Happy Birthday RIP Mohandas Gandhi(1869–1948) William “Bud” Abbott(1895–1974) Henry Graham Greene(1904–1991) Julius “Groucho” Marx(1890–1977) ; Rex Reed–75 Donna Karan–65 Avery Brooks–65 Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz–64 Mike Rutherford–63 “Sting”(Gordon Sumner)–62 Lorraine Bracco–59 Robbie Nevil–55 Kelly Ripa–43 Tiffany Darwisch–42 ; 1950 The comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz was first published. ; 1959 “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS

Happy Birthday RIP Walter Matthow(1920–2000) Tom Bosley(1927–2010) George Peppard(1928–1994)  Richard Harras(1930–2002) ; Jimmy Carter–89 Julie Andrews(Julia Wells)–78 Randall Quaid–63 Elizabeth Dennehy–53 Mark McGwire–50 Theodore King–48 Cindy Margolis–48 Jay Underwood–45 Zacharius Galifianakis–44 Rupert Friend–32 ; 1908 – Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825 (price)

Happy Birthday RIP Truman Capote(Persons 1924–1984) ; Angie Dickinson(Angeline Brown)–82 Johnny Mathis–77 Marilyn McCoo–69 Barry Williams(Blenkhorn)–59 Patrice Rushen–59 Francine Drescher–56 Eric Stoltz–52 Marion Cotillard–39 ; 1960 – The Flintstones premieres on ABC TV (Originally called “Flagstones” in 1959 pilot)

Happy Birthday RIP Orvon “Gene” Autry(1907–1998) Madeline Kahn(Wolfson 1942–1999) ; Jerry Lee Lewis–78 Ian McShane–71 Bryant Gumbel–65 Andrew “Dice” Clay Silverstein–56 Roger Bart–51 Jill Whelan–47 Luke Goss–45 Zachary Levi Pugh–33 ; 1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

Happy Birthday RIP Edward “Ed” Sullivan(1901–1974) James “J.T.” Walsh(1943–1998) ; Brigitte Bardot–79 Jeffrey Jones–67 Jane “Janeane” Garofalo–49 Leilani Sarelle Figalan–47 Mira Sorvino–46 Naomi Watts–45 Daniel Bonjour–32 Hilary Duff–26 ; 1867 – Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario

Happy Birthday RIP Will Sampson(1933–1987) Don Cornelius(1936–2012) “William Conrad”(John Cann 1920–1994) ; “Jayne Meadows”(Jane Cotter)–93 Anthony Wilford Brimley–79 Marvin Aday(“Meatloaf”)–66 Elizabeth “Liz” Torres–66  Shaun Cassidy–55 Christopher Cousins–53 William Patrick Muldoon III–45 Phoebe Price–41 Gwyneth Paltrow–41 Avril Lavigne–29 ; 1908 – The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan

Happy Birthday RIP Patrick O’Neal(1927–1994) Joyce Jameson(1932–1987) ; “Donna Douglas”(Dorothy Smith)–80 Anne Robinson–69 Olivia Newton-John–65 Linda Hamilton–57 Melissa Sue Anderson–51 James Caviezel–45 Mark Famiglietti–34 Jessie Pavelka–31 ; 1914 – The Federal Trade Commission was established

Happy Birthday RIP Christopher Reeve(1952–2004) Juliet Prowse(1936–1996) William Faulkner(1897–1962) ; Barbara Walters–84 Michael Douglas–69 Cheryl Tiegs–66 Anson William Heimlich–64 Mark Hamill–62 Michael Madsen–56 Heather Locklear–52 Tate Donovan–50 Willard “Will” Smith–45 Catherine Jones(Douglas)–44 Hal Harry Sparks III–44 ; 1493 – Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere

Happy Birthday RIP Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald(1896–1940) Audra Lindley(1918–1997) Phillip Hartmann(1948–1998) Jim Henson(1936–1990) ; Antonia “Nia” Vardalos–51 Kevin Sorbo–55 Andrew Leeds–35 Jason Sarcinelli–35 Justin Bruening–34 ; 1968 – 60 Minutes debuts on CBS. ; 1979 – Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service(email)

Happy Birthday RIP Ray Charles Robinson(1930–2004) ; “Mickey Rooney”(Ninian Yule)–93 Julio Iglesias de la Cueva–70 Mary Kay Place–66 Bruce Springsteen–64 “Rosalind” Chao(Chao Jyalin)–56 Jason Alexander(Greenspan)–54 Kenneth “Chi” McBride–52 Alexander Proyas–50 Anthony Mackie–34 ; 1846 – The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle