Happy Birthday RIP Burle Ives(1909–1995) Eugene Klass(“Gene Barry” 1919–2009) “Eddie Mekka”(Edward Mekjian 1952–2021) ; “Marla Gibbs”(Margaret Bradley)–93 “Boy” George O’Dowd–63 Traylor Howard–58 Stefanie “Steffi” Graf–55 Daniel Newman–43 Kevin McHale–36 ; 1775 – The United States Army (the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress) was founded ; 1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky