Happy Birthday RIP Eppie Lederer(“Ann Landers” 1918–2002) Gloria Stuart(1910–2010) ; Eva Marie Saint–89 Luigina “Gina” Lollobrigida–86 Marvin Neil Simon–86 Gerald Riviera–70 John Waite–61 Rohan Nichol–37 ; 1776 – the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

Happy Birthday Gloria Allred(Bloom)–72 Betty Buckley–66 Karin Jan Smithers–64 Montel Williams–57 Thomas Gibson–51 Martha Yeardley Smith–49 Matthew Schulze–41 Ryan McPartlin–38 Corey Sevier–29 ; 1930 – Congress created the Veterans Administation

Happy Birthday Robert Ito–82 Polly Holliday–76 Saul Rubinek–65 Johnny Weir-Voronov–29 Lindsay Lohan–27 ; 1890 – The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Happy Birthday RIP “Estée Lauder”(Josephine Mentzer 1906–2004) Sydney Pollack(1934–2008) Diana Spencer(1961–1997) ; Olivia de Havilland–97 “Jamie Farr”(Jameel Farah)–79 “Deborah Harry”(Angela Tremble)–68 Dan Aykroyd–61 Brian George–61 Alan Ruck–57 Dale Midkiff–54 Evelyn King–53 Pamela Anderson–46 Melissa “Missy” Elliott–42 Liv Tyler–36 ; 1979 – Sony introduces the Walkman ; 1984 – The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.

Happy Birthday RIP Lena Horne(1917–2010) ; David Alan Grier–57 Vincent D’Onofrio–54 Mike Tyson–47 Brian Bloom–43 Fantasia Barrino–29 Michael Phelps–28 ; 1937 – The world’s first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London England

Happy Birthday RIP “Slim Pickens”(Louis Lindley 1919–1983) ; William Gary Busey–69 Richard Lewis–66 Fred Grandy–65 Colin Hay–60 Christopher Egan–29 ; 2007 – Apple Inc. releases their first mobile phone, the iPhone, and smartphone craze begins for millions! 

Happy Birthday RIP Gilda Radner(1946–1989) ; Melvin Kaminsky(Mel Brooks)–87 John Biener–76 Bruce Davison–67 Kathy Bates–65 Alice Krige–55 John Cusack–47 Mary Stuart Masterson–47 Danielle Brisebois–44 Mike White–44 Jack “Steve” Burton–43 ; 1969 – Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.

Happy Birthday RIP Helen Keller(1880–1968) Robert Keeshan(1927–2004) ; Vera Wang–63 Julia Duffy(Hinds)–61 Isabelle Adjani–57 Jeffrey Jacob “J.J.” Abrams–46 Tobias Maguire–37 ; 1893 – The New York stock market crashed.

Happy Birthday Eleanor Parker–91 Michael “Mick” Jones–58 Chris Isaak–57 Mark McKinney–54 Chris O’Donnell–43 Jason Schwartzman–33 ; 1934 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions

Happy Birthday RIP “George Orwell”(Eric Blair 1903–1950) ; June Lockhart–88 Carly Simon–68 Jimmie Walker–66 Ricky Gervais–52 Georgios Panayiotou(“George Michael”)–50 Jason Lewis–42 Linda Cardellini–38 ; 1951 – The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities