Happy Birthday RIP John Winston Lennon(1940–1980) Barbara March (1953–2019); Clyde Jackson Browne–76 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)–72 Anthony Shalhoub–71 John O’Hurley–70 Scott Bakula–70 Sean Lennon–49 Brandon Routh–45 ; 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut ; 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