Happy Birthday RIP Edward “Duke” Ellington(1899–1974) ; Richard Klein–75 Nora Dunn–67 Jerome “Jerry” Seinfeld–65 Leslie Jordan–64 Katherine “Kate” Mulgrew–64 Daniel Day-Lewis–62 Michelle Pfeiffer–61 Eve Plumb–61 Uma Thurman–49 Andre Agassi–49 Jack Mackenroth–40 ; 1968 – The controversial musical “Hair”, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with its song becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement

Happy Birthday RIP James Monroe(1758–1831) Nelle Harper Lee(1926–2016) Carolyn Jones(1930–1983) Lionel Barrymore(1878–1954) ; Ann-Margret Olsson–78 James “Jay” Leno–69 Mary McDonnell–67 Jorge Garcia–46 Penélope Cruz Sánchez–45 Jessica Alba–38 ; 1932 – A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans

Happy Birthday Carol Burnett–86 Jet Li Lian Jie( 李連杰)–56 Kevin “James” Knipfing–54 Thomas “Tom” Welling–42 Channing Tatum–39 ; 1986 – A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world’s worst nuclear disaster. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 people died immediately

Happy Birthday RIP Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) George “Meadowlark” Lemon III(1932–2015) ; Alfredo “Al” Pacino–79 Henry “Hank” Azaria–55 Andrew “Andy” Bell–55 Renée Zellweger–50 Jason Wiles–49 ; 1972 – Polaroid Corp. introduced its SX-70 folding camera, which ejected self-developing photographs

Happy Birthday Shirley MacLean Beaty–85 Barabra Joan Streisand–77 Richard M. Daley–77 Jean-Paul Gaultier–67 Djimon Hounsou–55 Rory McCann–50 Aidan Gillen(Murphy)–51 Eric Balfour–42 Kelly Clarkson–37 ; 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress”

Happy Birthday RIP William Shakespeare(1564–1616) Roy Orbison(1936–1988) Hervé Villechaize(1943–1993) Shirley Temple Black(1928–2014) “Sandra Dee”(Alexandra Zuck 1942–2005) ; Alan Oppenheimer–89 Harvey Lee Yeary(“Lee Majors”)–80 Joyce DeWitt–70 Michael Moore–65 Valerie Bertinelli–59 George Lopez–58 John Hannah–57 Daniel “DB” Weiss–48 John Cena–42 John Oliver–42 Jacob Taio Cruz–34 ; 1635 – The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts ; 2005 – First YouTube video uploaded, titled “Me at the zoo”

Happy Birthday RIP Jason Miller(1939–2001) Edward “Eddie” Albert Heimberger(1906–2005) Aaron Spelling(1923–2006) Betty “Bettie” Page(1923–2008) Glen Campbell(1936–2017) Charlotte Rae Lubotsky(1926–2018) ; John “Jack” Nicholson–82 John Waters Jr–73 Peter Frampton–69 Catherine Mary Stewart(Nursall)–60 Ryan Stiles–60 Byron Allen Folks–58 Jeffrey Dean Morgan–53 ; 1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency ; 1993 – Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released by NCSA University of Illinois at Urbana (first web browser)

Happy Birthday HRH Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor–93 Charles Grodinsky–84 James Osterberg(“Iggy Pop”)–72 Patti LuPone–70 Anthony Iadanza(“Tony Danza”)–68 Rosalie “Andie” MacDowell–61 Robert Smith–60 John Cameron Mitchell–56 Nicole Sullivan–49 James McAvoy–40 Dylan Bruce–39 ; 1989 – Tiananmen Square Protests: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang

Happy Birthday RIP Luther Vandross Jr(1951–2005) ; Hosato “George” Takei(武井 穂郷)–82 Charles “Ryan” O’Neal III–78 Jessica Lange–70 Crispin Glover–55 Andrew Serkis–55 “Carmen Electra”(Tara Patrick)–47 Joseph “Joey” Lawrence Mignogna Jr–43 ; 1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (renamed Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings