Happy Birthday RIP “George Orwell”(Eric Blair 1903–1950) Sidney Lumet(1924–2011) Georgios Panayiotou(George Michael 1963–2016) ; June Lockhart–92 Carly Simon–72 James “Jimmie” Walker–70 Ricky Gervais–56 Jason Lewis–46 Linda Cardellini–42 ; 1951 – The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities ; 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, designed by artist Gilbert Baker