Happy Birthday RIP Reta Shaw(1912–1982) Emilie Claudette Chauchoin(“Colbert” 1903–1996) Melvin Tormé (1925–1999) Nell Carter(Hardy 1948–2003) Richard Kiel(1939–2014) ; “Barbara Bain”(Millicent Fogel)–93 “Eileen Fulton”(Margaret McLarty)–91 Winnifred Jacqueline Bisset–80 Peter Cetera–80 Jean Smart–73 Geraldine “Geri” Jewell–68 Dominic Fumusa–55 Fiona Apple Maggart–47 Bennett “Ben” Savage–44 Jason Cook–44 ; 1956 – The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use hard disk storage (versus only memory)

Happy Birthday RIP Maurice Chevalier(1888–1972) James “Jesse” Owens(1913–1980) “Barry White” (Barrence Carter 1944–2003) Paul Walker IV(1973–2013) Ian Holm Cuthbert (1932–2020) Peter Scolari(1955–2021) ; Linda Gray–84 Joseph Pantoliano–73 Louis Szekely(“CK”)–57 William Joshua Hopkins–54 Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan–46 Jennifer Hudson–43 Alfie Allen–38 ; 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit ; 1959 – Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color. One of the first western format tv shows. Side note: Lone Ranger was the fist of the genre in 1949 nearly 10 years prior. It aired om Sept 15 1949.

Happy Birthday RIP Herbert Lom(Schluderpacheru 1917–2012) ; Henry Earl Holliman–96 Brian De Palma–84 Amy Madigan–74 Roxann Dawson(Caballero)–66 John Hawkes(Perkins)–65 Virginia Madsen–63 Elizabeth Daily(Guttman)–63 Christina “Kristy” McNichol–62 Richard “Moby” Hall–59 Joseph Harry Connick Jr.–57 Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges–47 ; 2001 – Al Qaida suicide hijackers crashed two jet airliners into the World Trade Center in New York City causing both 110-story twin towers to collapse killing nearly 3,000 people. This is now called Patriot Day #NeverForget

Happy Birthday Arnold Palmer(1929–2016) Karl Lagerfeldt(1933–2019) Phillip Baker–Hall(1931–2022) ; Jose Feliciano Garcia–79 Anthony Joseph Pereira(“Joe Perry”)–74 Harold “Harry” Groener–73 Amy Irving–71 Colin Firth–64 Guy Ritchie–56 James Duval–52 Matthew Ryan Phillippe–50 ; 1955 – “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS (the second of the Western genre series made for Television, the first being the “Lone Ranger”)

Happy Birthday RIP Otis Redding, Jr(1941–1967) Clifford Robertson III(1923–2011) Chaim Topol(1935–2023) ; Joseph Theismann–75 Thomas Wopat–73 Hugh Grant–64 Adam Sandler–58 Goran Višnjić–52 Michael Bublé–49 ; 1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington ; 1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)

Happy Birthday RIP May McAvoy(1899–1984) Richard “Peter” Sellers(1925–1980) Virginia Hensley(“Patsy Cline” 1932–1963) Frank Cady(1915–2012) Isaac “Sid” Caesar(1922–2014) ; Bernard “Bernie” Sanders–83 Julian Richings–68 Aimee Mann–64 David Lee Smith–61 Kimberly Peirce–57 Martin Freeman–53 David Arquette–53 Alecia “Pink” Moore–45 Jonathan Taylor Thomas(Weiss)–43 Steven “Jake” Sandvig–38 ; 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape ; 1966 – The first Star Trek original series premieres on NBC television starring William Shatner

Happy Birthday RIP John Pierpont “Jack” Morgan, Jr.(1867–1943) Charles Holley(“Buddy Holly” 1936–1959) William Jermaine Stewart(1957–1997) ; Gloria Gaynor(Fowles)–81 Julie Kavner–74 Christine “Chrissie” Hynde–73 Michael Emerson–70 Corbin Bernsen–70 Diane Farr–55 Thomas Everett Scott–54 Oliver Hudson–48 Devon Sawa–46 ; 1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers’ compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

Happy Birthday RIP Patricia “Patti” Yasutake(1953–2024) ; Jo Anne Worley–87 George Roger Waters–81 Swoosie Kurtz–80 Jane Curtin–77 Anne Lockhart(Maloney)–71 Jeffrey Foxworthy–66 Rosa “Rosie” Perez–60 Natalie McIntyre(“Macy Gray”)–57 Cecilia “CeCe” Peniston–55 Idrissa Elba–52 ; 1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders

Happy Birthday RIP “Freddie Mercury”(Farrokh Bulsara 1946–1991) Raquel Welch(Tejada 1940–2023) George Robert “Bob” Newhart(1929–2024) ; William Devane–85 Michael Keaton(Douglas)–73 Peter Wingfield–62 Rose McGowan–51 ; 1957 – “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, the defining novel of the Beat Generation, was published. Jackie Beat, the drag personality, derived her name from his first name and the generation name ; 1975 – Sacramento CA Lynette Frome attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Ford II(1917–1987) Richard “Dick” York(1928–1992) ; “Mitzi Gaynor”(Francesca von Gerber)–93 Damon Wayans–64 Wesley Bentley–46 Max Greenfield–45 Beyoncé Knowles–43 ; 1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers ; 1882 – Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age