Happy Birthday RIP William “Jack” Dempsey(1895–1983) Albert Molinaro(1919–2015) Jack Carter(Chakrin 1922–2015) ; Michele Lee Dusick–74 Michael “Mick” Fleetwood–69 Peter Weller–69 Nancy Allen–66 Joseph Penny Jr–60 Curtis Smith–55 Iain Glen–55 Danielle Spencer–51 Minka Kelly(Dufay)–36 ; 1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract ; 1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd

Happy Birthday RIP Alan Mathison Turing(1912–1954) Robert “Bob” Fosse(1927–1987) ; Vinton Cerf–74 Theodore Shackelford III–71 Frances McDormand–60 Selma Blair Beitner–45 Jason Mraz–40 Melissa Rauch–37 Corey Sorenson–37 James “Miles” Fisher–34 Aimee Duffy–33 ; 1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the “Type-Writer” ; 1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam

Happy Birthday RIP Freddie Prinze(Frederick Pruetzel 1954–1977) ; Dianne Feinstein–84 Kristoffer “Kris” Kristofferson–81 Alexander Britton Hume–74 David L. Landau–80 Elizabeth Warren–68 Mary Louise “Meryl” Streep–68 Lindsay Wagner–68 Graham Greene–65 Cynthia “Cyndi” Lauper–64 Timothy Russ–61 Erin Brockovich(Pattee)–57 Carson Daly–44 Donald Faison–43 Jeffrey Hephner–42 David Jai Rodriguez–38 ; 1870 – Congress created the Department of Justice.

Happy Birthday RIP Errol Flynn(1909–1959) ; Martin Landau–89 Olympia Dukakis–86 Brett Halsey(Charles Hand)–84 Morna Anne Murray–72 Robert “Bob” Vila–71 Christina “Tina” Sinatra–69 Lionel Richie Jr–68 John Goodman–65 Nicole Kidman–50 Peter Paige–48 Joshua Lucas Maurer–46 Thomas Wlaschiha–44 ; 1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph ; 1948 – “Toast of the Town”, later “The Ed Sullivan Show”, makes its television debut

Happy Birthday RIP “Moe Howard”(Moses Horwitz 1897–1975) Maxwell “Pat” Buttram(1915–1994) ; Virginia ”Gena” Rowlands–87 Phylicia Ayers-Allen(“Rashad”)–69 Ann Wilson–67 Mary Kathleen Turner–63 Paula Abdul–55 Jean Dujardin–45 Zoë Saldaña Nazario–39 Aidan Turner–34 Paul Dano–30 ; 1934 – The Communications Act establishes the United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Happy Birthday RIP “E.G. Marshall”(Everett Grunz 1914–1998) Roger Ebert(1942–2013) ; James Paul McCartney–75 Carolyn Kane–65 Isabella Rossellini–65 Kimberly Dickens–52 Blake Shelton–41 David Giuntoli–37 Kevin Bishop–37 Richard Madden–31 ; 1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets of New York City ; 1948 – Columbia Records unveiled its new long-playing, 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record

Happy Birthday RIP Ralph Bellamy(1904–1991) ; Barry Manilow(Pincus)–74 Joseph Piscopo–66 Mark Linn-Baker–63 Thomas Haden Church(McMillen)–57 Gregory Kinnear–54 Erin Murphy–53 Jason Patric Miller Jr.–51 Orville “Will” Forte IV–47 Scott Adkins–41 ; 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.

Happy Birthday RIP Arthur Jefferson(“Stan Laurel” 1890–1965) Harold “Jack” Albertson(1907–1981) ; Edward “Eddie” Levert–76 Joan Van Ark–74 Laurie Metcalf–62 Ian Buchanan–60 Clifton Collins Jr.–47 Edward “Eddie” Cibrian–44 Daniel Brühl Domingo–39 ; 1812 – The City Bank of New York (later Citibank) opened for business ; 1960 – “Psycho,” directed by Alfred Hitchcock, premiered in New York

Happy Birthday RIP Waylon Jennings(1937–2002) ; Steve Walsh–66 James Belushi–63 Julie Hagerty–62 Helen Hunt–54 Courteney Cox-Arquette–53 Leah Remini–47 Neil Patrick Harris–44 James “Greg” Vaughan Jr–44 ; 1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.

Happy Birthday RIP Burle Ives(1909–1995) ; “Marla Gibbs”(Margaret Bradley)–86 “Eddie Mekka”(Edward Mekjian)–65 “Boy” George O’Dowd–56 Traylor Howard–51 Stefanie “Steffi” Graf–48 Sutan Amrull(“Raja”)–43 Daniel Newman–37  Kevin McHale–29 ; 1775 – The United States Army (the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress) was founded ; 1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky