Happy Birthday RIP “Josephine Baker”(Freda McDonald 1906–1975) Ellen Corby(Hansen 1911–1999) “Tony Curtis”(Bernard Schwartz 1925–2010) Chuck Barris(1929–2017) ; Ian Hunter Patterson–78 “Deniece Williams”(June Chandler)–67 Susan “Suzie” Plakson–59 Anderson Cooper–50 Jason Jones–44 ; 1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon