Happy Birthday RIP “Virginia Woolf”(Adeline Stephen 1882–1941) Edwin Newman(1919–2010) “Etta James”(Jamesetta Hawkins 1938–2012) Dean Jones(1931–2015) Tobe Hooper(1943–2017) Gregory Sierra(1937–2021) ; Jenifer Lewis–66 Dinah Manoff–65 Mia Kirshner–48 Alicia Keys(Cook)–42 Natalie Hall–33 ; 1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco ; 1949 – the first Emmy Awards are held at Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles