Happy Birthday RIP “Mark Twain”(Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835–1910) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1874–1965) Gordon Parks(1912–2006) Richard “Dick” Clark Jr(1929–2012) Martin E. Brooks(Baum 1925–2015) Robert Guillaume(Williams 1927–2017) Sir Ridley Scott–82 Mandel “Mandy” Patinkin–67 “Billy Idol”(William Broad)–64 “Stacey Q” Swain–61 Benjamin Stiller–54 “Clay Aiken”(Clayton Grissom)–41 Kaley Cuoco–34 ; 1982 – Michael Jackson’s second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history