Happy Birthday RIP May McAvoy(1899–1984) Richard “Peter” Sellers(1925–1980) Virginia Hensley(“Patsy Cline” 1932–1963) Isaac “Sid” Caesar(1922–2014) ; Bernard “Bernie” Sanders–76 Julian Richings–62 Aimee Mann–57 David Lee Smith–54 Kimberly Peirce–50 Martin Freeman–46 David Arquette–46 Alecia “Pink” Moore–38 Jonathan Taylor Thomas(Weiss)–36 Steven “Jake” Sandvig–31 ; 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape ; 1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC television

Happy Birthday RIP John Pierpont “Jack” Morgan, Jr.(1867–1943) Charles Holley(“Buddy Holly” 1936–1959) William Jermaine Stewart(1957–1997) ; Gloria Gaynor(Fowles)–68 Julie Kavner–67 Christine “Chrissie” Hynde–66 Michael Emerson–63 Corbin Bernsen–63 Diane Farr–48 Thomas Everett Scott–47 Oliver Hudson–41 Devon Sawa–39 ; 1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers’ compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

Happy Birthday Jo Anne Worley–80 George Roger Waters–64 Swoosie Kurtz–73 Jane Curtin–70 Patricia “Patti” Yasutake–64 Anne Lockhart(Maloney)–64 Jeffrey Foxworthy–59 Rosa “Rosie” Perez–53 Natalie McIntyre(“Macy Gray”)–50 Cecilia “CeCe” Peniston–48 Idrissa Elba–45 ; 1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders

Happy Birthday RIP Alan Ladd(1913–1964) Verla Eileen Brennan(1932–2013) “Kitty Carlisle”(Catherine Conn 1910–2007) Anna “Anne” Jackson(1925–2016) ; Valerie Perrine–74 Adam Curry–53 “Charlie Sheen”(Carlos Estevez)–51 Trevor St John–46 Samuel “Nick” Wechsler–39 David Moretti–36 Garrett Hedlund–33 ; 1951 – The first long-running American soap opera, “Search for Tomorrow”, airs its first episode on the CBS television network

Happy Birthday RIP “Yvonne De Carlo”(Margaret Middleton 1922–2007) Richard Farnsworth(1920–2000) Conway Twitty(Harold Jenkins 1933–1993) ; George Maharias–89 Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin–78 Barry Gibb–71 Dr. Phillip McGraw–67 Gloria Estefan(Garcia)–60 Burn Gorman–43 Robert Scott Speedman–42 Robert Boyd Holbrook–36 ; 1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world’s first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company ; 1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America

Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–72 Isaac Perlman–72 Sir George Ivan Morrison–72 Richard Gere–68 Julie Brown–63 Jonathan LaPaglia–48 Deborah Gibson–47 Christopher Tucker–45 ; 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan ; 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris France

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Massey(1896–1983) “Shirley Booth”(Thelma Ford 1898–1992) Fredrick MacMurray(1908–1991) ; Bill Daily–90 Warren Buffett–87 Elizabeth Ashley(Cole)–78 Timothy Bottoms–66 Paul Oakenfold–54 Michael Chiklis–54 Cameron Diaz–45 Lisa Ling(麗莎玲)–44 Andrew “Andy” Roddick–35 ; 1963 – The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation

Happy Birthday RIP Ingrid Bergman(1915–1982) Eloise “Isabel” Sanford(1917–2004) Michael Jackson(1958–2009) ; William Friedkin–82 Elliott Gould(Goldstein)–79 Robin Leach–76 Temple Grandin–70 Rebecca DeMornay(Pearch)–58 Perri “Pebbles” McKissack–53 Carla Gugino–46 William Levy–37 Lea Michele Sarfati–31 ; 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded ; 1922 – The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City advertising a new apartment complex in Jackson Heights, Queens

Happy Birthday RIP Nancy Kulp(1921–1991) Roxie Roker(1929–1995) Donald O’Connor(1925–2003) Biagio “Ben” Gazzara(1930–2012) ; David Soul(Solberg)–73 Luis Guzmán–60 Scott Hamilton–58 Brian Thompson–57 Emma Samuelson(“Samms”)–56 Jennifer Coolidge–55 David Fincher–54 “Shania Twain”(Eilleen Edwards)–51 Jason Priestley–47 Thomas “Jack” Black–47 Margaret LeAnn Rimes–34 Armond “Armie” Hammer–30 ; 1898 – Caleb Bradham (a pharmacist) invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola” and was president of the original corporation ; 1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech

Happy Birthday RIP Lyndon Johnson(1908–1973) “Martha Raye”(Margaret Reed 1916–1994) ; George W. Bailey–73 Barbara Goldbach–70 Paul Rubenfeld(“PeeWee Herman”)–65 Peter Storm–64 Diana Scarwid–62 “Downtown” Julie Brown–58 Thomas “Tom” Ford–56 Sarah Chalke–41 Aaron Paul Sturtevant–38 Patrick J. Adams–36 ; 1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft