Happy Birthday RIP Francesco “Frank” Capra(1897–1991) Perry Como (1912–2001) Pernell Roberts(1928–2010) Andrew Katsulas (1946–2006) ; “Bill Macy”(Wolf Garber)–91 Robert Morse–82 Chow Yun-Fat–58 Reginald “Reggie” Jackson–67 George Strait–61 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey–43 Marta “Martika” Marrero–44 ; 1642 – The Canadian city of Montreal was founded.

Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Hopper(1936–2010) ; William “Bill” Paxton–58  Robert “Bob” Saget–57 Ray Charles Leonard–57 Craig Ferguson–52 Eithne Ní Bhraonáin(“Enya”)–52 Tabatha Coffey–44 ; 1954 – the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.

Happy Birthday RIP Wladziu Liberace(1919–1987) Henry Fonda (1905–1982) ; Danny Trejo–69 Pierce Brosnan–60 Mary Debra Winger–58 Kevin McDonald–53 Janet Jackson–47 Tracey Fisher(“Gold”)–44 David Boreanaz–44 Victoria “Tori” Spelling–40 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, the nickel.

Happy Birthday RIP Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) ; Madeleine Albright–76 Trinidad “Trini” Lopéz–76 Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri–61 Michael Oldfield–60 David Charvet(Guez)–41 David Krumholtz–35 ; 1862 – Lincoln signs bill into law US Bureau of Agriculture is created (later renamed to USDA)

Happy Birthday George Lucas–69 Robert Zemeckis–62 David Byrne–61 “Tim Roth”(Timothy Smith)–52 Catherine “Cate” Blanchett–44 Sofia Coppola–42 Mark Zuckerberg–29 ; 1904 – The first Olympic games and “Louisiana Purchase Exposition World Fair” to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis Missouri. The invention of the ice cream cone occurred here as well as the locale became home to Forest Park which is location of the region’s major cultural institutions—the Zoo, Art Museum, History Museum, Science Center and the Muny Opera.

Happy Birthday RIP Bea Arthur(Bernice Frankel 1922–2009) ; Harvey Keitel–74 Stevie Wonder(Stevland Judkins)–63 Dennis Rodman–52 Stephen Colbert–49 Brian Geraghty–38 Neil Hopkins–36 Robert Pattinson–27 ; 1958 – Velcro is trademark registered.

Happy Birthday RIP Wilfrid Hyde-White(1903–1991) Katharine Hepburn(1907-2003) George Carlin(1937-2008) ; Lawrence “Yogi” Berra–88 Burt Bacharach–85 Steve Winwood–65 Billy Squier–63 Gabriel Byrne–63 Emilio Estevez–51 Stephen Baldwin–47 Anthony “Tony” Hawk–45 Kim Fields–44 Jason Biggs–35

Happy Birthday RIP “Irving Berlin”(Israel Isidor Baline 1888–1989) Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech(1904–1989) Martha Graham(1894–1991) ; Frances Fisher–61 “Peter North”(Alden Brown)–56 Martha Quinn–54 Cory Monteith–31 Jonathan Jackson–31 Matt Leinart–30 Matt Giraud–28 ; 1924 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

Happy Birthday RIP Fred Astaire(Frederic Austerlitz 1899–1987) “Nancy Walker”(Anna Swoyer 1922–1992) “Sid Vicious”(Simon Ritchie 1957–1979) ; Gary Owens(Altman)–74 Meg Foster–65 Paul Hewson(“Bono”)–53 Jason Brooks–47 Dallas Roberts–43 Odette Annable(Yustman)–28 ; 1908 – The first Mother’s Day observance took place during church services in Grafton, W.Virginia ; 1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.

Happy Birthday RIP Myron “Mike” Wallace(1918–2012) ; Albert Finney–77 Candice Bergen–67 Billy Joel–64 Tom Petersson–63 John Corbett–52 Chris Diamantopoulos–38 ; 1901 – Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.