65 Jonathan LaPaglia–50 Deborah Gibson–49 Christopher Tucker–48 ; 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