Happy Birthday RIP Frances “Bay” Goffman(1919–2011) Susan French(1912–2003) Rutger Hauer(1944–2019) “Sin’Ichi Chiba”(Sadaho Maeda 千葉 真 1939–2021) Anita Pointer(1948–2022) ; Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero(“Chita Rivera”)–90 Gilbert “Gil” Gerard–80 Richard Dean Anderson–73 Antonio Villaraigosa(Villar Jr.)–70 Richard Finch–69 Princess Caroline Grimaldi of Hanover–66 Mariska Hargitay–59 Tiffani Thiessen–49 ; 1789 – Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the US, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland(now Washington D.C.) ; 1977 – The TV mini-series “Roots,” based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on American Broadcasting Company.