Happy Birthday RIP Marvin Hamlisch(1944–2012) ; Sally Kellerman–78 Walter Stacy Keach Jr–74 Lars “Lasse” Hallström–69 Gerald “Jerry” Mathers–67 Joanna Gleason(Hall)–65 Dana Carvey–60 Liam Cunningham–54 Wentworth Miller III–43 Zachary Quinto–38 Justin Long–37 Dominic Cooper–37 ; 1924 – Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.

Happy Birthday RIP “Frank Morgan”(Francis Wuppermann 1890–1949) “Marilyn Monroe”(Norma Jeane Mortenson 1926–1962) Cleavon Little(1939–1992) Andy Griffith(1926–2012) ; Charles “Pat” Boone–81 Morgan Freeman–78 Rene Auberjonois–75 Brian Cox–69 John Price(“Pryce”)–68 Lisa Hartman–59 Heidi Klum–42 Alanis Morissette–41 ; 1980 – CNN made its debut.

Happy Birthday RIP Walter “Walt” Whitman(1819–1892) Denholm Elliott(1922–1992) Dominic “Don” Ameche(Amici 1908–1993) ; Clinton Eastwood Jr–85 Sharon Gless–72 Joseph “Joe” Namath–72 Thomas Berenger(Moore)–66 Christopher Elliott–55 Lea Thompson–54 Corey Hart–53 Brooke Shields–50 Colin Farrell–39 ; 1929 – The first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, “The Karnival Kid”, is released ; 2005 – Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat, the Watergate scandal’s whistleblower.

Happy Birthday RIP Mel Blanc(Melvin Blank 1908–1989) Benjamin “Benny” Goodman(1909–1986) ; Colm Meaney–62 Theodore “Ted” McGinley–57 Ralph Carter–54 Mark Sheppard–51 “Wynonna Judd”(Christina Ciminella)–51 Idina Menzel–44 Randolph “Trey” Parker–43 Omri Katz–39 ; 1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.

Happy Birthday RIP John F. Kennedy(1917–1963) Leslie “Bob” Hope(1903–2003) ; George Clifton James–94 Anthony Geary–68 Daniel “Danny” Elfman–62 Frank “Ted” Levine–58 Annette Bening-Beatty–57 Rupert Everett–56 Adrian Paul Hewett–56 Melissa Etheridge–54 Lisa Whelchel–52 David Burtka–40 Daniel Tosh–40 ; 1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”, the best-selling Christmas single in history

Happy Birthday RIP Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) ; Elizabeth Howland–74 Gladys Knight–71 Rudolph Giuliani–71 John Fogerty–70 Brandon Cruz(Williams)–53 Kylie Minogue–47 Justin Kirk–46 Jesse Bradford Watrouse–36 Carey Mulligan–30 Joseph Cross–29 ; 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent Price Jr(1911–1993) ; Christopher Lee–93 Heinz “Henry” Kissinger–92 Lee Meriwether–80 Louis Gossett Jr–79 “Siouxsie Sioux”(Susan Ballion)–58 Peri Gilpin(Oldham)–54 Adam Carolla–51 Todd Bridges–50 Edward McClintock–48 Joseph Fiennes–45 Paul Bettany–44 Christopher Colfer–25 ; 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage ; 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.

Happy Birthday RIP “John Wayne”(Marion Morrison 1907–1979) Peter Cushing(1913–1994) Miles Davis(1926–1991) “Peggy Lee”(Norma Egstrom 1920–2002) James Aurness(1923–2011) ; Brent Musburger–76 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–67 Philip Michael Thomas–66 Pamela Grier–66 Randall Hank Williams–66 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–53 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–53 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–51 Helena Bonham Carter–49 Matthew Stone–44 Lauryn Hill–40 ; 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was $40.94

Happy Birthday RIP Claude Akins(1926–1994) Dixie Carter(1939–2010) ; Ian McKellen–76 Leslie Uggams–72 Frank Oznowicz(“Oz”)–71 Karen Valentine–68 Concetta Sellecchia(“Connie Sellecca”)–60 Michael Myers–52 Anne Heche–46 James “Jamie” Kennedy–45 Octavia Spencer–44 Lauryn Hill–40 Cillian Murphy–39 ; 1968 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated ; 1977 –The science-fiction movie “Star Wars” was released.

Happy Birthday RIP Queen Victoria(Alexandrina Hanover 1819–1901) ; “Bob Dylan”(Robert Zimmerman)–73 Gary Burghoff–71 Patti LaBelle(Holte)–70 Priscilla Wagner-Presley–69 Jim Broadbent–65 Alfred Molina–61 Kristin Scott Thomas–54 John C. Reilly–49 Eric Close–47 Steven Daigle–41 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction