Happy Birthday RIP Nathaniel Adams Coles(“Nat King Cole” 1919–1965) ; Paul Kantner–72 Patrick Duffy–64 Kurt Russell–62 Lesley-Anne Down–59 Gary Sinise–58 Robert “Rob” Lowe–49 Paige Hemmis–41 ; 1969 – Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Youngman(1906–1998) Thelma “Pat” Nixon(1912–1993) ; Jerry Lewis(Joseph Levitch)–87 Charles “Chuck” Woolery–72 Henry “Erik” Estrada–64 Victor Garber–64 Nancy Wilson–59 Lauren Graham–46 Alan Tudyk–42 ; 1850 – “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published ; 1521 Magellan reaches the Philippines

Happy Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg–80 Judd Hirsch–78 Daniel Dee Snider–58 Park Overall–56 Fabio Lanzoni–54 Terence “Trent D’Arby” Howard-51 Kennedy “Rockwell” Gordy-49 Mark McGrath–45 Eva Longoria–38 Kellan Lutz–28 ; 1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated ; 1956 – The Lerner and Loewe musical “My Fair Lady” opened on Broadway

Happy Birthday RIP Albert Einstein(1879–1955) Diane Arbus(1923–1971) ; Quincy Jones–80 Michael Caine(Maurice Micklewhite)–80 William “Billy” Crystal–65 Jerry Greenfield–62 Kevin Williamson–48 Frederick “Chris” Klein–34 Jordan Taylor Hanson–30 Jamie Bell–27 ; 1794 – Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.

Happy Birthday RIP Paul Stewart(Sternberg 1908–1986) ; Neil Sedaka–74 William H. Macy–63 Danny Masterson–37 Emile Hirsch–28 ; 1781 – The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.

Happy Birthday RIP Jean-Louis “Jack” de Kerouac(1922–1969) Johnny Palermo(1982–2009) ; Barbara Feldon(Hall)–80 Alwin “Al” Jarreau–73 Liza Minnelli–67 James Taylor–65 Ronald Jeremy Hyatt–60 Aaron Eckhart–45 Samuel Levine–31 ; 1912 – The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.

Happy Birthday RIP Shemp Howard(Samuel Horwitz 1895–1955) Lawrence Welk(1903–1992) ; Rupert Murdoch–82 Sam Donaldson–79 Mark Metcalf–67 Robert “Bobby” McFerrin–63 Susan Richardson–61 Catharina “Nina” Hagen–58 “Lady Chablis”(Benjamin Knox)–56 “Cheryl Lynn”(Lynda Cheryl Smith)–56 David LaChapelle–50 Terrence Howard–44 “Johnny Knoxville”(Philip Clapp)–42 Thora Birch–31 ; 1985 – Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party

Happy Birthday Carlos “Chuck” Norris–73 Shannon Tweed–56 Sharon Stone–55 Jasmine Guy–51 Prince Edward Windsor–49 Carrie Underwood–30 ; 1965 – Neil Simon’s play “The Odd Couple” opened on Broadway in New York

Happy Birthday RIP Raul Julia y Arcelay(1940–1994) ; Charles Gibson–70 Jeffrey Osborne–65 Faith Daniels(Augustine)–56 Martin Fry–55 Juliette Binoche–49 Emmanuel Lewis–42 Kerr Smith–41 Brittney Snow–27 ; 1959 – Mattel’s Barbie doll made its public debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York

Happy Birthday RIP Lynn Redgrave(1943–2010) Alan Hale Mackahan Jr(1921–1990) Cyd Charisse(Tula Finklea 1921–2008) ; George Michael Dolenz Jr–68 John Kapelos–57 Gary Numan(Webb)–55 Lester Holt–54 Aidan Quinn–54 Debra Francis Manheim–52 Freddie Prinze Jr–37 James Van Der Beek Jr–36 Nicholas Zano–35 ; 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.