Happy Birthday RIP John Lennon(1940–1980) ; Clyde Jackson Browne-64 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)-60 Tony Shalhoub-59 John O’Hurley-58 Scott Bakula-58 Sean Lennon-37 Brandon Routh-33 ; 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in New Haven. ; 1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.