Happy Birthday RIP “Mark Lenard”(Leonard Rosenson 1924–1996) ; Linda Lavin–80 Carole Penny Marshall–74 Richard Carpenter–71 Sarah Ferguson–58 Emeril Lagasse III–58 Dominic West–48 William “Brent” Unger–22 ; 1878 – The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation (later General Electric) in Schenectady ; 1951 – The first episode of I Love Lucy, an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, airs on the Columbia Broadcasting System