Happy Birthday RIP Anita Page(Pomares 1910–2008) Louis Armstrong(1901–1971) ; Frank Vincent Gattuso–78 Richard Belzer–73 William Robert Thornton–62 Barack H. Obama II–56 Daniel Dae Kim–49 Abigail Spencer–36 ; 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy

Happy Birthday “Tony Bennett”(Anthony Benedetto)–91 “Martin Sheen”(Ramon Estevez)–77 Martha Stewart(Kostyra)–76 John Landis–67 Jay Waverly North Jr–66 Molly Hagan–55 Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr–40 Thomas Dewey–39 Nicole Evangeline Lilly–38 ; 1923 – Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack ; 1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world’s first mass-produced personal computers

Happy Birthday RIP Jacob “Jack” Warner(1892–1978) Myrna “Loy” Williams(1905–1993) Beatrice Straight(1914–2001) John Carroll O’Connor(1924–2001) Peter O’Toole(1932–2013) Wesley Craven(1939–2015) ; Joanna Cassidy(Caskey)–72 Patrick Lilley(“Butch Patrick”)–64 Patricia Apollonia Kotero–58 Mary-Louise Parker–53 Samuel Worthington–41 Edward Furlong–40 ; 1790 – The first United States Census is conducted ; 1870 – Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

Happy Birthday RIP Jerome “Jerry” Garcia(1942–1995) Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent(1936–2008) Dominic “Dom” DeLuise(1933–2009) ; Samuel “Sam” Mendes–52 “James St James”(James Clark)–51 Tempestt Bledsoe–44 Joseph Jason Momoa–37 “Max Carver”(Robert Maxwell Martensen)–29 Jack O’Connell–27 ; 1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles!

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Cassidy(1932–1979) Geoffrey Lewis(1935–2015) ; Michael Biehn–61 Wesley Snipes–55 Joanne “J.K.” Rowling–52 Dean “Cain” Tanaka–51 Rudolf Martin–50 Loren Dean Jovicic–48 Emily “Eve” Best–46 Benjamin “B.J.” Novak–38 Charlie Carver Martensen–29 ; 1930 – The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time ; 1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed JFK International Airport) is dedicated

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Ford(1863–1947) ; Paul Anka–75 David Sanborn–71 Arnold Schwarzenegger–69 Delta Burke–60 Catherine “Kate” Bush–58 Laurence Fishburne III–55 Lisa Kudrow–53 Vivica A. Fox–52 Simon Baker–47 Christopher Nolan–46 Michael “Tom” Green–45 Hilary Swank–42 Damon Wayans Jr–34 ; 1965 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare

Happy Birthday RIP Clara Bow(1901–1965) “Theda Bara”(Theodosia Goodman 1885–1955) Peter Jennings(1938–2005) ; “Robert Fuller”(Leonard Lee)–84 David Warner–76 Genaro “Tony” Sirico Jr–75 Gary “Geddy Lee” Weinrib–64 Ian Roberts–52 Rodney Allen Rippy–49 Richard “Wil” Wheaton III–45 Stephen Dorff–44 Allison Mack–36 ; 1914 – Transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco ; 1957 –Jack Paar debuted as host of NBC’s “Tonight” show.

Happy Birthday RIP Hubert “Rudy” Vallée(1901–1986) Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy(1929–1994) Robert “Alexis” Arquette(1969–2016) ; Sally Struthers–70 Duncan Dickie Ebersol–70 Georgia Engel–69 Lori Loughlin–53 Elizabeth Berkley–45 ; 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African- American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.

Happy Birthday Norman Lear–95 Peggy Fleming–69 Julian McMahon–49 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau–47 Maya Rudolph–45 Jonathan Rhys Meyers(O’Keefe)–40 Taylor Schilling–33 ; 1940 – Bugs Bunny made his debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon “A Wild Hare.” 

Happy Birthday RIP George Bernard Shaw(1856–1950) Gracie Allen(1895–1964) Stanley Kubrick(1928–1999) Vivian Vance(Jones 1909–1979) William Blake Crump(“Blake Edwards” 1922–2010) ; Sir Michael “Mick” Jagger–74 Helen Mirren(Mironoff)–72 Susan George–67 Dorothy Hamill–61 Nana Visitor(Tucker)–60 Kevin Spacey Fowler–58 Sandra Bullock–53 Jeremy Piven–52 Olivia Williams–49  ; 1947 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council