Happy Birthday RIP Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer (1927–1959) Mary “Billie” Burke(1884–1970) ; John Glover Jr–75 Wayne Knight–64 Paul Bruce Dickinson–61 David Duchovny–59 Michael Shannon–45 Charlize Theron–44 Eric Johnson–40 Randy Wayne Frederick–38 ; 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Mitchum(1917–1997) Andy Warhola(1928–1987) Lucille Ball(1911–1989) ; Barbara Windsor(Deeks)–82 Manoj Nelliyattu “M Night” Shyamalan–49 Vera Farmiga–46 Soleil Moon Frye–43 Melissa George–43 Karl Davies–37 Christopher Anton Ploszczansky–33 ; 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare.

Happy Birthday RIP John Huston(1906–1987) Selma Diamond(1920–1985) Neil Armstrong(1930–2012) ; “John Saxon”(Carmine Orrico)–84 Loni Anderson–74 Jeannette “Ja’net” DuBois–74 Maureen McCormick–63 ; 1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping ; 1957 – “American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark, made its network TV debut on ABC.

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon(Queen Mother 1900–2002) Anita Page(Pomares 1910–2008) Louis Armstrong(1901–1971) : Richard Belzer–75 William Robert “Billy Bob” Thornton–64 Barack H. Obama II–58 Daniel Dae Kim–51 Abigail Spencer–38 ; 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy ; 1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King’s civil rights.

Happy Birthday “Tony Bennett”(Anthony Benedetto)–93 “Martin Sheen”(Ramon Estevez)–79 Martha Stewart(Kostyra)–78 John Landis–69 Jay Waverly North Jr–68 Molly Hagan–58 Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr–42 Thomas Dewey–41 Nicole Evangeline Lilly–40 ; 1923 – Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack ; 1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world’s first mass-produced personal computers

Happy Birthday RIP Jacob “Jack” Warner(1892–1978) Myrna “Loy” Williams(1905–1993) Beatrice Straight(1914–2001) John Carroll O’Connor(1924–2001) Peter O’Toole(1932–2013) Wesley Craven(1939–2015) ; Joanna Cassidy(Caskey)–74 Patrick Lilley(“Butch Patrick”)–66 Patricia Apollonia Kotero–60 Mary-Louise Parker–55 Samuel Worthington–43 Edward Furlong–42 ; 1790 – The first United States Census is conducted ; 1870 – Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

Happy Birthday RIP Jerome “Jerry” Garcia(1942–1995) Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent(1936–2008) Dominic “Dom” DeLuise(1933–2009) ; Giancarlo Giannini–77 Samuel Mendes –54 “James St James”(James Clark)–53 Tempestt Bledsoe–46 Joseph Jason Momoa–40 “Max Carver”(Robert Maxwell Martensen)–31 Jack O’Connell–29 ; 1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Cassidy(1932–1979) Geoffrey Lewis(1935–2015) ; Michael Biehn–63 Wesley Snipes–57 Ian Roberts–54 Joanne “J.K.” Rowling–54 Dean “Cain” Tanaka–53 Rudolf Martin–52 Loren Dean Jovicic–50 Emily “Eve” Best–48 Benjamin “B.J.” Novak–40 Charlie Carver Martensen–31 ; 1930 – The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time ; 1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed JFK International Airport) is dedicated

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Ford(1863–1947) ; Sid Kroftt(Cydus Yolas)–90 Paul Anka–78 David Sanborn–74 Arnold Schwarzenegger–72 Delta Burke–63 Catherine “Kate” Bush–61 Laurence Fishburne III–58 Lisa Kudrow–56 Vivica A. Fox–55 Simon Baker–50 Christopher Nolan–49 Michael “Tom” Green–48 Hilary Swank–45 Damon Wayans Jr–37 ; 1965 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare

Happy Birthday RIP Clara Bow(1901–1965) “Theda Bara”(Theodosia Goodman 1885–1955) Peter Jennings(1938–2005) ; “Robert Fuller”(Leonard Lee)–86 David Warner–78 Genaro “Tony” Sirico Jr–77 Gary “Geddy Lee” Weinrib–66 Ian Roberts–54 Rodney Allen Rippy–51 Richard “Wil” Wheaton III–47 Stephen Dorff–46 Allison Mack–37 ; 1914 – Transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco ; 1957 –Jack Paar debuted as host of NBC’s “Tonight” show.