Happy Birthday RIP Richmond “John” Carradine(1906–1988) “Red Buttons”(Aaron Chwatt 1919–2006) ; Henry “Hank” Aaron–81 David Selby–74 Barbara Hershey(Herzstein)–67 Thomas “Tom” Wilkinson–67 Timothy “Tim” Meadows–54 Jennifer Jason Leigh(Morrow)–53 Laura Linney–51 Thomas Christopher Parnell–48 Robert “Bobby” Brown–46 Paul Vandervort–30 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Lindbergh(1902–1974) Rosa McCauley Parks(1913–2005) Bettye Goldstein(“Betty Friedan” 1921–2006) Conrad Bain(1923–2013) David Brenner(1936–2014) ; Conrad John Schuck–75 Vincent Furnier(“Alice Cooper”)–67 Masanori Takahashi(“Kitaro”)–62 Vincent Walsh–43 Oscar De La Hoya–42 Brandon “Bug” Hall–30 ; 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

Happy Birthday RIP Norman Perceval Rockwell(1894–1978) Joey Bishop(Joseph Gottlieb 1918–2007) ; Dr. Henry Heimlich–95 Francis “Fran” Tarkenton–75 Blythe Danner–72 “Morgan Fairchild”(Patsy McClenny)–65 Joseph “Nathan” Lane–59 Maura Tierney–50 Isla Fisher–39 ; 1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.

Happy Birthday RIP Howard Johnson(1897–1972) Elaine Stritch(1925–2014) Farrah Fawcett(1947–2009) Carol Ann Susi(1952–2014); Thomas Smothers III–78 Graham Nash–73 Brent Spiner–66 Christie Brinkley(Hudson)–61 Adam Ferrara–49 Shakira Ripoll–38 ; 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 Jr 1948–2004) Sherman Hemsley(1938–2012) ; Isaac Donald Everly–78 Garrett Morris–78 Joseph “Joe” Sample–76 Lisa Marie Presley–47 Brian Krause–46 Michael C. Hall–44 Ronnie Kroell–32 ; 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published ; 2004 – Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines 

Happy Birthday RIP Tallulah Bankhead(1902–1968) Jackie Robinson(1919–1972) Jean Simmons(1929–2010) Suzanne Pleshette(1937–2008) ; Carol Channing–94 Philip Glass–78 Harry Wayne Casey(“KC”)–64 Anthony LaPaglia–56 Kelly Lynch–56 Amelia “Minnie” Driver–45 “Portia de Rossi”(Amanda Rogers)–42 Kerry Washington–38 “Johnny Castle”(Rocco Santini)–35 Justin Timberlake–34 Joel Courtney–19 ; 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–85 Vanessa Redgrave–78 Charles S. Dutton–64 Philip Collins–64 Jody Watley–56 Christian Bale–41 Wilmer Valderrama–35 ; 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 “W.C. Fields”(William Claude Dukenfield 1880–1946) “John Forsythe”(Jacob Freund 1918–2010) ; Thomas “Tom” Selleck–70 Marc Singer–67 Ann Jillian(Nauseda)–65 Oprah Winfrey–61 Gregory Louganis–55 Nicholas Turturro–53 Heather Graham–45 Sara Gilbert(Abeles)–40 Justin Hartley–38 Adam Lambert–33 ; 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 RIP “Soupy Sales”(Milton Supman 1926–2009) ; “Alan Alda”(Alphonso D’Abruzzo)–79 Barbi Benton(Barbara Klein)–65 Sarah McLachlan–47 Joseph “Joey” Fatone Jr.–38 Nickolas “Nick” Carter–35 Elijah Wood–34 ; 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 Johannes Wolfgangus Mozart(1756–1791) “Donna Reed”(Donnabelle Mullenger 1921–1986) “Troy Donahue”(Merle Johnson Jr 1936–2001) ; James Cromwell–75 Nicholas Mason–70 Mikhail Baryshnikov(Михаил Барышников)–67 “Mimi Rogers”(Miriam Spickler)–59 Keith Olbermann–56 Bridget Fonda–51 Alan Cumming–50 Tamlyn Tomita(タムリン·トミタ)–49 ; 1880 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp(light bulb).