Happy Birthday RIP Francesco “Frank” Capra(1897–1991) Perry Como(1912–2001) Pernell Roberts(1928–2010) Andrew “Andreas” Katsulas(1946–2006) ; “Bill Macy”(Wolf Garber)–92 Robert Morse–83 Reginald “Reggie” Jackson–68 George Strait–62 Chow Yun-Fat(周潤發)–59 Marta “Martika” Marrero–45 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey–44 ; 1642 – The Canadian city of Montreal was founded. 

Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Hopper(1936–2010) ; William “Bill” Paxton–59 Robert “Bob” Saget–58 Ray Charles Leonard–58 Craig Ferguson–53 Eithne Ní Bhraonáin(“Enya”)–53 Tabatha Coffey–45 ; 1954 – the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.

Happy Birthday RIP Wladziu Liberace(1919–1987) Henry Fonda(1905–1982) ; Danny Trejo–70 Pierce Brosnan–61 Mary Debra Winger–59 Kevin McDonald–53 Janet Jackson–48 Tracey Fisher(“Gold”)–45 David Boreanaz–45 Victoria “Tori” Spelling–41 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, the nickel.

Happy Birthday RIP Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) ; Madeleine Albright–77 Trinidad “Trini” Lopéz–77 Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri–62 Michael Oldfield–62 David Charvet(Guez)–42 David Krumholtz–36 ; 1862 – President Lincoln signs bill into law creating US Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed to USDA)

Happy Birthday RIP Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) ; Madeleine Albright–76 Trinidad “Trini” Lopéz–76 Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri–61 Michael Oldfield–60 David Charvet(Guez)–41 David Krumholtz–35 ; 1862 – Lincoln signs bill into law US Bureau of Agriculture is created (later renamed to USDA)

Happy Birthday RIP “Bea Arthur”(Bernice Frankel 1922–2009) ; Harvey Keitel–75 “Stevie Wonder”(Stevland Judkins)–64 Dennis Rodman–53 Stephen Colbert–50 Brian Geraghty–39 Neil Hopkins–37 Robert Pattinson–28 ; 1958 – Velcro is trademark registered.

Happy Birthday RIP Wilfrid Hyde-White(1903–1991) Katharine Hepburn(1907–2003) George Carlin(1937–2008) ; Lawrence “Yogi” Berra–89 Burt Bacharach–86 Stephen “Steve” Winwood–66 William “Billy Squier”–64 Gabriel Byrne–64 Emilio Estevez–52 Stephen Baldwin–48 Anthony “Tony” Hawk–46 Kim Fields–45 Jason Biggs–36 ; 1926 – The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.

Happy Birthday RIP “Irving Berlin”(Israel Baline 1888–1989) Salvador Dalí y Domenech(1904–1989) Martha Graham(1894–1991) Cory Monteith(1982–2013) ; Frances Fisher–62 “Peter North”(Alden Brown)–57 Martha Quinn–55 Jonathan Jackson–32 Matt Leinart–31 Matt Giraud–29 ; 1924 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies

Happy Birthday RIP “Fred Astaire”(Frederic Austerlitz 1899–1987) “Nancy Walker”(Anna Swoyer 1922–1992) “Sid Vicious”(Simon Ritchie 1957–1979) ; Gary Owens(Altman)–75 Jim Abrahams–70 Meg Foster–66 Paul Hewson(“Bono”)–54 Jason Brooks–48 Dallas Roberts–44 Odette Annable(Yustman)–29 ; 1908 – The first Mother’s Day observance took place during church services in Grafton, W.Virginia ; 1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.

Happy Birthday RIP Myron “Mike” Wallace(1918–2012) ; Albert Finney–78 Candice Bergen–68 William “Billy” Joel–65 Tom Petersson–64 John Corbett Jr–53 Chris Diamantopoulos–39 ; 1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes