Happy Birthday RIP David Llewelyn Wark Griffith(1875–1948) Sam Cooke(1931–1964) Wilfred “Bill” Bixby III(1934–1993) ; “Piper Laurie”(Rosetta Jacobs)–82 John Hurt–74 Stephen “Steve” Perry–65 Linda Blair–55 Diane Lane–49 Gabriel Macht–42 Paul Balthazar Getty–39 Nicholas Simmons–25 ; 1968 – “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” premiered on NBC. ; 1973 – the Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion.