Happy Birthday RIP Howard Johnson(1897–1972) Farrah Fawcett(1947–2009) ; Tom Smothers–77 Graham Nash–72 Brent Spiner–65 Christie Brinkley(Hudson)–60 Shakira Ripoll–37 ; 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated ; 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.

Happy Birthday RIP William “Clark” Gable(1901–1960) Boris Yeltsin(Борис Ельцин 1931–2007) “Rick James”(James Johnson 1948–2004) Sherman Hemsley(1938–2012) ; Garrett Morris–77 Joseph “Joe” Sample–75 Lisa Marie Presley–46 Brian Krause–45 Michael C. Hall–43 Ronnie Kroell–31 ; 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

Happy Birthday RIP Tallulah Bankhead(1902–1968) Jackie Robinson(1919–1972) Jean Simmons(1929–2010) Suzanne Pleshette(1937–2008) ; Carol Channing–93 Philip Glass–77 Harry Wayne Casey(“KC”)–63 Anthony LaPaglia–55 Kelly Lynch–55 Amelia “Minnie” Driver–44 “Portia de Rossi”(Amanda Rogers)–41 Kerry Washington–37 “Johnny Castle”(Rocco Santini)–34 Justin Timberlake–33 ; 1865 –  The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, abolishing slavery, submitting it to the states for ratification ; 1949 – The first TV daytime soap opera, “These Are My Children,” was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.

Happy Birthday RIP Franklin Roosevelt(1882–1945) Thomas “Dick” Martin(1922–2008) ; Eugene “Gene” Hackman–84 Vanessa Redgrave–77 Charles S. Dutton–63 Phil Collins–63 Jody Watley–55 Christian Bale–40 Wilmer Valderrama–34 ; 1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called “Elk Cloner”.

Happy Birthday RIP John Forsythe(Freund 1918–2010) ; Tom Selleck–69 Ann Jillian(Nauseda)–64 Oprah Winfrey–60 Greg Louganis–54 Nicholas Turturro–52 Heather Graham–44 Sara Gilbert(Abeles)–39 Justin Hartley–37 Adam Lambert–32 ; 1845 – “The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.

Happy Birthday “Alan Alda”(Alphonso D’Abruzzo)–78 Barbi Benton(Barbara Klein)–64 Sarah McLachlan–46 Joey Fatone Jr.–37 Nickolas “Nick” Carter–34 Elijah Wood–33 ; 1915 – The Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress ; 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.

Happy Birthday RIP Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756–1791) “Donna Reed”(Donnabelle Mullenger 1921–1986) “Troy Donahue”(Merle Johnson 1936–2001) ; James Cromwell–74 Nick Mason–69 Mikhail Baryshnikov(Михаи́л Никола́евич Бары́шников)–66 “Mimi Rogers”(Miriam Spickler)–58 Keith Olbermann–55 Bridget Fonda–50 Alan Cumming–49 Tamlyn Tomita–48 ; 1880 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp(light bulb).

Happy Birthday RIP Zara Cully(1892–1978) Eugene “Gene” Siskel(1946–1999) Paul Newman(1925–2008) ; Anne Jeffreys Carmichael–91 Robert “Bob” Uecker–79 Theodore “Scott” Glenn–75 Edward Van Halen–59 Ellen DeGeneres–56 Anita Baker–56 Wayne Gretzky–53 Paul Johansson–50 Colin O’Donoghue–33 ; 1838 – Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States ; 1950 – India proclaimed itself a republic.

Happy Birthday RIP “Virginia Woolf”(Adeline Stephen 1882–1941) “Etta James”(Jamesetta Hawkins 1938–2012) Edwin Newman(1919–2010) ; Tobe Hooper–71 Jenifer Lewis–57 Dinah Manoff–56 Alicia Keys(Cook)–33 ; 1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco ;  1949 – the first Emmy Awards are held at Hollywood Athletic Club.

Happy Birthday RIP Ernest Borgnine(Ermes Borgnino 1917–2012) Sharon Tate(1943–1969) John Belushi(1949–1982) ;  Neil Diamond–73 Aaron Neville–73 Yakov Smirnoff(Pokhis)–63 Nastassja Nakszynski–55 Mary Lou Retton–46 Matthew Lillard–44 Edward “Ed” Helms–40 ; 1908 – The first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. ; 1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.