Happy Birthday RIP Meinhardt Raabe(“Munchkin Coroner” 1915–2010) Christa McAuliffe(1948–1986) ; Mary Jo Catlett–81 Terry Bradshaw–71 Thomas Mark Harmon–68 James “Jimmy” Connors–67 Keanu Reeves–55 Salma Hayek Jiménez–53 Charles “Tuc” Watkins III–53 Salvatore “Vincent DePaul” Zannino–51 ; 1789 – The U.S. Treasury Department was established ; 1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television’s first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes

Happy Birthday RIP “Yvonne De Carlo”(Margaret Middleton 1922–2007) Richard Farnsworth(1920–2000) Conway Twitty(Harold Jenkins 1933–1993) ; George Maharias–91 Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin–80 Barry Gibb–73 Dr. Phillip McGraw–69 Gloria Estefan(Garcia)–62 Burn Gorman–45 Robert Scott Speedman–44 Robert Boyd Holbrook–38 ; 1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world’s first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company ; 1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America

Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–74 Isaac Perlman–74 Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison–74 Richard Gere–70 Julie Brown–65 Jonathan LaPaglia–50 Deborah Gibson–49 Christopher Tucker–48 ; 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan ; 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris France

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Massey(1896–1983) “Shirley Booth”(Thelma Ford 1898–1992) Fredrick MacMurray(1908–1991) Bill Daily(1927–2018) ; Elizabeth Ashley(Cole)–80 Timothy Bottoms–68 Paul Oakenfold–56 Michael Chiklis–56 Cameron Diaz–47 Lisa Ling–46 Andrew “Andy” Roddick–37 ; 1963 – The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation

Happy Birthday RIP Ingrid Bergman(1915–1982) Eloise “Isabel” Sanford(1917–2004) Michael Jackson(1958–2009) Robin Leach(1941–2018); William Friedkin–84 Elliott Gould(Goldstein)–81 Ellen Geer–78 Temple Grandin–72 Rebecca DeMornay(Pearch)–60 Perri “Pebbles” McKissack–55 Carla Gugino–48 William Levy–39 Lea Michele Sarfati–33 ; 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded ; 1922 – The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City advertising a new apartment complex in Jackson Heights, Queens

Happy Birthday RIP Nancy Kulp(1921–1991) Roxie Roker(1929–1995) Donald O’Connor(1925–2003) Charles Rocket(1949–2005) Biagio “Ben” Gazzara(1930–2012) ; David Soul(Solberg)–76 Luis Guzmán–63 Scott Hamilton–61 Brian Thompson–60 Emma Samuelson(“Samms”)–59 Jennifer Coolidge–58 David Fincher–57 “Shania Twain”(Eilleen Edwards)–54 Jason Priestley–50 Thomas “Jack” Black–50 Margaret LeAnn Rimes–37 Armond “Armie” Hammer–33 ; 1898 – Caleb Bradham (a pharmacist) invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola” and was president of the original corporation ; 1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech

Happy Birthday RIP Lyndon Johnson(1908–1973) “Martha Raye”(Margaret Reed 1916–1994) ; George W. Bailey–75 Barbara Goldbach–72 Paul Rubenfeld(“PeeWee Herman”)–67 Peter Storm–66 Diana Scarwid–64 Thomas “Tom” Ford–58 “Downtown” Julie Brown–56 Sarah Chalke–43 Aaron Paul Sturtevant–40 Patrick J. Adams–38 ; 1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel 178, the world’s first jet aircraft

Happy Birthday RIP Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu(“Mother Theresa” 1910–1997) Geraldine Ferraro(1935–2011) ; Valerie Simpson–74 Peter Brett Cullen–63 Wanda De Jesus–61 Melissa McCarthy–49 Gunner Wright–46 Zemfira Ramazanova–43 Christopher Pine–39 Macaulay Culkin–39 “Cassie”(Casandra Ventura)–33 Dylan O’Brien–28 ; 1920 – the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effect by congress

Happy Birthday RIP Margaret “Dorothy” Comingore(1913–1971) Millicent “Penny” Edwards(1928–1998) ; Ronee Blakley–74 Anne Archer–72 Stephen Fry–62 Steven Guttenberg–61 Craig Kilborn–57 Marlee Matlin–54 David Chappelle–46 Simon “James” D’Arcy–44 Chad Michael Murray–38 Rupert Grint–31 ; 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera ; 1949 – The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect