Happy Birthday RIP Clara “Ann” Sheridan(1915–1967) Eunice Waymon(“Nina Simone” 1933–2003) Eddi-Rue McClanahan(1934–2010) Alan Rickman(1946–2016) ; David Geffen–75 Anthony Daniels–72 Ellen Tyne Daly–72 Christine Ebersole–65 Allen Kelsey Grammer–63 John “Jack” Coleman–60 Christopher Atkins Bomann–57 William “Billy” Baldwin–55 Jennifer Love Hewitt–39 Brendan Sexton III–38 Ellen Philpotts-Page–31 Tuppence Middleton–31 Sophie Turner–22; 1878 – The first telephone directory was issued, by the District Telephone Co. of New Haven, Connecticut ; 1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue

Happy Birthday RIP Ansel Adams(1902–1984) Kurt Cobain(1967–1994) Robert Altman(1925–2006) ; Gloria Vanderbilt–94 Sir Sidney Poitier–91 Sandra “Sandy” Duncan–72 John W. Geils Jr–72 Patricia Hearst–64 Cynthia “Cindy” Crawford–52 Lili Taylor–51 Calpernia Addams–47 Brian Littrell–43 Trevor Noah–34 Robyn Rihanna Fenty–30 ; 1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington ; 1872 – In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens

Happy Birthday RIP Lamont “Lee” Marvin Jr(1924–1987) Johann “Falco” Hölzel (1957–1998) ; William “Smokey” Robinson Jr–78 Jeffrey Daniels–63 Raymond Winstone–61 Prince Andrew Windsor, Duke of York–58 Henry “Seal” Samuel–55 Justine Bateman–52 Benicio del Toro Sánchez–51 Haylie Duff–33 ; 1878 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph ; 1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist Movement in the United States as women’s organizations and consciousness raising groups spread

Happy Birthday RIP William “Bill” Cullen(1920–1990) John Hughes Jr(1950–2009) “Jack Palance”(Volodymyr Palahniuk 1919–2006) George Kennedy(1925–2016) ; Jan “Milos” Forman–86 Yoko Ono( 小野 洋子)–85 Cybill Shepherd–68 Judy “Juice” Newton–66 John Travolta–64 Vanna White(Rosich)–61 Matthew Dillon–54 Andre “Dr Dre” Young–53 Molly Ringwald–50 Jacqueline Toboni– 26 ; 1885 – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States

Happy Birthday RIP Mary Ann Mobley(1937–2014) ; John Barry Humphries(“Dame Edna”)–84 Rene Russo–64 Richard Karn–62 Lou Diamond Phillips(Upchurch)–56 Michael Jordan–55 Denise Richards–47 Jeremiah “Jerry” O’Connell–44 Joseph Gordon-Levitt–37 Paris Hilton–37 Chord Overstreet–29 ; 1933 – Newsweek magazine was first published

Happy Birthday RIP Edgar John Bergen(1903–1978) Eugene Hugh Beaumont(1909–1982) Salvatore “Sonny” Bono(1935–1998) ; William Katt–67 James Ingram–66 Levardis “LeVar” Burton Jr–61 Lisa Loring(DeCinces)–60 John McEnroe Jr.–59 Christopher Eccleston–54 Sarah Clarke–46 Johnathan Tartaglia–40 ; 1968 – The nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Alabama

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Romero Jr(1907–1994) Christopher Farley(1964–1997) Harvey Korman(1927–2008) ; Melissa Manchester–67 Joyce Frankenberg(“Jane Seymour”)–67 Matthew Groening–64 Janice Dickinson–63 Christopher McDonald–63 Jane Richman(“Jane Child”)–51 Alexandrea “Alex” Borstein–46 ; 1764 – The city of St. Louis Missouri was established and incorporated ; 1985 – The iconic movie “Breakfast Club” was released and became a legendary cult film documenting four high school stereotypes

Happy Birthday RIP “Jack Benny”(Benjamin Kubelsky 1894–1974) Edward Platt(1916–1974) Victor Morrow(Morozoff 1929–1982) Gregory Hines(1946–2003) Florence Henderson(1934–2016) ; Hugh Downs–97 Michael Bloomberg–76 Raymond Teller–70 Alan Hunter–61 “Meg Tilly”(Margaret Chan)–58 Simon Beckingham(“Pegg”)–48 Alfred “Freddie” Highmore–26 ; 1991– Silence of the Lambs opens and later is first thriller/horror film to win “big five”: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role(Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress in a Leading Role(Jodie Foster), Best Director(Jonathan Demme), Best Screenplay(Ted Tally)

Happy Birthday RIP “Tennessee” Ernest Ford(1919–1991) ; Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager–95 Marilyn “Kim” Novak–85 George Segal Jr–84 Gerald “Jerry” Springer–74 “Stockard Channing”(Susan Stockard)–74 Peter Gabriel–68 Neal McDonough–52 Robert “Robbie” Williams–44 Mena Süvari–39 Daniel Portman–26 ; 1960 – Black college students stage the first of the Nashville Sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville Tennessee

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Darwin(1809–1882) Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) Forrest Tucker(1919–1986) Lyon “Lorne” Greene(1915–1987) ; “Franco Zeffirelli”(Gianfranco Corsi)–95 Joe Don Baker–82 Judith Blume(Sussman)–80 Frederick “Michael” Ironside–68 Michael McDonald–66 Joanna Kerns(DeVarona)–65 Zach Grenier–64 Arsenio Hall–62 Josh Brolin–50 Darren Aronofsky–49 Jesse Spencer–39 Christina Ricci–38 ; 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