Happy Birthday RIP Eldred Gregory Peck(1916–2003) Ruth “Bette” Davis(1908–1989) Spencer Tracy(1900–1967) Christopher Hewett(1921–2001); Colin Powell–82 Maxwell Gail–76 Åse Agneta Fältskog–69 Thea Gill–49 Pharrell Williams–46 ; 1792 – U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States. The bill was outlining a new apportionment formula submitted by then Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Apportionment described how Congress divides seats in the House of Representatives among the states based on the US census figures

Happy Birthday RIP Heath Andrew Ledger(1979–2008) Daniel David White(1916–1990) Anthony Perkins(1932–1992) “Maya Angelou”(Marguerite Johnson 1928–2014) Peter Vaughan(Olm 1923–2016) ; Estelle Harris(Nussbaum)–91 Craig T. Nelson–75 Hugo Weaving–59 Graham Norton(Walker)–56 David Cross–55 Robert Downey Jr–54 Nancy McKeon–53 James Rodriguez(“Roday”)–43 ; 1850 – The city of Los Angeles was incorporated ; 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee ; 1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Happy Birthday RIP Leslie Howard Steiner(1893–1943) Marlon Brando Jr(1924–2004) ; Doris Kappelhoff(“Doris Day”)–97 Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall–85 Marsha Mason–77 Carson Wayne Newton–77 Michael Orlando Cassavitis(“Tony Orlando”)–75 Alexander “Alec” Baldwin III–61 David Hyde Pierce–60 Edward “Eddie” Murphy–58 Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn–50 Jamie Bamber Griffith–46 ; 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins ; 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech

Happy Birthday RIP Leonidas “Lon” Chaney(1883–1930) Gordon Jump(1932–2003) Mary “Debbie” Reynolds(1932–2016) ; “Jane Powell”(Suzanne Bruce)–90 Elizabeth “Ali” MacGraw–80 Barry Sonnenfeld–66 Susan Boyle–58 Rachel Maddow–46 Samuel Huntington–37 Matthew Lanter–36 ; 1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois ; 1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General’s warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Chavez(1927–1993) Anne “Liz” Claiborne(1929–2007) ; George Richard Chamberlain–85 Shirley Jones–85 Herbert Alpert–84 Ronald “Christopher” Walken–76 Gabriel Kaplan–74 Albert Gore Jr.–71 Rhea Perlman(DeVito)–71 William McNamara–54 Ewan McGregor–48 Evan Williams–47 ; 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent van Gogh(1853–1890) ; “Peter Marshall”(Ralph LaCock)–93 John Astin–89 Henry Warren Beaty–82 Eric Clapton–74 Paul Reiser–62 Ian Ziering–55 Tracy Chapman–55 Céline Dion–51 Mark Consuelos–48 Geetali Norah Jones Shankar–40 Jason Dohring–37 ; 1964 – The game show “Jeopardy!” premiered on NBC television network

Happy Birthday RIP Pearl Bailey(Mae 1918–1990) ; Judith Guest–83 Evangelos “Vangelis” Papathanassiou–76 Eric Idle–76 Marina Sirtis–64 “Perry Farrell”(Simon Bernstein)–60 Amy Sedaris–58 “Elle Macpherson”(Eleanor Gow)–55 “Lucy Lawless”(Lucille Ryan)–51 ; 1882 – The Knights of Columbus are established ; 1971 – A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers

Happy Birthday Conchata Ferrell–76 Dianne Wiest–71 Reba McEntire–64 Alexandra Billings–57 Vincent Vaughn–49 Julia Stiles–38 Stefani Germanotta(“Lady Gaga”)–33 ; 1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial melt down.

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Frederick Henry Royce(1863–1933) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe(1886–1969) Gloria Swanson(Svensson 1899 –1983) ; Michael York–77 Arthur Evans–77 Bart Conner–61 Quentin Tarantino–56 David Koz–56 Kevin Corrigan–50 Mariah Carey–49 Nathan Fillion–48 Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson–44 Blake McIver Ewing–34 Holliday Grainger–31 ; 1794 – President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy ; 1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens

Happy Birthday RIP Thomas “Tennessee” Williams III(1911–1983) Leonard Nimoy(1931–2015) ; Alan Arkin–85 James Caan–79 Nancy Pelosi–79 Diana Ross–75 Steven Tyler(Tallarico)–71 Vicki Lawrence(Axelrad)–70 Martin Short–69 Leeza Gibbons–62 Jennifer Grey–59 Theodore “T.R.” Knight–46 Lawrence “Larry” Page–46 Keira Knightley–34 ; 1979 – Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C. ; 1999 – A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man