Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) Morley Safer(1931–2016) ; Norman Lloyd(Perlmutter)–103 Bonnie Raitt–68 Mary Hart(Harum)–67 Christie Hefner–65 Alfre Woodard–65 “Chi Chi LaRue”(Larry Paciotti)–58 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–56 Gordon Ramsay–51 Parker Posey–49 Gretchen Mol–45 Tara Reid–42 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray

Happy Birthday RIP Dana “Plato” Strain(1964–1999) William Booth(1949–2006) ; “Joni Mitchell”(Roberta Anderson)–74 Earl Boen–72 Judy Tenuta–61 Christopher Knight–60 Pierre David Guetta–50 Michelle Clunie–48 Jason and Jeremy London–45 ; 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Henry Dow(1851–1902) Jonathan Charasuchin(“Harris” 1914 –2002) Glenn Frey(1948–2016) ; Sally Field–71 Maria Shriver–62 Ethan Hawke–47 Rebecca Romijn–45 Emily Stone–29 ; 1947 – “Meet The Press” makes its television debut 

Happy Birthday RIP Walker Evans(1903–1975) Charles Bronson(Buchinsky 1921–2003) Michael Evans(1949–2006) ; Michael Dukakis–84 Kenneth Berry–84 Thomas Savini–71 Roseanne Barr–65 Kate Capshaw(Kathleen Nail)–64 Dennis Miller–64 “Adam Ant”(Stuart Goddard)–63 Kathy Kinney–63 Hans “Dolph” Lundgren–60 ; 1911 – The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant to compete with the Ford Model T ; 1954 – The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name

Happy Birthday RIP Burton Lancaster(1913–1994) ; “Stefanie Powers”(Stefania Paul)–75 Kate Linder–70 Kathryn Dawn “k.d.” Lang–56 David Schwimmer–51 Sean Kanan(Perelman)–51 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes Jr–42 Randolph “Randy” Harrison–40 ; 1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the United States presidential election

Happy Birthday RIP Marcia Wallace(1942–2013) ; Barbara Bosson–78 Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.–75 Lyle Lovett–60 Peter Ostrum–60 Rachel Ticotin–59 Timothy Cook–57 Antonia “Toni” Collette–45 Jennifer “Jenny” McCarthy–45 Penn Badgley–31 ; 1604 – William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London ; 1800 – John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House)

Happy Birthday RIP “Michael Landon”(Eugene Orowitz 1936–1991) John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal(“Lee Grant”)–92 Daniel Rather Jr–86 Saul “Ron” Rifkin–78 Sally Kirkland–76 David Ogden Stiers–75 Graham “Stephen” Rea–71 Margaret Jane Pauley–67 Peter Jackson–56 Dermot Mulroney–54 Robert Schneider–54 Robert Van Winkle(“Vanilla Ice”)–50 Adam Bouska–34 Sean Lockhart–31 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States ; 1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed

Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) Jane Randolph(Roermer 1915–2009) Edward Lauter II(1938–2013) Dick Gautier (1931–2017) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–78 Henry Winkler–72 Harry Hamlin–66 Juliet Stevenson–61 Kevin Pollak–60 Jack Plotnick–49 Nitara “Nia” Long–47 Matthew Morrison–39 Shaun Sipos–36 ; 1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain’s first television transmitter

Happy Birthday Richard Dreyfuss–70 Lucy Kate Jackson–69 Joely Fisher–50 Rufus Sewell–50 Christopher Wiehl–47 Winona Ryder(Horowitz)–46 Brendan Fehr–40 Benjamin Foster–37 ; 1929 – Black Tuesday: stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out financially.

Happy Birthday Dame Joan Plowright–88 Charles Daniels–81 Jane Alexander(Quigley)–78 Telma Hopkins–69 Annie Potts–65 William Gates(Henry) III–62 Julia Roberts–50 Bradley Paisley–45 Joaquin Phoenix(Bottom)–43 Peter “Finn” Wittrock–33 ; 1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become later known as Harvard University ; 1886 – the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland with the first ticker tape parade (office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets)