Happy Birthday RIP Luciano Pavarotti(1935–2007) Adam Rich(1968–2023) ; Christopher Wallace–77 Susan Anton–74 Christopher Botti–62 Hugh Jackman–56 Joshua Hutcherson–32 ; 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was brutally beaten, suffered severe head trauma, and was robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie Wyoming. When he was found there was blood caked on his entire face except where tears had steamed down his cheeks. The two men that murdered him are serving double life sentences without parole in separate facilities.

Happy Birthday RIP Anna Eleanor Roosevelt(1884–1962) Luke Perry(Coy Luther Perry III 1966–2019) ; Daryl Hall(Hohl)–78 David Morse–71 Joan Cusack–62 Sean Patrick Flanery–59 Jane Krajkowski–56 Stephen Moyer(Emery)–55 Emily Deschanel–48 Matthew Bomer–47 Trevor Donovan Neubauer–46 Belcalis Almanzar(“Cardi B”)–32 ; 1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests ; 1988 – National Coming Out Day is an annual LGBTQ observed day to commemorate the gay liberation spirit of the person being political. The emphasis is that the most basic form of activism is coming out to family, friends and colleagues, and living life as an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender or queer person.

Happy Birthday RIP Helen Hayes(Brown 1900–1993) Ibson Dana Elcar(1927–2005) Christopher Penn(1965–2006) ; “Peter Coyote”(Rachmil Cohon)–83 Benjamin Vereen(Middleton)–78 David Lee Roth–70 Tanya Tucker–66 Julia Sweeney–65 Bradley Whitford–65 Jodi Marzorati(“Benson”)–63 Mario Lopez Jr–51 Daniel Stevens–42 ; 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts for 3 days ; 1973 – Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

Happy Birthday RIP John Winston Lennon(1940–1980) Barbara March (1953–2019); Clyde Jackson Browne–76 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)–72 Anthony Shalhoub–71 John O’Hurley–70 Scott Bakula–70 Sean Lennon–49 Brandon Routh–45 ; 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut ; 1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California

Happy Birthday Rona Barrett(Burstein)–88 Paul Hogan–85 Cornelius “Chevy” Chase–81 Sarah Purcell–76 Susan “Sigourney” Weaver–75 Darrell Hammond–69 Stephanie Zimbalist–68 Dylan Neal–55 Matthew Damon–54 Nicholas Cannon–44 Peter “Bruno Mars” Hernandez–39 ; 1921 – KDKA TV located in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game ; 1967 – Guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara, a Cuban Marxist revolutionary leader, and his men are captured in Bolivia and executed the next day

Happy Birthday RIP “June Allyson”(Eleanor Geisman 1917–2006) ; “Joy Behar”(Josephina Occhiuto)–82 John Mellencamp–73 Judy Landers(Hamburg)–66 Simon Cowell–65 Dylan Baker–65 Daniel Savage–60 Toni Braxton–58 Brandon Quinn Swierenga–47 Shawn Ashmore–45 ; 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found by a bicyclist near the fence where he lay severely injured ; at first thinking the body was a fallen scarecrow, he soon realized otherwise and ran to call for help. Responding officers reported that Shepard’s face was caked in blood except where tears made tracks along his cheeks. The two men are serving double life sentences without parole in separate prison sites. #MatthewShepard #HateCrime

Happy Birthday RIP Laura “Janet” Gainor(1906–1984) “Carole Lombard”(Jane Peters 1908–1942) ; Britt-Marie Eklund–82 Kevin Cronin–73 Elisabeth Shue–61 Ioan Gruffudd–51 Jeremy Sisto–50 Wesley Ramsey–47 Olivia Thirlby–38 ; 1927 – The era of talking motion pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, the first prominent talking movie

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond “Ray” Kroc(1902–1984) “Larry Fine”(Louis Feinberg 1902–1975) William Szathmary (Bill Dana 1924–2017) Jeffery Conaway(1950–2011) ; Steve Miller–81 Karen Allen–73 Harold Faltermeier–72 Clive Barker–72 Guy Pearce–57 Kate Winslet–49 James Jesse Palmer–46 Jesse Eisenberg–41 ; 1947 President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised address from the White House ; 1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded

Happy Birthday RIP Joseph “Buster” Keaton(1895–1966) “Charleton Heston”(John Carter 1923–2008) Jacqueline Collins(1937–2015) “Anne Rice”(Howard O’Brien 1941–2021) ; Susan Sarandon(Tomalin)–78 Armand Assante Jr–75 Christopher Waltz–68 William “Bill” Fagerbakke–67 ″Jon Secada”(Juan Ramirez)–63 Isaac Liev Schreiber–57 Alicia Silverstone–48 Rachael Leigh Cook–45 ; 1883 – First run of the Orient Express ; 1957 – “Leave It to Beaver” premiered on CBS.

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene “Gore” Vidal(1925–2012) Uwe “Roy” Horn 1944–2021) ; “Chubby Checker”(Ernest Evans)–83 Lindsey Buckingham–75 Pamela Hensley–74 Peter “Jack” Wagner–65 “Tommy Lee”(Thomas Bass)–62 Clive Owen–60 Gwen Stefani–55 Neve Campbell–51 Lena Headey–51 Sean William Scott–48 Ashley Simpson–40 ; 1955 – “Captain Kangaroo” premiered on CBS and “The Mickey Mouse Club” premiered on ABC