Happy Birthday RIP Whitney Houston(1963–2012) ; Samuel Elliott–70 Melanie Griffith–57 Amanda Bearse–56 Gillian Anderson–46 Eric Banadinovich(Eric Bana)–46 Audrey Tautou–38 Anna Kendrick–29 ; 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.

Happy Birthday RIP Esther Williams(1921–2013)  John Holmes(Estes 1944–1988) ; Richard Anderson–88 Lonnie Melvin Tillis–82 Dustin Hoffman–77 Concetta Ingolia(“Connie Stevens”)–76 Donald P. Bellisario–76 Larry Wilcox–67 Keith Carradine–65 Donald Most–61 Joshua “J.C.” Chasez–38 ; 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. #IMNOTACROOK

Happy Birthday RIP Mary “Billie” Burke(1884–1970) ; John Glover–70 Wayne Knight–59 Paul Bruce Dickinson–56 David Duchovny–54 Charlize Theron–39 Eric Johnson–35 Randy Wayne Frederick–33 ; 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.

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Mitchum(1917–1997) Andy Warhola(1928–1987) Lucille Ball(1911–1989) ; Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan–44 Vera Farmiga–41 Soleil Moon Frye–38 Ryan Sypek–32 Christopher Anton Ploszczansky–28 ; 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.

Happy Birthday RIP John Huston(1906–1987) Selma Diamond(1920–1985) Neil Armstrong(1930–2012) ; “John Saxon”(Carmine Orrico)–79 Loni Anderson–69 Jeannette “Ja’net” DuBois–69 Maureen McCormick–58 Patrick Ewing–52 ; 1957 – “American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark, made its network TV debut on ABC

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Armstrong(1901–1971) ; Frank Vincent Gattuso–75 Richard Belzer–70 William Robert Thornton–59 Barack H. Obama–54 Daniel Dae Kim–46 Abigail Spencer–33 ; 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy

Happy Birthday “Tony Bennett”(Anthony Benedetto)–88 “Martin Sheen”(Ramon Estevez)–74 Martha Stewart(Kostyra)–73 John Landis–64 Thomas Dewey–36 Nicole Evangeline Lilly–35 ; 1923 – Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack.

Happy Birthday RIP Jacob “Jack” Warner(1892–1978) Myrna “Loy” Williams(1905–1993) Beatrice Straight(1914–2001) John Carroll O’Connor(1924–2001) Peter O’Toole(1932–2013) ; Wes Craven–75 Joanna Cassidy(Caskey)–68 Patrick Lilley(“Butch Patrick”)–61 Patricia Apollonia Kotero–60 Mary-Louise Parker–50 Sam Worthington–38 Edward Furlong–37 ; 1790 – The first United States Census is conducted ; 1870 – Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

Happy Birthday RIP Jerome “Jerry” Garcia(1942–1995) Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent(1936–2008) Dominic “Dom” DeLuise(1933–2009) ; Samuel “Sam” Mendes–49 “James St James”(James Clark)–48 Tempestt Bledsoe–41 Max Carver–26 Jack O’Connell–24 ; 1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles.

Happy Birthday Geoffrey Lewis–79 Michael Biehn–58 Wesley Snipes–52 Joanne “J.K.” Rowling–49 Dean “Cain” Tanaka–48 Rudolf Martin–47 Loren Dean Jovicic–45 Emily “Eve” Best–43 Benjamin “B.J.” Novak–35 Eric Lively–33 ; 1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed JFK International Airport) is dedicated.