Happy Birthday RIP Melchoir Ferrer(1917–2008) Louis “Leonard” Bernstein(1918–1990) David Canary(1938–2015) Maurice Halperin(“Monty Hall” 1921–2017) Regis Philbin(1931–2020) Thomas Sean Connery(1930–2020) ; Thomas Skerritt–91 Nancy Stoll(“Mink Stole”)–77 Chaim Weitz(“Gene Simmons”)–75 Declan MacManus(“Elvis Costello”)–70 Timothy Burton–66 William Ray Cyrus–63 Blair Underwood–60 Rachael Ray–56 Claudia Schiffer–54 Alexander Skarsgård–48 Blake Lively(Brown)–37 ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior ; 1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” is released nationally

Happy Birthday RIP Margaret “Dorothy” Comingore(1913–1971) Millicent “Penny” Edwards(1928–1998) ; Ronee Blakley–79 Anne Archer–77 Stephen Fry–67 Steven Guttenberg–66 Craig Kilborn–62 Marlee Matlin–59 David Chappelle–51 Simon “James” D’Arcy–49 Chad Michael Murray–43 Rupert Grint–36 ; 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera ; 1949 – The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene Kelly(1912–1996) Edgar “Ted” Codd(1923–2003) River Phoenix(Bottom 1970–1993) Kobe Bryant(1979–2020) ; Vera “Miles” Ralston–95 Barbara “Eden” Moorhead–93 Richard Sanders–84 Richard “Rick” Springthorpe (“Springfield”)–75 Shelley Long–75 Jon “Jay” Mohr–54 Aaron Douglas–53 Scott Caan–48 ; 1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the following five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term “Stockholm Syndrome”

Happy Birthday RIP Helene “Leni” Riefenstahl(1902–2003) Ray Bradbury(1920–2012) Valerie Harper (1939–2019) Cynthia Williams(1947–2023) ; Myra “Tori” Amos–61 Tyler Burrell–57 Richard Armitage–53 Kristen Wiig–51 James Cordon–46 ; 1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded ; 1902 – President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public

Happy Birthday RIP Kenneth Rogers(1938–2020) ; Patricia McCormack(Russo)–79 Loretta Devine–75 Kim Cattrall–68 Carrie-Anne Moss–57 Alicia Witt–49 Hayden Panettiere–35 ; 1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobile was founded ; 1959 – President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union

Happy Birthday RIP Howard Phillips Lovecraft(1890-1937) Theodore Bergman(“Alan Reed” 1907–1977) Isaac Hayes(1942–2008) ; Donald King–93 Constance “Connie” Chung Povich(宗毓華)–78 Robert Plant–76 Albert “Al” Roker Jr–70 Joan Allen–68 James Marsters–62 Amy Adams–50 Misha Collins–50 Benjamin Barnes–43 ; 1920 – First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan ; 1977 – Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene Roddenberry(1921–1991) Katherine “Marie” Wilson(1916–1972) Matthew Perry(1969–2023) ; Diana Muldaur–86 Jill St. John (Oppenheim)–84 William Jefferson Blythe III(Bill Clinton)–78 Mary “Tipper” Gore–76 Jonathan Frakes–72 Peter Gallagher–69 John Stamos–61 Kyra Sedgwick–59 Kevin Dillon–59 ; 1839 – Dageurreotype (photo process) goes public ; 1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ; 1929 – The comedy “Amos ‘n’ Andy” made its network radio debut on NBC Radio ; 2004 – Internet search engine Google went public.

Happy Birthday RIP Marshall Field(1834–1906) Max Factor, Jr.(1904–1996) “Shelley Winters”(Shirley Schrift 1920–2006) Patrick Swayze(1952–2009) Eleanor Rosalynn Carter(1927–2023) Martin Mull(1943–2024) ; “Roman Polanski”(Rajmund Liebling)–91 Charles Robert Redford Jr.–88 Elayne Boosler–72 Denis Leary–67 Christian Slater–55 Edward Norton–55 Malcolm-Jamal Warner–54 Andrew “Andy” Samberg–46 ; 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium ; 1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women’s right to vote

Happy Birthday RIP “Samuel Goldwyn”(Schmuel Gelbfisz 1879–1974) Mary “Mae” West(1893–1980) Mark Salling (1982–2018) ; Robert De Niro Jr.–81 Kevin Rowland–71 Belinda Carlisle-Mason–66 Sean Penn–64 Donald Wahlberg–55 ; 1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany. It was recording from 1979 of Chopin waltzes. It was a collaboration of Phillips and Sony.

Happy Birthday RIP Fess Parker Jr.(1924–2010) Robert Culp(1930–2010) Edith Gormezano(“Eydie Gormé” 1928–2013) Frank Gifford(1930–2015) ; Julia Newmeyer(“Julie Newmar”)–91 Lesley Ann Warren–78 Kathie Lee Gifford(Epstein)–71 James Cameron–70 Madonna Louise Ciccone–66 Angela Bassett–66 Timothy Hutton–64 Steven Carell–62 Cameron Gigandet–42 Cameron Monaghan–31 ; 1954 – Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc. ; 1977 – Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42. The bathroom where the body was found is closed to the public. The listed cause of death was heart attack. It’s speculation that it might have been drug and/or alcohol related.