Happy Birthday RIP Carmen Miranda(Maria Miranda da Cunha 1909–1955) ; Carole King(Klein)–72 Joseph “Joe” Pesci–71 Mia Farrow–69 Judith Light(Licht)–65 James Jackson Bullock–59 Colin Egglesfield–41 Zhāng Zǐyi(章子怡)–35 Tom Hiddleston–33 David Gallagher–29 ; 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources ; 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.
February 8
Happy Birthday RIP Julia “Lana” Turner(1921–1995) John “Jack” Lemmon(1925–2001) James Dean(1931–1955) ; Edward “Ted” Koppel–74 Nicholas “Nick” Nolte–73 Robert Klein–72 Brooke Adams–65 Mary Steenburgen–61 John Grisham–59 Vincent Neil Wharton–53 Mary McCormack–45 Seth Green–40 Liam McIntyre–32 James “Jim” Verraros–31 ; 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce ; 1960 – The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame near Hollywood and Gower.
February 7
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Dickens(1812–1870) Harry Sinclair Lewis(1885–1951) Clarence “Buster” Crabbe(1908–1983) Eddie Bracken(1915–2002) ; Miguel Ferrer–59 James Spader–54 Troyal “Garth” Brooks–52 Eddie Izzard–52 Chris Rock–49 Robyn Lively–42 Christopher Ashton Kutcher–36 Kerli Kõiv–26 ; 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
February 6
Happy Birthday RIP George “Babe” Ruth(1895–1948) Bob Marley(1945–1981) Ronald Reagan(1911–2004); Sári “Zsa Zsa” Gábor–97 “Mamie Van Doren”(Joan Olander)–83 Elmore “Rip” Torn–83 Mike Farrell–75 Tom Brokaw–74 Fabiano Forte(“Fabian”)–72 Natalie Cole–64 Kathy Najimy–57 William “Axl” Rose–53 Rick Astley–48 Joshua Stewart–37 Ben Lawson–34 ; 1815 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens ; 1840 – Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
February 5
Happy Birthday RIP Richmond “John” Carradine(1906–1988) Red Buttons(Aaron Chwatt 1919–2006) ; Henry “Hank” Aaron–79 David Selby–73 Barbara Hershey(Herzstein)–66 Thomas “Tom” Wilkinson–66 Timothy “Tim” Meadows–53 Jennifer Jason Leigh(Morrow)–52 Laura Linney–50 Thomas “Chris” Parnell–47 Robert “Bobby” Brown–45 Paul Vandervort–29 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.
February 4
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Lindbergh(1902–1974) Rosa McCauley Parks(1913–2005) Bettye Goldstein(“Betty Friedan” 1921–2006) Conrad Bain(1923–2013) ; David Brenner–78 Conrad John Schuck–74 Vincent Furnier(“Alice Cooper”)–66 Masanori Takahashi(“Kitaro”)–61 Oscar De La Hoya–41 Brandon “Bug” Hall–29 ; 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg. ; 1974 – Patricia Hearst is thrown into a chevy sedan trunk and kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
February 3
Happy Birthday RIP John Fiedler(1925–2005) ; Dr. Henry Heimlich–94 Fran Tarkenton–74 Blythe Danner–71 “Morgan Fairchild”(Patsy McClenny)–64 Joseph “Nathan” Lane–58 Maura Tierney–49 Isla Fisher–38 ; 1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
February 2
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.
February 1
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.
January 31
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.