Happy Birthday RIP Julia Child(McWilliams 1912–2004) Peter Nigel Terry(1945–2015) “Mike Connors”(Krekor Ohanian 1925r–2017) ; Rose Marie Mazetta–94 Patricia Priest–82 Linda Ellerbee(Smith)–73 Princess Anne Windsor–67 Tessie Harper(Washam)–67 Željko Ivanek–60 Debra Messing–49 Benjamin Affleck-Boldt–45 Joseph Jonas–28 Jennifer Lawrence–27 ; 1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood California 

Happy Birthday RIP Alice Ghostley(1924–2007) ; David Crosby–76 Stephen “Steve” Martin–72 Antonio Fargas–71 Susan Saint James(Miller)–71 Danielle Schuelein-Steel–70 Gary Larson–67 Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr–58 Marcia Gay Harden–58 Jon Marc Ingle(“Lady Bunny”)–55 Maria Halle Berry–51 Catherine Bell–49 Christopher Gorham–43 Milena “Mila” Kunis–34 ; 1935 – Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired, is signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt ; 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London at the Rialto Theater

Happy Birthday RIP Irving “Bert” Lahrheim(1895–1967) Alfred Hitchcock(1899–1980) Neville Brand(1920–1992) Herbert Ritts(1952–2002) Daniel “Pat” Harrington Jr(1929–2016) ; “Kevin Tighe”(John Fishburn)–73 Dante “Danny” Bonaduce–58 John Slattery Jr–55 James Carpinello–42 Augusto “Alex” González–37 ; 1942 – Walt Disney’s animated feature “Bambi” premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP Jane Wyatt(1910–2006) Cecil Blount DeMille(1881–1959) ; George Hamilton–78 Patrick “Pat” Metheny–63 Peter Krause–52 Rebecca Gayheart–46 Caleb Casey Affleck–42 ; 1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine

Happy Birthday Ian McDiarmid–73 Terry Bollea(“Hulk Hogan”)–64 Viola Davis–52 Anna Gunn–49 Chris Messina–43 Chris Hemsworth–34 ; 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island ; 1965 – deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.

Happy Birthday RIP Herbert Hoover(1874–1964) Edith Norma Shearer(1902–1983) John “Jack” Haley Jr(1898–1979) Eddie Fisher(Edwin Tisch 1928–2010) ; Ian Anderson–70 Donald Swayze–59 Rosanna Arquette–58 José Antonio Banderas–57 Justin Theroux–46 Ryan Eggold–33 Lucas Till–27 ; 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24yo postal employee David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year

Happy Birthday RIP Whitney Houston(1963–2012) ; Samuel Elliott–73 Melanie Griffith–60 Amanda Bearse–59 Gillian Anderson–49 Eric Banadinovic(Eric Bana)–49 Audrey Tautou–41 Anna Kendrick–32 ; 1969 – Actress Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring and Steven Parent were found murdered in Los Angeles; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the murders

Happy Birthday RIP Esther Williams(1921–2013) ; Richard Anderson–91 Lonnie Melvin Tillis–85 Donald P. Bellisario–82 Dustin Hoffman–80 Concetta Ingolia(“Connie Stevens”)–79 Larry Wilcox–70 Keith Carradine–68 Donald Most–64 Joshua “J.C.” Chasez–41 Jackie Cruz–31 ; 1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph ; 1974 – Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day

Happy Birthday RIP Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer (1927–1959) Mary “Billie” Burke(1884–1970) ; John Glover Jr–73 Wayne Knight–63 Paul Bruce Dickinson–59 David Duchovny–57 Charlize Theron–42 Eric Johnson–38 Randy Wayne Frederick–36 ; 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Mitchum(1917–1997) Andy Warhola(1928–1987) Lucille Ball(1911–1989) ; Barbara Windsor(Deeks)–80 Manoj Nelliyattu “M Night” Shyamalan–47 Vera Farmiga–44 Soleil Moon Frye–41 Melissa George–41 Christopher Anton Ploszczansky–31 ; 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare.