Happy Birthday RIP Esther “Eppie” Lederer(“Ann Landers” 1918–2002) Pauline Phillips(“Abigail Van Buren” 1918–2013) Gloria Stuart(1910–2010) ; Eva Marie Saint–93 Luigina “Gina” Lollobrigida–90 Marvin Neil Simon–90 Gerald Riviera(“Geraldo”)–74 John Waite–65 ; 1776 – The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.

Happy Birthday RIP Laura Branigan(1957–2004) ; Tim O’Connor–90 Gloria Allred(Bloom)–76 Kurtwood Smith–74 Betty Buckley–70 Karin Jan Smithers–68 Montel Williams–61 Thomas Gibson–55 Martha Yeardley Smith–53 Thomas Flanagan–52 Ryan McPartlin–42 Corey Sevier–33 ; 1819 – The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens ; 1884 – Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average (about 25) which contained nine railroads and two industrial companies in The Customer’s Afternoon letter. The first recorded value Feb 16 1885 was 30.92. Today the value = 21,349.62

Happy Birthday Robert Ito–86 Polly Holliday–80 Saul Rubinek–69 Wendy Schaal–63 Johnny Weir–33 Lindsay Lohan–31 ; 1890 – The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act which prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anticompetitive, and requires the federal government to investigate and pursue trusts

Happy Birthday RIP “Estée Lauder”(Josephine Mentzer 1906–2004) Sydney Pollack(1934–2008) Princess Diana Spencer(1961–1997) ; Olivia de Havilland–101 “Jamie Farr”(Jameel Farah)–83 “Deborah Harry”(Angela Tremble)–72 Daniel Aykroyd–65 Brian George–65 Alan Ruck–61 Dale Midkiff–58 Evelyn King–57 Melissa “Missy” Elliott–46 Liv Tyler(Rundgren)–40 Tegan Lauren-Hannah Murray–28 ; 1931 – United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport) ; 1963 – ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail ; 1979 – Sony introduces the Walkman ; 1984 – The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.

Happy Birthday RIP “Susan Hayward”(Edythe Marrenner 1917–1975) Lena Horne(1917–2010) ; David Alan Grier–62 Vincent D’Onofrio–58 Márton Csókás Jr–51 Michael Tyson–51 Brian Bloom–47 Willam Belli–35 Fantasia Barrino–33 Michael Phelps II–32 ; 1937 – The world’s first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London England

Happy Birthday RIP “Slim Pickens”(Louis Lindley Jr 1919–1983) Ruth Warrick(1916–2005) ; William Gary Busey–73 Richard Lewis–70 Frederick Grandy–69 Colin Hay–64 Sharon Lawrence–56 Kathleen Wilhoite–53 llan Mitchell-Smith–48 Christopher Egan–33 ; 2007 – Apple Inc. releases their first mobile phone, the iPhone, and smartphone craze begins for millions! ‪

Happy Birthday RIP Gilda Radner(1946–1989) Noriyuki “Pat” Morita(1932–2005) ; Melvin Kaminsky(“Mel Brooks”)–91 John Biener–79 Bruce Davison–71 Kathleen “Kathy” Bates–69 Alice Krige–63 John Cusack–51 Mary Stuart Masterson–51 Danielle Brisebois–48 Michael “Mike” White–47 Jack “Steve” Burton–47 ; 1969 – Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement at the Greenwich village bar “Stonewall Inn”

​Happy Birthday RIP Helen Keller(1880–1968) Robert Keeshan(1927–2004) ; Vera Wang–68 Julia Duffy(Hinds)–66 Isabelle Adjani–62 Jeffrey Jacob “J.J.” Abrams–51 Tobias “Toby” Maguire–42 Matthew Lewis–28 ; 1893 – The New York stock market crashed

​Happy Birthday RIP Eleanor Parker(1922–2013) ; Michael “Mick” Jones–62 Christopher Isaak–61 Mark McKinney–58 Terri Nunn–56 Christopher O’Donnell–47 Sean Hayes–47 Jason Schwartzman–37 ; 1934 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions ; 1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio

Happy Birthday RIP “George Orwell”(Eric Blair 1903–1950) Sidney Lumet(1924–2011) Georgios Panayiotou(George Michael 1963–2016) ; June Lockhart–92 Carly Simon–72 James “Jimmie” Walker–70 Ricky Gervais–56 Jason Lewis–46 Linda Cardellini–42 ; 1951 – The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities ; 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, designed by artist Gilbert Baker