​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”)

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Charles Robinson(1930–2004) “Mickey Rooney”(Joseph Yule Jr 1920–2014) ; Julio Iglesias de la Cueva–74 Mary Kay Place–70 Bruce Springsteen–68 “Rosalind” Chao( 赵家玲)–60 Jason Alexander(Greenspan)–58 Kenneth “Chi” McBride–56 Alexander Proyas–54 Anthony Mackie–39 ; 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune ; 2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox (“Phoenix 0.1”) is released which was based on Gecko and HTML4 and successor to Netscape Navigator

Happy Birthday RIP Erich von Stroheim(1885–1957) John Houseman(Jacques Haussmann 1902–1988) ; Thomas “Tommy” Lasorda–90 Antonia Basilotta(“Toni Basil”)–74 David Coverdale–66 Shari Belafonte–63 Deborah “Debby” Boone–61 Joan Jett(Larkin)–59 Bonnie Hunt–56 Laura Vandervoort–33 ; 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published

Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878–1968) Jonathan Hardy(1940–2012) Anne Meara(1929–2015) ; “Sophia Loren”(Sofia Scicolone)–83 Karen Sharpe–83 Carole “Candy” Spelling–72 George Raymond Martin–69 Gary Cole–61 Robert Rusler–52 Kristen Johnston–50 Michelle Visage(Shupack)–49 Bradford Beyer Jr–44 Jon Bernthal–41 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts ; 2011 – The United States military ends its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time

​Happy Birthday RIP Dolores Costello(1903–1979) Hiram “Hank” Williams(1923–1953) Roderick “Roddy” McDowall(1928–1998) Anne Bancroft(Anna Italiano 1931–2005) Paul Benedict(1938–2008) “Lupe Ontiveros”(Guadalupe Moreno 1942–2012) Johnathan Ritter(1948–2003) ; John “Fee” Waybill–67 Cassandra Peterson(“Elvira”)–66 Rita Rudner–64 Wendy Worthington–63 Bryan Singer–52 Kyle Chandler–52 Jeffrey Matthew Settle–48 Nathan “Nate” Berkus–46 Griffith Feuerstein(“Griff Furst”)–36 ; 1972 – The comedy series “M.A.S.H.” standing for “Mobile Army Surgical Hospital” premiered on CBS ; 1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.

Happy Birthday RIP Agatha Christie(Miller 1890–1976) Vina Fay Wray(1907–2004) Julius “Nipsey” Russell(1918–2005) John “Jackie” Cooper Jr(1922–2011) Roy Brocksmith(1945–2001) Wendie Jo Sperber(1958–2005) ; Norman Crosby–90 Tommy Lee Jones–71 Daniel Marino Jr–56 Joshua Charles–46 Edward Thomas Hardy–40 Tammie Brown(Keith Schubert)–37 Prince Henry Charles Albert David Windsor–33 Heidi Montag–31 ; 1963 – four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the deadliest act of the civil rights era

Happy Birthday RIP Amy Winehouse(1983–2011) ; Walter Koenig–81 Davenie “Joey” Heatherton–73 Jon “Bowzer” Bauman–70 Nigel “Sam” Neill–70 Alexis “Faith” Ford–53 Kimberly Payne Williams–46 Andrew Lincoln(Clutterbuck)–44 Jesse James–87 ; 1985 – The Golden Girls, a television sitcom, premieres on NBC