Happy Birthday RIP Zara Cully(1892–1978) Eugene “Gene” Siskel(1946–1999) Paul Newman(1925–2008) ; Anne Jeffreys Carmichael–91 Robert “Bob” Uecker–79 Theodore “Scott” Glenn–75 Edward Van Halen–59 Ellen DeGeneres–56 Anita Baker–56 Wayne Gretzky–53 Paul Johansson–50 Colin O’Donoghue–33 ; 1838 – Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States ; 1950 – India proclaimed itself a republic.