Happy Birthday RIP Helen Hayes(Brown 1900–1993) Ibson Dana Elcar(1927–2005) Christopher Penn(1965–2006) ; “Peter Coyote”(Rachmil Cohon)–78 Benjamin Vereen(Middleton)–73 David Lee Roth–65 Tanya Tucker–61 Julia Sweeney–60 Bradley Whitford–60 Jodi Marzorati(“Benson”)–58 Daniel Stevens–47 Mario Lopez Jr–46 Daniel Stevens–37 ; 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts for 3 days ; Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax