Happy Birthday RIP Alice Ghostley(1924–2007) ; David Crosby–72 Steve Martin–68 Susan Saint James(Miller)–67 Danielle Steel–66 Gary Larson–63 Earvin “Magic” Johnson–54 Marcia Gay Harden–54 Susan Olsen–52 Jon Marc Ingle(“Lady Bunny”)–51 Maria Halle Berry–47 Catherine Bell–45 Christopher Gorham–39 Milena Kunis–30 ; 1935 – Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired, is signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt
August 13
Happy Birthday RIP Irving “Bert” Lahrheim(1895–1967) Alfred Hitchcock(1899–1980) Neville Brand(1920–1992) Herb Ritts(1952–2002) ; Daniel “Pat” Harrington–84 “Kevin Tighe”(John Fishburn)–69 Dante “Danny” Bonaduce–54 John Slattery–51 James Carpinello–38 Augusto “Alex” González–33 ; 1942 – Walt Disney’s animated feature “Bambi” premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
August 11
Happy Birthday Terry Bollea(“Hulk Hogan”)–60 Viola Davis–48 Anna Gunn–45 Chris Messina–39 Chris Hemsworth–30 ; 1965 – deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles
August 10
Happy Birthday RIP Herbert Hoover(1874–1964) Edith Norma Shearer(1902–1983) John “Jack” Haley(1898–1979) Eddie Fisher(1928–2010) ; Ian Anderson–65 Don Swayze–55 Rosanna Arquette–54 José Antonio Banderas–53 Justin Theroux–41 Ryan Eggold–39 Lucas Till–23 ; 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24yo postal employee David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year
August 9
Happy Birthday RIP Whitney Houston(1963–2012) ; Sam Elliott–69 Melanie Griffith–56 Amanda Bearse–55 Gillian Anderson–45 Eric Banadinovich(Eric Bana)–45 Audrey Tautou–37 Anna Kendrick–28 ; 1969 – Actress Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring and Steven Parent were found murdered in Los Angeles; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the murders
August 8
Happy Birthday RIP Esther Williams(1921–2013) ; Richard Anderson–87 Lonnie Melvin Tillis–81 Dustin Hoffman–76 Concetta Ingolia(“Connie Stevens”)–75 Donald P. Bellisario–75 Larry Wilcox–66 Keith Carradine–64 Donald Most–60 Joshua “J.C.” Chasez–37 ; 1974 – Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day
August 7
Happy Birthday RIP Mary “Billie” Burke(1884–1970) ; John Glover–69 Wayne Knight–58 Paul Bruce Dickinson–55 David Duchovny–53 Charlize Theron–38 Eric Johnson–34 Randy Wayne Frederick–32 ; 1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design, and was minted until 2008
August 6
Happy Birthday RIP Robert Mitchum(1917–1997) Andy Warhola(1928–1987) Lucille Ball(1911–1989) ; Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan–43 Vera Farmiga–40 Soleil Moon Frye–37 Ryan Sypek–31 Christopher Anton Ploszczansky–27 ; 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare