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August 12

Happy Birthday RIP Jane Wyatt(1910–2006) Cecil Blount DeMille(1881–1959) ; George Hamilton-73 Pat Metheny-58 Peter Krause-47 Rebecca Gayheart-40 Caleb Casey Affleck-37 ; 1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine ; 1981 – IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150.

August 11

Happy Birthday Hulk Hogan(Terry Bollea)-59 Viola Davis-47 Anna Gunn-44 Chris Messina-38 Chris Hemsworth-29 ; 1965, deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.

August 10

Happy Birthday Ian Anderson-65 Rosanna Arquette-53 José Antonio Domínguez Banderas-52 JoAnna Garcia-33 Ryan Eggold-28 Lucas Till-22 ;  1793 – The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France ; 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.

August 9

Happy Birthday RIP Whitney Houston(1963–2012) ; Sam Elliott-68 Melanie Griffith-55 Amanda Bearse-54 Gillian Anderson-44 Eric Banadinovich(Eric Bana)-44 Audrey Tautou-36 Anna Kendrick-27 ; 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.

August 8

Happy Birthday Esther Williams-91 Richard Anderson-86 Dustin Hoffman-75 Connie Stevens(Concetta Ingolia)-74 Larry Wilcox-65 Keith Carradine-63 Donny Most-59 Drew Lachey-36 ; 1974 – President 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.

August 7

Happy Birthday RIP Mary “Billie” Burke (1884–1970) ; John Glover-68  Paul Bruce Dickinson-58 Wayne Knight-57 David Duchovny-52 Charlize Theron-37 Eric Johnson-33 Randy Wayne Frederick-31

August 6

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) Andy Warhola (1928–1987) ; Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan-42 Vera Farmiga-39 Soleil Moon Frye-36 Ryan Sypek-30 Christopher Anton Ploszczansky-26 ; 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.

August 5

Happy Birthday Neil Armstrong-82 John Saxon(Carmine Orrico)-77 Loni Anderson-67 Jeannette “Ja’net” DuBois-67 Maureen McCormick-56 Patrick Ewing-50 ; 1957 – “American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark, made its network TV debut on ABC.

August 4

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Armstrong(1901–1971) ; Richard Belzer-68 Billy Bob Thornon-57 Barack Obama-51 ; 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.

August 3

Happy Birthday Tony Bennett(Anthony Benedetto)-86 Martin Sheen(Ramon Estevez)-72 Martha Stewart(Martha Kostyra)-71 John Landis-62 Tommy Dewey-34 Nicole Evangeline Lilly-33 ; 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.