Happy Birthday RIP William Shakespeare(1564–1616) Roy Orbison(1936–1988) Hervé Villechaize(1943–1993) ; Shirley Temple Black(1928–2014) ; Alan Oppenheimer–84 Harvey Lee Yeary(“Lee Majors”)–75 Joyce DeWitt–65 Michael Moore–60 Valerie Bertinelli–54 ; 1635 – The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.

Happy Birthday RIP Edward “Eddie” Albert Heimberger(1906–2005) Aaron Spelling (1923–2006) Bettie Page(1923–2008) ; Charlotte Rae Lubotsky–88 Glen Campbell–78 John “Jack” Nicholson–77 John Waters–68 Peter Frampton–64 Catherine Mary Stewart(Nursall)–55 Ryan Stiles–55 Byron Allen Folks–53 Jeffrey Dean Morgan–48 ; 1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. ; 1993 – Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released by NCSA Urbana (core basics of most html browsers today)

Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth Mary Windsor–88 Charles Grodinsky–79 James Osterberg(“Iggy Pop”)–67 Patti LuPone–65 Anthony Iadanza(“Tony Danza”)–63 Rosalie “Andie” MacDowell–56 Robert Smith–55 John Cameron Mitchell–51 Nicole Sullivan–44 James McAvoy–35 ; 1989 – In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.

Happy Birthday RIP Luther Vandross(1951–2005) ; Hosato “George” Takei(武井 穂郷) –77 Charles “Ryan” O’Neal–73 Jessica Lange–65 Crispin Glover–50 “Carmen Electra”(Tara Patrick)–42 Joseph Lawrence Mignogna–38 ; 1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.

Happy Birthday RIP Vera Jayne Palmer(“Jayne Mansfield” 1933–1967) Richard Cox(“Dick Sargent” 1930–1994) Dudley Moore(1935–2002) ; Tim Curry–68 Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot–65 Ashley Ciminella(“Judd”)–46 James Franco–36 Kate Hudson–35 Hayden Christensen–33 ; 1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted life imprisonment) for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders.

Happy Birthday Barbara Hale–92 Hayley Mills–68 James Woods–67 Frederick “Rick” Moranis–61 Eric Roberts–58 Jane Leeves–53 Eric McCormack–51 Conan O’Brien–51 David Tennant(McDonald)–43 Eli Roth–42 Sean Maguire–38 Melissa Joan Hart–38 ; 1906 – a major earthquake struck San Francisco and set off raging fires. More than 3,000 people died.

Happy Birthday RIP William Holden(Beedle 1918–1981) Donald Kirshner(1934–2011) John “J. P.” Morgan(1837–1913) ; Michael Sembello–60 Shaun Bean–55 Elizabeth “Liz” Phair–47 Jennifer Garner–42 Victoria Adams-Beckham–39 ; 1937 – Daffy Duck’s first appearance, in Porky’s Duck Hunt ; 1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) Enrico “Henry” Mancini(1924–1994) ; Stanley “Bobby” Vinton–79 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar(Ferdinand Alcindor)–67 Ellen Barkin–60 Jonathan Cryer–49 Martin Lawrence–49 Peter Billingsley–43 Lukas Haas–38 ; 1962 – Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.”

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth Montgomery(1933–1995) ; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason–67 Heloise Cruse Evans–63 Emma Thompson–55 Seth Rogen–32 Emma Watson–24 ; 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.

Happy Birthday RIP Arthur John Gielgud (1904–2000) Rodney Steiger(1925–2002) Johanna “Anne” Sullivan Macy(1866–1936) ; Loretta “Lynn” Webb–82 Julie Christie–73 Peter Rose–73 John Shea–65 Brad “Garrett”(Gerstenfeld)–54 Robert Carlyle–53 Michael Anthony Hall–46 Adrien Brody–41 Sarah Michelle Gellar–37 ; 1828 – Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary ; 1865 – President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day.