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); Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero(“Chita Rivera”)–89 Gilbert “Gil” Gerard–79 Anita Pointer–74 Richard Dean Anderson–72 Antonio Villaraigosa(Villar Jr.)–69 Richard Finch–68 Princess Caroline Grimaldi of Hanover–65 Mariska Hargitay–58 Tiffani Thiessen–48 ; 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.