Happy Birthday RIP Charles Darwin(1809–1882) Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) Forrest Tucker(1919–1986) Lyon “Lorne” Greene(1915–1987) ; “Franco Zeffirelli”(Gianfranco Corsi)–96 Joe Don Baker–83 Judith Blume(Sussman)–81 Frederick “Michael” Ironside–69 Michael McDonald–67 Joanna Kerns(DeVarona)–66 James “Zach” Grenier–65 Arsenio Hall–63 Josh Brolin–51 Darren Aronofsky–50 Jesse Spencer–40 Christina Ricci–39 ; 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York ; 1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri

Happy Birthday RIP Thomas Alva Edison(1847-1931) Éva Gábor(1919–1995) Leslie Nielsen(1926–2010) Burton “Burt” Reynolds Jr(1936–2018) ; Tatiana Blacker(“Tina Louise”)–85 Sheryl Crow–57 Jennifer Aniston–50 Brandy Norwood–40 Matthew Lawrence–39 Natalie Dormer–37 Taylor Lautner–27 ; 1938 – BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot”

Happy Birthday RIP James “Jimmy” Durante(1893–1980) Jerrald “Jerry” Goldsmith(1929–2004) ; Robert Wagner Jr–89 Roberta Flack–82 Mark Spitz–69 George Stephanopoulos–58 Laura Dern–52 Elizabeth Banks(Mitchell)–45 Emma Roberts–28 ; 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City ; 1940 – Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot

Happy Birthday RIP Carmen Miranda(Maria Miranda da Cunha 1909–1955) ; Carole King(Klein)–77 Joseph “Joe” Pesci–76 Maria “Mia” Villiers-Farrow–74 Judith Light(Licht)–70 James Jackson Bullock–64 Colin Egglesfield–46 Zhāng Zǐyi(章子怡)–40 Thomas Hiddleston–38 David Gallagher–34 Rose Arbuthnot-Lesliev–32 ; 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources ; 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers

Happy Birthday RIP Julia “Lana” Turner(1921–1995) Audrey Meadows(Cotter 1922–1996) John “Jack” Lemmon III(1925–2001) James Byron Dean(1931–1955) Gary Coleman(1968–2010) ; Edward “Ted” Koppel–79 Nicholas “Nick” Nolte–78 Robert Klein–77 Brooke Adams–70 Mary Steenburgen–66 John Grisham Jr–64 Ethan Phillips–64 Vincent Neil Wharton–58 Mary McCormack–50 Seth Green–45 Liam McIntyre–37 James “Jim” Verraros–36 ; 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce ; 1960 – The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame near Hollywood and Gower

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Dickens(1812–1870) Harry Sinclair Lewis(1885–1951) Clarence “Buster” Crabbe II(1908–1983) Edward “Eddie” Bracken(1915–2002) Miguel Ferrer(1955–2017) ; James Spader–59 Troyal Garth Brooks–57 Edward “Eddie” Izzard–57 Christopher Rock III–54 Robyn Lively–47 Christopher Ashton Kutcher–41 ; 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented ; 1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.

Happy Birthday RIP George “Babe” Ruth Jr(1895–1948) Robert “Bob” Marley(1945–1981) Ronald Reagan(1911–2004) Natalie Cole(1950–2015) Sári “Zsa Zsa” Gábor(1917–2016) ; “Mamie Van Doren”(Joan Olander)–88 Elmore “Rip” Torn Jr–88 Michael “Mike” Farrell–80 Thomas “Tom” Brokaw–79 Fabiano Forte(“Fabian”)–76 Kathy Najimy–62 William “Axl” Rose–57 Richard “Rick” Astley–53 Joshua Stewart–42 Alice Eve–37 ; 1952 – Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (Windsor) becomes queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her father, George VI.

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Lindbergh(1902–1974) Rosa McCauley Parks(1913–2005) Bettye Goldstein(“Betty Friedan” 1921–2006) Conrad Bain(1923–2013) David Brenner(1936–2014) ; Conrad John Schuck–79 Vincent Furnier(“Alice Cooper”)–71 Masanori Takahashi(“Kitaro”)–66 Vincent Walsh–47 Oscar De La Hoya–46 Brandon “Bug” Hall–34 ; 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg

Happy Birthday RIP Norman Perceval Rockwell(1894–1978) Charles Victor Bruno(1938–1982) John Fiedler(1925–2005) Joey Bishop(Joseph Gottlieb 1918–2007) Dr. Henry Heimlich(1920–2016) ; Francis “Fran” Tarkenton–79 Blythe Danner–76 “Morgan Fairchild”(Patsy McClenny)–69 Joseph “Nathan” Lane–63 Maura Tierney–54 Isla Fisher–43 ; 1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax

Happy Birthday RIP William Clark Gable(1901–1960) Boris Yeltsin(Борис Ельцин 1931–2007) “Rick James”(James Johnson Jr 1948–2004) Sherman Hemsley(1938–2012) Joseph “Joe” Sample(1939–2014) ; Stuart Whitman–91 Isaac Donald Everly–82 Garrett Morris–82 Sheryl Ann Fenn–54 Lisa Marie Presley–51 Brian Krause–50 Michael C. Hall–47 Ronnie Kroell–36 ; 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published ; 2004 – Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines #NippleGate