Happy Birthday RIP Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) Alex Karras(1935–2012) ; Linda Ronstadt–67 “Arianna Huffington”(Ariadne Stassinopoulos)–63 Terrance Quinn–61 “Willie Aames”(Albert Upton)–53 Forest Whitaker–52 Scott Foley–41 Diane Heidkrüger–37 ; 1996 – MSNBC, a 24 hour all news network, made its debut on Cable TV and the Internet

Happy Birthday Nancy Olson–85 Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier–81 Vincent Pastore–67 Jane Lynch–53 Matthew Fox–47 Missy Gold(Fisher)–43 ; 1789 – French Revolution: Bastille Day ; 1943 – In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American

Happy Birthday RIP Bob Crane(1928–1978) ; Sir Patrick Stewart–73 Harrison Ford–71 Richard “Cheech” Marin–67 Edith Bernstein(“Didi Conn”)–62 Thelma Louise Mandrell–59 Cameron Crowe–55 Robert Gonzalez(Gant)–45 Deborah Cox–39 Terrence Steven McQueen II–25 ; 1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads “Hollywoodland ” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949

Happy Birthday RIP Milton Berlinger(1908–2002) ; William “Bill” Cosby–76 “Christine McVie”(Anne Perfect)–70 Milton “Richard” Simmons–65 Cheryl “Ladd” Stoppelmoor–62 Christopher “Topher” Grace–35 Mayte Michelle Rodriguez–35 ; 1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London

Happy Birthday RIP Yuli Bryner(1920–1985) ; “Tab Hunter”(Arthur Kelm)–82 Patricia “Bonnie” Pointer–63 Leon Spinks–60 Sela Ward–57 Suzanne Vega–54 Greg Grunberg–47 Justin Chambers–43 Michael Rosenbaum–41 Kimberly “Lil Kim” Jones–39 ; 1798 – The U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of Congress

Happy Birthday RIP Fred Gwynne(1926–1993) ; Ron Glass–68 Arlo Guthrie–66 Alejandro “Alec” Mapa–48 Gale Harold–44 Adrian Grenier–37 Jessica Simpson–33 Cindy Taylor(“Jesse Jane”)–33 ; 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act

Happy Birthday Brian Dennehy–75 Richard Roundtree–71 Dean Koontz–68 Chris Cooper–62 John Tesh–61 Jimmy Smits–58 Tom Hanks–57 Richard Timothy Kring–56 Kelly McGillis-56 Jim Kerr–53 Courtney “Love” Harrison–49 Scott Grimes–42 Fred Savage–37 ; 1816 – Argentina declared independence from Spain (Argentine Republic Independence Day)

Happy Birthday RIP Marty Feldman(1933–1982) ; “Steve Lawrence”(Sidney Leibowitz)–78 Jeffrey Tambor–69 Wolfgang “Puck” Topfschnig–64 Anjelica Huston–62 Kevin Bacon–55 Toby Keith Covel–52 Lee Tergesen–48 Billy Crudup–45 Beck Campbell–43 Milo Ventimiglia–36 ; 1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published

Happy Birthday Carl “Doc” Severinsen–86 Richard Starkey(“Ringo Starr”)–73 Shelley Duvall–64 Robin Weigert–44 Barry “Cassidy” Reese–31 ; 1898  – The United States annexed Hawaii

Happy Birthday RIP Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón(1907–1954) “Janet Leigh”(Jeanette Morrison 1927–2004) Mervyn Griffin Jr (1925–2007) ; Nancy Reagan–92 Delloreese Early(“Della Reese”)–82 Ned Beatty–76  Burt Ward(Gervis)–68 Michael Sylvester Stallone–67 Geoffrey Rush–62 Grant Goodeve–61 Alice Tannenberg(“Allyce Beasley”)–55 Jennifer Saunders–55 Christian J. Meoli–41 Gregory Smith–30 ; 1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States