Happy Birthday RIP Sir Frederick Henry Royce(1863–1933) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe(1886–1969) Gloria Swanson(Svensson 1899 –1983) ; Michael York–80 Arthur Evans–80 Bart Conner–64 Quentin Tarantino–59 David Koz–59 Kevin Corrigan–53 Mariah Carey–52 Nathan Fillion–51 Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson–47 Blake McIver Ewing–37 Holliday Grainger–34 ; 1794 – President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy ; 1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens