Happy Birthday RIP Will Sampson(1933–1987) Donald Cornelius(1936–2012) “William Conrad”(John Cann 1920–1994) Francis Gregory “Greg” Morris(1933–1996) “Jayne Meadows”(Jane Cotter 1919–2015) Anthony Wilford Brimley(1934–2020) Marvin Aday(“Meatloaf” 1947–2022) ; Elizabeth “Liz” Torres–77 Shaun Cassidy–66 Scott Lawrence–61 Phoebe Price–52 Gwyneth Paltrow–52 Avril Lavigne–40 ; 1822 Jean Francois Champollion annouces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone ; 1905 – The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content”, introducing the famous equation E=mc² ; 1908 – Production of the Model T car begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit Michigan

Happy Birthday RIP Francois “Jack” LaLanne(1914–2011) Patrick O’Neal(1927–1994) Joyce Jameson(1932–1987) “Donna Douglas”(Dorothy Smith 1932–2015) Richard Herd Jr(1932–2020) Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022) ; Anne Robinson–80 Linda Hamilton–68 Melissa Sue Anderson–62 James Caviezel–56 Mark Famiglietti–45 ; 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General ; 1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debates takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

Happy Birthday RIP Christopher Reeve(1952–2004) Juliet Prowse(1936–1996) William Faulkner(1897–1962) Barbara Walters (1929–2022) ; Michael Douglas–80 Cheryl Tiegs–77 Anson William Heimlich–75 Mark Hamill–73 Michael Madsen–67 Heather Locklear–63 Beth Toussaint–62 Tate Donovan–61 Willard “Will” Smith Jr–56 Catherine Jones(Douglas)–55 Hal Harry Sparks III–55 David Benihoff(Friedman)–54 ; 1789 –The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments : the ten known as the Bill of Rights, and the Congressional Apportionment Amendment and the Congressional Compensational Amendment ; 1957 –Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas is integrated by the use of US Army troops forcing the first desegregation of a public school after SCOTUS rules that segregation is unconstitutional.

Happy Birthday RIP Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald(1896–1940) Audra Lindley(1918–1997) Phillip Hartmann(1948–1998) James Henson(1936–1990) ; Kevin Sorbo–66 Antonia “Nia” Vardalos–62 Justin Bruening–45 Andrew Leeds–43 Grey Damon–37 Spencer Treat Clark–37 ; 1968 – 60 Minutes debuts on CBS ; 1979 – Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service which features the first public electronic mail service(“email”). Later the start of public access to Internet overall (web and ftp) where ISPs (internet service providers) that provided connectivity via TCP/IP to general public stared circa 1989. Before that the internet was known as Arpanet and mainly used by college and military institutions ( dot mil and dot edu domains are still used) . For example army.mil or Harvard.edu or Whitehouse.gov

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Charles Robinson(1930–2004) “Mickey Rooney”(Joseph Yule Jr 1920–2014) ; Julio Iglesias de la Cueva–81 Mary Kay Place–77 Bruce Springsteen–75 “Rosalind” Chao( 赵家玲)–67 Jason Alexander(Greenspan)–65 Kenneth “Chi” McBride–63 Alexander Proyas–61 Anthony Mackie–46 ; 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of the planet Neptune ; 2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox (“Phoenix 0.1”) is released which was based on Gecko and HTML4 and successor to Netscape Navigator. The first Internet browser was Mosaic, released in 1993 developed by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1994 Netscape Navigator was released followed by Internet Explorer in 1995 also based on the same core code as mosaic.

Happy Birthday RIP Erich von Stroheim(1885–1957) Martha Scott(1912–2003) John Houseman(Jacques Haussmann 1902–1988) Thomas “Tommy” Lasorda 1927–2021) ; Antonia Basilotta(“Toni Basil”)–81 David Coverdale–73 Shari Belafonte–70 Deborah “Debby” Boone–68 Joan Jett(Larkin)–66 Bonnie Hunt–63 Laura Vandervoort–40 ; 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Martin “Chuck” Jones(1912–2002) “Henry Gibson”(James Bateman 1935–2009) Larry Hagman(1931–2012) ; William “Bill” Kuretich(“Kurtis”)–84 “Fannie Flagg”(Patricia Neal)–80 Stephen King–77 William “Bill” Murray–74 Ethan Coen–67 Robert Morrow–62 “Faith Hill”(Audrey Perry)–57 Ricki Lake–56 Billy Porter–55 Lucas “Luke” Wilson–53 Nicole Richie(Escovedo)–43 Maggie Grace Denig–41 ; 1957 – “Perry Mason,” starring Raymond Burr, premiered on CBS.

Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878–1968) Jonathan Hardy(1940–2012) Anne Meara(1929–2015) ; “Sophia Loren”(Sofia Scicolone)–90 Karen Sharpe–90 Carole “Candy” Spelling–79 George “R.R.” Raymond Martin–76 Gary Cole–68 Kristen Johnston–57 Michelle Visage(Shupack)–56 Bradford “Brad” Beyer Jr–51 Jon Bernthal–48 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts ; 1973  – Singer Jim Croce, songwriter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana ; 2011 – The United States military ends its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time

Happy Birthday RIP Frances Farmer(1913–1970) “Mama Cass Elliot”(Ellen Cohen 1941–1974) “Adam West”(William Anderson 1928–2017) David McCallum(1933–2023) ; Rosemary Harris–97 Paul Williams Jr–84 Randolph Mantooth–79 Jeremy Irons–76 “Twiggy” Lawson(Leslie Hornby)–75 Joan Blunden(“Lunden”)–74 Lita Ford–66 Cheryl O’Teari–62 Kimberly Richards–60 James “Jimmy” Fallon Jr.–50 Alison Sweeney–48 Kevin Zegers–40 Danielle Panabaker–37 ; In 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died of wounds inflicted by an assassin ; 1970 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show debuted on CBS ; 2022 – The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.

Happy Birthday RIP Greta Garbo(Gustafsson 1905–1990) John Lebzelter(“Jack Warden” 1920–2006) James Gandolfini(1961–2013) June Foray(Forer 1917–2017) Frederick Willard(1933–2020) Michael Gubitosi(“Robert Blake” 1933–2023) ; Francis Avallone(“Frankie Avalon”)–84 Beth Grant–75 Holly Robinson Peete–60 Aisha Tyler–54 Jada Pinkett Smith–53 Lance Armstrong(Gunderson)–53 James Marsden–51 Daniel “Jason” Sudeikis–49 ; 1851 – The first edition of The New York Times was published as “The New-York Daily Times” ; 1947 – The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the USA armed forces.