Happy Birthday RIP Clara “Ann” Sheridan(1915–1967) Eunice Waymon(“Nina Simone” 1933–2003) Eddi-Rue McClanahan(1934–2010) Alan Rickman(1946–2016) ; David Geffen–82 Anthony Daniels–79 Ellen Tyne Daly–79 Christine Ebersole–72 Allen Kelsey Grammer–70 John “Jack” Coleman–67 Christopher Atkins Bomann–64 William “Billy” Baldwin–62 Jennifer Love Hewitt–46 Brendan Sexton III–45 Elliot Philpotts-Page–38 Tuppence Middleton–38 Sophie Turner–29 ; 1878 – The first telephone directory was issued, by the District Telephone Co. of New Haven, Connecticut ; 1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue