Happy Birthday RIP Sir Charles Chaplin (1889–1977) Enrico “Henry” Mancini(1924–1994) ; Stanley “Bobby” Vinton Jr–84 “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar”(Ferdinand Alcindor Jr)–72 Ellen Barkin–65 Jonathan Cryer–54 Martin Lawrence–54 Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen–48 Lukas Haas–43 ; 1962 – Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become “the most trusted man in America”

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth Montgomery(1933–1995) Roy Clark(1933–2018) ; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason–72 Heloise Cruse Evans–68 Emma Thompson–60 Samantha Fox–53 Seth Rogen–37 Emma Watson–29 Margaret “Maisie” Williams–22 ; 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 220am Eastern Time about two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg approx 1140pm. Charles Lightoller claimed that the helmsman Robert Hitchens initially panicked and turned the rudder the wrong way and that subsequently Bruce Ismay ordered the boat to continue “Slow Ahead” in the belief that Titanic was unsinkable but this was kept secret for insurance reasons. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.

Happy Birthday RIP Arthur John Gielgud(1904–2000) Rodney Steiger(1925–2002) Johanna “Anne” Sullivan Macy(1866–1936) ; Loretta “Lynn” Webb–87 Julie Christie–79 Peter Rose–78 John Shea–70 Brad “Garrett”(Gerstenfeld)–59 Robert Carlyle–58 Michael Anthony Hall–51 Adrien Brody–46 Sarah Michelle Gellar–42 Claire Coffee–39 ; 1828 – Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary ; 1865 – President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day.

Happy Birthday RIP Samuel Beckett(1906–1989) Donald Yarmy(“Don Adams” 1923–2005) ; Lyle Waggoner–84 Paul Sorvino–80 Tony Dow–74 Ronald Perlman–69 William Sadler–69 Robert “Peabo” Bryson–68 Caroline Rhea–55 Richard “Ricky” Schroder–49 ; 1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded. ; 1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming

Happy Birthday RIP Johnnie Collier(“Ann Miller” 1923–2004) Sir Charles Napier(1936–2011) Herbert Khaury(“Tiny Tim” 1932–1996) Thomas Clancy Jr(1947–2013) ; Herbert Hancock–79 Edward O’Neill–73 David Letterman–72 David Cassidy–69 Thomas Noonan–68 Andrés “Andy” García Menéndez–63 Shannen Doherty–48 Nicholas Brendon Schultz–48 Claire Danes–40 Jennifer Morrison–40 ; 1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry Truman, becomes President upon Roosevelt’s death ; 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective

Happy Birthday RIP Oleg Cassini Loiewski(1913–2006) Meshach Taylor(1947–2014) ; Ethel Skakel Kennedy–91 Joel Grey(Katz)–87 Louise Lasser–80 William Irwin–70 Michele Scarabelli–64 Lisa Stansfield–53 ; 1976 – The Apple I is created. The first Apple computer which ran the first macOS had only a basic CRT, motherboard and keyboard and was designed by Steve Wozniak.

Happy Birthday RIP Avery Schreiber(1935–2002) Hugh Hefner(1926–2017); Moshopopoulos Yolas(“Marty Krofft”)–82 Michael Learned–80 Dennis Quaid–65 Marc Jacobs–56 Cynthia Nixon–53 Jennifer Massoli(“Jenna Jameson”)–45 Keshia Knight Pulliam–40 Jonathan Baruchel–37 Leighton Meester–33 Jesse McCartney–32 Kristen Stewart–29 Mary Elle Fanning–21 ; 1961 – The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway systems in the world, ends operations #MassTransitDied

Happy Birthday RIP “Mary Pickford”(Gladys Smith 1892–1979) Elizabeth “Betty” Ford(1918–2011) ; Sheldon Greenfield(“Shecky Greene”)–93 John Schneider IV–59 Jeffrey “Izzy Stradlin” Isbell–57 John Julian Lennon–56 Robin Wright–53 Patricia Arquette–51 ; 1913 – The 17th amendment to the Constitution, providing for the popular election of U.S. senators, was ratified ; 1958 – A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper (pioneer of first high level mainframe programming language) meets to discuss the creation of a new language that would be called COBOL(common oriented business language)

Happy Birthday RIP Ian Richardson(1934–2007) “Billie Holiday”(Elinora Fagan 1915–1959) James Bumgarner(“Garner” 1928–2014) William “Wayne” Rogers III(1933–2015) ; Edmund “Jerry” Brown Jr–81 Francis Ford Coppola–80 John Oates–71 Kong-sang “Jackie” Chan(陳港生)–65 Russell Crowe–55 ; 1927 – First long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover)

Happy Birthday RIP Phil Leeds(1916–1998) Merle Haggard(1937–2016) ; William December “Billy Dee” Williams–82 John Ratzenberger–72 Patrika Darbo–71 “MariLou Henner”(Mary Lucy Pudlowski)–67 Paul Rudd–50 Anders Jensen–47 Zachary Braff–44 Candace Cameron–43 Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla–37 Charlie McDermott–29 ; 1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole. ; 1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City