Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–77 Isaac Perlman–77 Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison–77 Richard Gere–73 Julie Brown–64 Jonathan LaPaglia–53 Deborah Gibson–52 Christopher Tucker–51 ; 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