Happy Birthday RIP Charlie Callias(1927–2011) Irene Dunne(1898–1990) Audrey Totter(1917–2013) Jack “John” Hillerman(1932–2017) ; George Criscuola(“Peter Criss”)–79 Uri Geller–78 Dick Wolf–77 Alan Parsons–76 Christopher Robinson–58 David Cook–42 Jonah Hill Feldstein–41 Emerson Collins–40 Bob Morley–40 Allan Hyde–35 ; 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase was completed as the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States during ceremonies in New Orleans

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Urich(1946–2002) Maurice White(1941–2016) Cicely Tyson 1924–2021) ; Timothy Reid–80 Elaine Joyce Pinchot–79 Christopher Hamill(“Limahl”)–66 Michael Lookinland–64 Jennifer Beals–61 Tilman Schweiger–61 Kristen Swanson–55 Alyssa Milano–52 Rosa Blasi–52 Jacob “Jake” Gyllenhaal–44 ; 1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service

Happy Birthday RIP Gladys Cooper 1888–1971) Elizabeth “Betty” Grable(1916–1973) Raymond “Ray” Liotta(1954–2022) ; Keith Richards–81 Steven Spielberg–78 Leonard Maltin–74 William Bradley Pitt–61 Casper Van Dien Jr–56 Katie Holmes–46 Christina Aguilera–44 ; 1957 – the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went online as engineers synchronized the plant with the distribution grid of Duquesne Light Company

Happy Birthday RIP George Lindsey(1928–2012) David Madden(1931–2014) ; Earnest “Ernie” Hudson–79 Eugene Levy–78 Barry Livingston–71 William “Bill” Pullman–71 Heather Laurie Holden–55 Charles Liddell–55 Antonino Giovanni Ribisi–50 Sarah Paulson–50 Militza “Milla” Jovovich–49 Katherine Winnick–47 ; 1892 – First issue of Vogue is published

Happy Birthday RIP Jane Austen(1775–1817) Patricia Deutsch(1943–2017) Harry “Ben” Cross(1947–2020) John Decoste(“Terry Carter” (1928–2024) ; Joyce Boulifant–87 William “Billy” Gibbons–75 Sam Robards–63 Benjamin Bratt–61 Jonathan Scarfe–49 Scott Bailey–46 Theodore James Taptiklis–40 Anna Popplewell–36 ; 1773 – The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes

Happy Birthday RIP Jean Paul Getty(1892–1976) Ira Grossel(“Jeff Chandler” 1918–1961) Marta DuBois(1952–2018) Thomas “Tim” Conway(1933–2019) ; Donnie Johnson–75 Garrett Wang–56 Michael Shanks–54 Stuart Townsend–52 Geoffrey Stults–47 Adam Brody–45 Charlie Cox–42 Camilla Luddington–41 ; 1939 – “Gone with the Wind” receives its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia

Happy Birthday RIP Castello “Lillian” Randolph(1898–1980) Frances Bavier(1902–1989) Lee Remick(1935–1991) Anna Marie “Patty” Duke(1935–2016) ; Joyce Vincent Wilson(“Dawn”)–78 Dee Wallace (Deanna Bowers)–76 Theodore “Ted” Raimi–59 Matthew McNulty–42; 2000 – The FTC unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner ; 2012 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut

Happy Birthday RIP Arthur “Christopher” Plummer 1929–2021);Richard “Dick” Van Dyke–99 John Davidson–83 Morris Day–67 Steven Buscemi–67 “NeNe Leakes”(Linnethia Johnson)–57 “Jamie Foxx”(Eric Bishop)–57 Barton Johnson–54 Taylor Swift–35 ; 1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem

Happy Birthday RIP “Buck Jones”(Charles Gebhart 1891–1942) Francis “Frank” Sinatra(1915–1998) Edward “Ed” Koch(1924–2013) Robert “Bob” Barker(1923–2023) Brandon Teena(1972–1993) http://bit.ly/5GJXp2 ; “Connie Francis”(Concetta Franconero)–86 “Dionne Warwick”(Marie Warrick)–84 William “Bill” Nighy–75 Cathleen “Cathy” Rigby–72 Sheila “E” Escovedo–67 Jennifer Connelly–54 Shelton Hank Williams III–52 Mayim Bialik–49 ; 1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution five days after Delaware became the first

Happy Birthday RIP “Ron Carey”(Ronald Cicenia 1935–2007) Maila Syrjäniemi(“Vampira” 1922–2008) ; “Rita Moreno”(Rosita Alverio)–93 Donna Mills(Miller)–84 John Kerry–81 Lynda Day George–80 Terry “Teri” Garr–80 Robert “Ben” Browder–62 Monica “Monique” Imes–57 Jason “Rusty” Joiner–52 ; 1946 – UNICEF (the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) was established