Happy Birthday RIP Eugene “Gore” Vidal(1925–2012) ; “Chubby Checker”(Ernest Evans)–76 Uwe “Roy” Horn–73 Lindsey Buckingham–68 Pamela Hensley–67 Peter “Jack” Wagner–58 “Tommy Lee”(Thomas Bass)–55 Clive Owen–53 Gwen Stefani–48 Neve Campbell–44 Lena Headey–44 Sean William Scott–41 Ashley Simpson–33 ; 1955 – “Captain Kangaroo” premiered on CBS and “The Mickey Mouse Club” premiered on ABC

Happy Birthday RIP Mohandas Gandhi(1869–1948) William “Bud” Abbott(1895–1974) Henry Graham Greene(1904–1991) Julius “Groucho” Marx(1890–1977) ; Rex Reed–79 Donna Karan(Faske)–69 Avery Brooks–69 Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz–68 Michael “Mike” Rutherford–67 “Sting”(Gordon Sumner)–66 Lorraine Bracco–63 Robert “Robbie” Nevil–59 Kelly Ripa–47 Tiffany Darwisch–46 ; 1950 – The comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz was first published ; 1959 – “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS network

​Happy Birthday RIP George Peppard Jr(1928–1994) Walter Matthow(1920–2000) Thomas Bosley(1927–2010) ; James “Jimmy” Earl Carter Jr.–93 Julie Andrews(Julia Wells)–82 Randall Quaid–67 Elizabeth Dennehy–57 Mark McGwire–54 Theodore King–52 Cindy Margolis–52 Zacharius Galifianakis–48 Rupert Friend–36 ; 1908 – Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825 ; 1963 – First broadcast of The Tonight Show starting Johnny Carson aired on NBC

Happy Birthday RIP Truman Capote(Persons 1924–1984) ; Angie Dickinson(Angeline Brown)–86 Johnny “John” Mathis–82 Marilyn McCoo–74 Countess Roza-Marie Lubienska(“Rula Lenska”)–70 Barbara “Basia” Trzetrzelewska–63 Barry Williams(Blenkhorn)–63 Patrice Rushen–63 Francine Drescher–60 Eric Stoltz–56 Silas Weir Mitchell Neilson–48 Marion Cotillard–42 ; 1960 – The Flintstones premieres on ABC TV (Originally called “Flagstones” in 1959 pilot)

​Happy Birthday RIP Orvon “Gene” Autry(1907–1998) Madeline Kahn(Wolfson 1942–1999) Larry Linville(1939–2000) ; Jerry Lee Lewis–82 Ian McShane–75 Bryant Gumbel–69 Andrew “Dice” Clay Silverstein–60 Roger Bart–55 Jill Whelan–51 Luke Goss–49 Zachary Levi Pugh–37 ; 1951 – The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC

​Happy Birthday RIP Seymour Cray(1925–1996) Edward “Ed” Sullivan(1901–1974) James “J.T.” Walsh(1943–1998) ; Brigitte Bardot–83 Jeffrey Jones–71 Jane “Janeane” Garofalo–53 Leilani Sarelle Figalan–51 Mira Sorvino–50 Naomi Watts–49 Lucas Bryant–39 Hilary Duff–30 ; 1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later. Only 200 units were produced. NBC made the first coast-to-coast color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 1954,  the first production receiver using NTSC color offered to the public (the NTSC standard still used in most of the world, as well as PAL standard, adding digital broadcasting in the US approx 2011)

​Happy Birthday RIP Will Sampson(1933–1987) Donald Cornelius(1936–2012) “William Conrad”(John Cann 1920–1994) Francis Gregory “Greg” Morris(1933–1996) “Jayne Meadows”(Jane Cotter 1919–2015) ; Anthony Wilford Brimley–83 Marvin Aday(“Meatloaf”)–70 Elizabeth “Liz” Torres–70 Shaun Cassidy–59 Scott Lawrence–54 Phoebe Price–45 Gwyneth Paltrow–45 Avril Lavigne–33 ; 1905 – The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc².

Happy Birthday RIP Francois “Jack” LaLanne(1914–2011) Patrick O’Neal(1927–1994) Joyce Jameson(1932–1987) “Donna Douglas”(Dorothy Smith 1932–2015) ; Anne Robinson–73 Olivia Newton-John–69 Linda Hamilton–61 Melissa Sue Anderson–55 James Caviezel–49 Mark Famiglietti–38 Jessie Pavelka–35 ; 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General. ‪#‎YouAreTheWeakestLink‬

Happy Birthday RIP Christopher Reeve(1952–2004) Juliet Prowse(1936–1996) William Faulkner(1897–1962) ; Barbara Walters–88 Michael Douglas–73 Cheryl Tiegs–70 Anson William Heimlich–68 Mark Hamill–66 Michael Madsen–60 Heather Locklear–56 Tate Donovan–54 Willard “Will” Smith Jr–49 Catherine Jones(Douglas)–48 Hal Harry Sparks III–48 ; 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas is integrated by the use of US Army troops

Happy Birthday RIP Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald(1896–1940) Audra Lindley(1918–1997) Phillip Hartmann(1948–1998) James Henson(1936–1990) ; Kevin Sorbo–59 Antonia “Nia” Vardalos–55 Ryan Paevey–43 Andrew Leeds–39 Justin Bruening–38 Grey Damon–30 ; 1968 – 60 Minutes debuts on CBS ; 1979 – Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service(“email”)