Happy Birthday RIP “Jack Benny”(Benjamin Kubelsky 1894–1974) Edward Platt(1916–1974) Victor Morrow(1929–1982) Gregory Hines(1946–2003) ; Hugh Downs–93 Florence Henderson–80 Michael Bloomberg–72 Raymond Teller–66 Alan Hunter–57 “Meg Tilly”(Margaret Chan)–54 Alfred “Freddie” Highmore–22 ; 1929 – Saint Valentine’s Day massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.
February 13
Happy Birthday Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager–91 Marilyn “Kim” Novak–81 George Segal–80 Gerald “Jerry” Springer–70 “Stockard Channing”(Susan Stockard)–70 Peter Gabriel–64 Robert “Robbie” Williams–40 Mena Suvari–35 ; 1931 – New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
February 12
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Darwin(1809–1882) Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) Lyon “Lorne” Greene(1915–1987) ; Franco Zeffirelli(Gianfranco Corsi)–91 Joe Don Baker–78 Judith Blume(Sussman)–76 Frederick “Michael” Ironside–64 Michael McDonald–62 Joanna Kerns(DeVarona)–61 Arsenio Hall–58 Joshua Brolin–46 Darren Aronofsky–45 Jesse Spencer–35 Christina Ricci–34 ; 1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York.
February 11
Happy Birthday RIP Thomas Alva Edison(1847-1931) Maximilian Baer(1909–1959) Éva Gábor(1919–1995) Leslie Nielsen(1926–2010) ; Tatiana Blacker(“Tina Louise”)–80 Burton “Burt” Reynolds–78 Sheryl Crow–52 Jennifer Aniston–45 Brandy Norwood–35 Matthew Lawrence–34 Taylor Lautner–22 ; 1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
February 10
Happy Birthday RIP “Alan Hale”(Rufus MacKahan 1892–1950) Jimmy Durante(1893–1980) Jerry Goldsmith(1929–2004) ; Robert Wagner–84 Roberta Flack–75 Mark Spitz–64 Laura Dern–47 Nichcalo “Jazzmun” Crayton–45 Elizabeth Banks(Mitchell)–40 “Brent Everett”(Dustin Germaine)–30 ; 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
February 9
Happy Birthday RIP Carmen Miranda(Maria Miranda da Cunha 1909–1955) ; Carole King(Klein)–72 Joseph “Joe” Pesci–71 Mia Farrow–69 Judith Light(Licht)–65 James Jackson Bullock–59 Colin Egglesfield–41 Zhāng Zǐyi(章子怡)–35 Tom Hiddleston–33 David Gallagher–29 ; 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources ; 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.
February 8
Happy Birthday RIP Julia “Lana” Turner(1921–1995) John “Jack” Lemmon(1925–2001) James Dean(1931–1955) ; Edward “Ted” Koppel–74 Nicholas “Nick” Nolte–73 Robert Klein–72 Brooke Adams–65 Mary Steenburgen–61 John Grisham–59 Vincent Neil Wharton–53 Mary McCormack–45 Seth Green–40 Liam McIntyre–32 James “Jim” Verraros–31 ; 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce ; 1960 – The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame near Hollywood and Gower.
February 7
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Dickens(1812–1870) Harry Sinclair Lewis(1885–1951) Clarence “Buster” Crabbe(1908–1983) Eddie Bracken(1915–2002) ; Miguel Ferrer–59 James Spader–54 Troyal “Garth” Brooks–52 Eddie Izzard–52 Chris Rock–49 Robyn Lively–42 Christopher Ashton Kutcher–36 Kerli Kõiv–26 ; 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
February 6
Happy Birthday RIP George “Babe” Ruth(1895–1948) Bob Marley(1945–1981) Ronald Reagan(1911–2004); Sári “Zsa Zsa” Gábor–97 “Mamie Van Doren”(Joan Olander)–83 Elmore “Rip” Torn–83 Mike Farrell–75 Tom Brokaw–74 Fabiano Forte(“Fabian”)–72 Natalie Cole–64 Kathy Najimy–57 William “Axl” Rose–53 Rick Astley–48 Joshua Stewart–37 Ben Lawson–34 ; 1815 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens ; 1840 – Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
February 5
Happy Birthday RIP Richmond “John” Carradine(1906–1988) Red Buttons(Aaron Chwatt 1919–2006) ; Henry “Hank” Aaron–79 David Selby–73 Barbara Hershey(Herzstein)–66 Thomas “Tom” Wilkinson–66 Timothy “Tim” Meadows–53 Jennifer Jason Leigh(Morrow)–52 Laura Linney–50 Thomas “Chris” Parnell–47 Robert “Bobby” Brown–45 Paul Vandervort–29 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.