Happy Birthday RIP Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968) Jackie Robinson (1919–1972) Jean Simmons (1929–2010) Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) Carol Channing (1922–2019) ; Philip Glass–88 Harry Wayne Casey(“KC”)–74 Anthony LaPaglia–66 Kelly Lynch–66 Amelia “Minnie” Driver–55 Patricia Velasquez–54 “Portia de Rossi”(Amanda Rogers)–52 Kerry Washington–48 Justin Timberlake–44 Joel Courtney–29 ; 1865 – The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, abolishing slavery, submitting it to the states for ratification ; 1949 – The first TV daytime soap opera, “These Are My Children,” was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.