Happy Birthday RIP John F. Kennedy(1917–1963) Leslie “Bob” Hope(1903–2003) George Clifton James(1920–92017) ; Anthony Geary–71 Daniel “Danny” Elfman–65 Frank “Ted” Levine–61 Annette Bening-Beaty–60 Rupert Everett–59 Adrian Paul Hewett–59 Melissa Etheridge–57 Lisa Whelchel–55 Laverne Cox–45 David Burtka–43 Daniel Tosh–43 ; 1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”, the best-selling Christmas single in history

Happy Birthday RIP Ian Fleming(1908–1964) Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) Elizabeth Howland(1941–2015) ; Gladys Knight–74 John Fogerty–73 Brandon Cruz(Williams)–56 Kylie Minogue–50 Justin Kirk–49 Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger–40 Jesse Bradford Watrouse–39 Carey Mulligan–33 Joseph Cross–32 ; 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club ; 1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication

Happy Birthday RIP Hubert Humphrey Jr(1911–1978) Vincent Price Jr(1911–1993) Christopher Lee(1922–2015) ; Heinz “Henry” Kissinger–95 Lee Meriwether–83 Louis Gossett Jr–82 Bruce Weitz–75 “Siouxsie Sioux”(Susan Ballion)–61 Peri Gilpin(Oldham)–57 Adam Carolla–54 Todd Bridges–53 Edward McClintock–51 Joseph Fiennes–48 Paul Bettany–47 Christopher Colfer–28 ; 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage ; 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A

Happy Birthday RIP “John Wayne”(Marion Morrison 1907–1979) Peter Cushing(1913–1994) Miles Davis(1926–1991) “Peggy Lee”(Norma Egstrom 1920–2002) James Aurness(1923–2011) ; Brent Musburger–79 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–70 Philip Michael Thomas–69 Pamela Grier–69 Randall Hank Williams–69 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–56 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–56 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–54 Helena Bonham Carter–52 Matthew Stone–47 Lauryn Hill–43 ; 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was $40.94. Today it’s value =  24,811.76

Happy Birthday RIP Belle Miriam Silverman(“Beverly Sills” 1929–2007) Claude Akins(1926–1994) Dixie Carter(1939–2010) ; Ian McKellen–79 Leslie Uggams–75 Frank Oznowicz(“Oz”)–74 Karen Valentine–71 Concetta Sellecchia(“Connie Sellecca”)–63 Michael Myers–55 Anne Heche–49 James “Jamie” Kennedy–48 Octavia Spencer–46 Cillian Murphy–42 ; 1953 – The first public television station(Public Broadcast) in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston ; 1968 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated http://bit.ly/2qXvmu6

Happy Birthday RIP Queen Victoria(Alexandrina Hanover 1819–1901) ; “Bob Dylan”(Robert Zimmerman)–77 Gary Burghoff–75 Patricia “Patti” LaBelle(Holte-Edwards)–74 Priscilla Wagner-Presley–73 James “Jim” Broadbent–69 Alfred Molina–65 Kristin Scott Thomas–58 John C. Reilly–53 Eric Close–51 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction

Happy Birthday RIP Douglas Fairbanks(Ullman 1883–1939) Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers(1910–1986) Rose Mary Clooney(1928–2002) Elizabeth “Betty” Garrett (1919–2011) ; Dame Joan Collins–85 Charles Kimbrough–82 Lea DeLaria–60 Andrew “Drew” Carey–60 Jewel Kilcher–44 Kelly Monaco–42 ; 1934 – notorious bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana ; 1995 – The first version of the Java programming language is released (software code core for majority of electronics devices including Android and Apple phones and many others like smart TVs)

Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907–1989) Harvey Milk(1930–1978) ; Thomas Boone Pickens–90 Bernard Shaw–78 Barbara Parkins–76 Bernard “Bernie” Taupin–68 Steven Morrissey–59 Brooke Smith–51 Naomi Campbell–48 ; 1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up ; 1980 – Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917–1993) Mary “Peggy” Cass(1924–1999) ; Richard Hatch–73 Jonathan Hyde–70 Gerard “Leo” Sayer–70 Alan Franken–67 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T”)–66 Edward “Judge” Reinhold Jr–61 ; 1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross

Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919–1991) James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–72 Jane Wiedlin–60 Matt McCoy–60 Bronson Pinchot–59 Anthony Goldwyn–58 Owen Teale–57 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–52 Timothy Olyphant–50 Jack Gleeson–26 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.