Happy Birthday RIP “Josephine Baker”(Freda McDonald 1906–1975) Ellen Corby(Hansen 1911–1999) “Tony Curtis”(Bernard Schwartz 1925–2010) Chuck Barris(1929–2017) ; “Deniece Williams”(June Chandler)–68 Susan “Suzie” Plakson–60 Anderson Cooper–51 Jason Jones–45 ; 1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon

Happy Birthday RIP Marvin Hamlisch(1944–2012) ; Sally Kellerman–81 Walter Stacy Keach Jr–77 Charles Haid III–75 Lars “Lasse” Hallström–72 Gerald “Jerry” Mathers–70 Joanna Gleason(Hall)–68 Dana Carvey–63 Liam Cunningham–57 Wentworth Miller III–46 Zachary Quinto–41 Justin Long–40 Dominic Cooper–40 ; 1924 – Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians

Happy Birthday RIP “Frank Morgan”(Francis Wuppermann 1890–1949) “Marilyn Monroe”(Norma Jeane Mortenson 1926–1962) Cleavon Little(1939–1992) Andy Griffith(1926–2012) ; Charles “Pat” Boone–84 Morgan Freeman–81 Rene Auberjonois–78 Brian Cox–72 John Price(“Pryce”)–71 Lisa Hartman–62 Heidi Klum–45 Alanis Morissette–44 Amy Schumer–37 ; 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine to count census returns ; 1967 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released ; 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting

Happy Birthday RIP Walter “Walt” Whitman(1819–1892) Denholm Elliott(1922–1992) Dominic “Don” Ameche(Amici 1908–1993) ; Clinton Eastwood Jr–88 Sharon Gless–75 Joseph “Joe” Namath–75 Thomas Berenger(Moore)–69 Christopher Elliott–58 Lea Thompson–57 Corey Hart–56 Brooke Shields–53 Colin Farrell–42 Johnathan Tucker–36 ; 1929–The first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, “The Karnival Kid”, is released ; 2005 – Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat, the Watergate scandal’s whistleblower

Happy Birthday RIP Mel Blanc(Melvin Blank 1908–1989) Benjamin “Benny” Goodman(1909–1986) ; Ruta Kilmonis(“Lee”)–83 Stephen Tobolowsky–67 Colm Meaney–65 Theodore “Ted” McGinley–60 Ralph Carter–57 Mark Sheppard–54 “Wynonna Judd”(Christina Ciminella)–54 Idina Menzel–47 Omri Katz–42 ; 1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race

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