Happy Birthday RIP Robert F. Kennedy(1925–1968) Franklin Cover(1928–2006) “Richard Dawson”(Colin Emm 1932–2012) ; Catherine Balotta”(Kaye Ballard”)–93 Richard “Dick” Smothers–79 Joseph Biden Jr–76 Veronica Hamel–75 Joseph Walsh–71 “Bo Derek”(Mary Collins)–62 Joel McHale–47 David O’Donnell–44 ;  1947– The Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London (later Queen Elizabeth II) ; 1966 – The musical “Cabaret,” with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway ; 1974 – The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Daguerre(1787–1851) George Gallup(1901–1984) Imogene Fernandez de Coca(1908–2001) ; Brenda Vaccaro–79 Linda Evans(Evanstad)–76 Kevin Nealon–65 John Parr–64 Elizabeth Perkins–58 Kim Wilde(Smith)–58 Owen Wilson–50 Chloë Sevigny–44 Damon Wayans Jr–36 ; 1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey’s birthday; 1963 – The first push-button touch tone telephone goes into service!

Happy Birthday RIP “Rock Hudson”(Roy Scherer Jr 1925–1985) ; Gordon Lightfoot–89 Martin Scorsese–76 Mary “Lauren” Hutton–75 Daniel DeVito Jr–74 Lorne Michaels(Lipowitz)–74 “RuPaul”(Andre Charles)–58 Rachel McAdams–40 Clarke Isaac Hanson–38 ; 1973 – President Nixon told 400 Associated Press editors meeting in Orlando, Fla., that “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” #Watergate

Happy Birthday RIP Oliver Burgess Meredith(1907–1997) ; David Leisure–68 Diana Krall–54 Lisa Bonet(Boney)–51 Martha Plimpton–48 Andrea “Missi” Pyle–46 Margalit “Maggie” Gyllenhaal–41 ; 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens

Happy Birthday RIP Oscar-Claude Monet(1840–1926) Constance Ockelman(“Veronica Lake” 1922–1973) Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr.(1927–1996) Robert Keith Richey Jr.(“Brian Keith” 1921–1997) ; Peter Norton–75 Prince Charles Philip Mountbatten-Windsor–70 Yiànnis Hryssomàllis–65 Daniel Bernard Sweeney–57 Harland Williams–56 Patrick Warburton–54 Joshua Duhamel–46 Russell Tovey–37 ; 1851 – Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” was published

Happy Birthday RIP Gertrude Olmstead(1897–1975) Norman “Dack” Rambo(1941–1994) Richard Mulligan(1932–2000) William “Jack” Elam(1920–2003) Garry Marshall(Maschiarelli 1934–2016) ; Joseph Mantegna Jr–71 Frances Conroy–65 Tracy Scoggins–65 Christopher Noth–64 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–63 James Kimmel–51 Steven Zahn–51 Gerard Butler–47 Jordan Bridges–45 Michael Copon–36 Kit Williamson–33 ; 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. ; 1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Happy Birthday RIP François-Auguste-René Rodin(1840–1917) Grace Kelly(1929–1982) ; Neil Young–73 Megan Mullally–60 Nadia Comăneci–57 Sammy Sosa–50 Craig Parker–48 Harvey Stephens–48 Ryan Gosling–38 Anne Hathaway–36 ; 1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic. ; 1954 – Ellis Island closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since opening in New York Harbor in 1892

Happy Birthday RIP Jonathan Winters Jr(1925–2013) Vincent Schiavelli(1948–2005) ; Barbara Levy Boxer–78 Stanley Tucci Jr–58 “Demi Moore”(Demetria Guynes)–56 Calista Flockhart–54 Philip McKeon–54 Carson Kressley–49 Leonardo DiCaprio–44 John “Scoot” McNairy–41 ; 1919 – Woodrow Wilson commemorates the first Armistice Day (Later to be called Veteran’s Day) “Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory” ; 1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System is established

Happy Birthday RIP Carl Sagan(1934–1996) “Hedy Lamarr”(Hedwig Kiesler 1913–2000) ; Dorrel “Whitey” Herzog–87 Louis Ferrigno–67 Robert Duncan McNeill–54 Eric Dane–46 Nicholas Lachey–45 ; 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal ; 1967 – First issue of Rolling Stone Magazine is published