Happy Birthday RIP Alan Hale(Rufus MacKahan 1892–1950) Jimmy Durante(1893–1980) Jerry Goldsmith(1929–2004) ; Robert Wagner–83 Roberta Flack–74 Mark Spitz–63 Laura Dern–46  Nichcalo “Jazzmun” Crayton–44 Elizabeth Banks(Mitchell)–39 Brent Everett(Dustin Germaine)–29 ; 1840 – Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha

Happy Birthday RIP Carmen Miranda(Maria Miranda da Cunha 1909–1955) ; Carole King(Klein)–71 Joseph “Joe” Pesci–70 Mia Farrow–68 Judith Light(Licht)–64 James Jackson Bullock–58 Colin Egglesfield–40 Zhāng Zǐyi(章子怡)–34 Tom Hiddleston–32 David Gallagher–28 ; 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

Happy Birthday RIP Julia “Lana” Turner(1921–1995) John “Jack” Lemmon(1925–2001) James Dean(1931–1955) ; Edward “Ted” Koppel–73 Nicholas “Nick” Nolte–72 Robert Klein–71 Brooke Adams–64 Mary Steenburgen–60 John Grisham–58 Vincent Neil Wharton–52 Mary McCormack–44 Seth Green–39 Liam McIntyre–31 James “Jim” Verraros–30 ; 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

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Dickens(1812–1870) Harry Sinclair Lewis(1885–1951) Clarence “Buster” Crabbe(1908–1983) Eddie Bracken(1915–2002) ; Miguel Ferrer–58 James Spader–53  Troyal “Garth” Brooks–51 Eddie Izzard–51 Chris Rock–48 Robyn Lively–41 Christopher Ashton Kutcher–35 Kerli Kõiv–25 ; 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented

Happy Birthday RIP George “Babe” Ruth(1895–1948) Bob Marley(1945–1981) ;  Sári “Zsa Zsa” Gábor–96 Mamie Van Doren(Joan Olander)–82 Elmore “Rip” Torn–82 Mike Farrell–74 Tom Brokaw–73 Fabiano Forte–71 Natalie Cole–63 Kathy Najimy–56 William “Axl” Rose–51 Rick Astley–47 Josh Stewart–36 Ben Lawson–33 ; 1840 – Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.

Happy Birthday RIP Richmond “John” Carradine(1906–1988) Red Buttons(Aaron Chwatt 1919–2006) ; Henry “Hank” Aaron–78 David Selby–72 Barbara Hershey(Herzstein)–65 Thomas “Tom” Wilkinson–65 Timothy “Tim” Meadows–52 Jennifer Jason Leigh(Morrow)–51 Laura Linney–49 Robert “Bobby” Brown–44 Thomas “Chris” Parnell–46 Paul Vandervort–28 ; 1852 – The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Lindbergh(1902–1974) Rosa McCauley Parks(1913–2005) Bettye Goldstein(“Betty Friedan” 1921–2006) Conrad Bain(1923–2013) ; David Brenner–77 Conrad John Schuck–73 Vincent Furnier(“Alice Cooper”)–65 Masanori Takahashi(“Kitaro”)–60 Oscar De La Hoya–40 Brandon “Bug” Hall–28 ; 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

Happy Birthday RIP John Fiedler(1925–2005) ; Dr. Henry Heimlich–93 Fran Tarkenton–73 Blythe Danner–70 Morgan Fairchild(Patsy McClenny)–63 Joseph “Nathan” Lane–57 Maura Tierney–48 Isla Fisher–37 ; 1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.

Happy Birthday RIP Howard Johnson(1897–1972) Farrah Fawcett(1947–2009) ; Tom Smothers–76 Graham Nash–71 Brent Spiner–64 Christie Brinkley(Hudson)–59 Shakira Ripoll–36 ; 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated ; 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed

 Happy Birthday RIP William “Clark” Gable(1901–1960) Boris Yeltsin(1931–2007) Rick James(James Johnson 1948–2004) Sherman Hemsley(1938–2012) ; Garrett Morris–76 Joseph “Joe” Sample–74  Lisa Marie Presley–45 Brian Krause–44 Michael C. Hall–42 Ronnie Kroell–30 ; 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.