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August 2

Happy Birthday RIP Jack Warner(1892–1978) John Carroll O’Connor(1924-2001) ; Peter O’Toole-80 Wes Craven-73 Joanna Cassidy-67 Butch Patrick( Patrick Alan Lilley)-59 Victoria Jackson-53 Patricia “Apollonia” Kotero-53 Cynthia Stevenson-50 Mary-Louise Parker-48 Sam Worthington-36 Edward Furlong-35 ; 1790 – The first US Census is conducted.

August 1

Happy Birthday RIP Jerry Garcia(1942-1995) Yves Saint Laurent(1936-2008) Dom DeLuise(1933–2009) ; Sam Mendes-47 James St James(James Clark)-46 Tempestt Bledsoe-39 Max Carver-24 Jack O’Connell-22 ; 1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles.

July 31

Happy Birthday Geoffrey Lewis-77 Wesley Snipes-50 Joanne “J.K”. Rowling-47 Dean Tanaka(Dean Cain)-46 Loren Dean Jovicic-43 Eric Lively-31 ; 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the moon’s surface.

July 30

Happy Birthday Paul Anka-71 David Sanborn-67 Arnold Schwarzenegger-65 Delta Burke-56 Catherine “Kate” Bush-54 Laurence Fishburne-51 Lisa Kudrow-49 Vivica A. Fox-48 Christopher Nolan-42 Michael “Tom” Green-41 Hilary Swank-38 Damon Wayans-30 ; 1729 The city of Baltimore was founded.

July 29

Happy Birthday Clara Bow(1905–1965) Theda Bara Goodman(1885–1955) ; Geddy Lee Weinrib-59 Ian Roberts-47 Richard “Wil” Wheaton-40 Stephen Dorff-39 Allison Mack-30 ; 1914 – Transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco.

July 28

Happy Birthday RIP Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy(1929–1994) ; Linda Kelsey-66 Georgia Engel-64 Sally Struthers-64 Lori Loughlin-48  Robert “Alexis” Arquette-43 ; 1896 The city of Miami, Florida, was incorporated

July 27

Happy Birthday Norman Lear-90 Peggy Fleming-64 Julian McMahon-44 Jonathan Rhys Meyers(O’Keefe)-35 Michael Bolten-21 ; 1940 Bugs Bunny made his debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon “A Wild Hare.”

July 26

Happy Birthday RIP Stanley Kubrick(1928–1999) ; Sir Michael “Mick” Jagger-69 Helen Mirren( Ilyena Mironoff)-67 Dorothy Hamill-56 Nana Visitor(Tucker)-55 Kevin Spacey Fowler-53 Sandra Bullock-48 Jeremy Piven-47 Olivia Williams-44 Chris Pirillo-39 ; 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

July 25

Happy Birthday RIP Brad Renfro(1982–2008) Estelle Getty(1923–2008) ; Verdine White-61  Iman Abdulmajid-57 Illeana Douglas-47 Matt LeBlanc-45 ; 1956 – 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51 people.

July 24

Happy Birthday Ruth Buzzi-76 Chris Sarandon-70 Leo Gallagher-66 Robert Hays-65 Linda Carter-61 Gus Van Sant-60 Kristi Dawn Chenoweth-44 Jennifer Lopez-43 Anna Paquin-30 ; 1969 Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.