Happy Birthday RIP Douglas Fairbanks(Ullman 1883–1939) Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers(1910–1986) Rose Mary “Rosemary” Clooney(1928–2002) ; Dame Joan Collins–82 Charles Kimbrough–79 Lea DeLaria–57 Drew Carey–57 Jewel Kilcher–41 Kelly Monaco–39 ; 1934 – notorious bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana ; 1995 – The first version of the Java programming language is released (core for majority of electronics devices including #Android)

Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907–1989) Harvey Milk(1930–1978) ; Thomas Boone Pickens–87 Bernard Shaw–75 Barbara Parkins–73 Bernard “Bernie” Taupin–65 Steven Morrissey–56 Brooke Smith–48 Naomi Campbell–45 Chris Salvatore–30 ; 1980 – Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917–1993) Mary “Peggy” Cass(1924–1999) ; Richard Hatch–70 Jonathan Hyde–67 Gerard “Leo” Sayer–67 Alan Franken–64 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T”)–63 Edward “Judge” Reinhold Jr–58 ; 1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919 –1991) James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–69 Jane Wiedlin–57 Matt McCoy–57 Bronson Pinchot–56 Anthony Goldwyn–55 Owen Teale–54 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–49 Timothy Olyphant–47 Jack Gleeson–23 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.

Happy Birthday RIP Malcolm Little(“X” 1925–1965) André Roussimoff(“the Giant” 1946–1993) Jeffrey Hyman (“Joey Ramone” 1951–2001) ; Peter Mayhew(“Chewbacca”)–71 Peter Townshend–70 Beverly Grace Jones–67 Joseph “Dusty” Hill–66 Andrew Fuller–35 ; 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery and incest and treason ; 1911 – Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior

Happy Birthday RIP Francesco “Frank” Capra(1897–1991) Pierino “Perry” Como(1912–2001) Pernell Roberts Jr(1928–2010) Andrew “Andreas” Katsulas(1946–2006) ; “Bill Macy”(Wolf Garber)–93 Robert Morse–84 Reginald “Reggie” Jackson–69 George Strait–63 Chow Yun-Fat(周潤發)–60 Marta“Martika”Marrero–46 Elizabeth“Tina”Fey–45 ; 1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.

Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Hopper(1936–2010) ; William “Bill” Paxton–60 Robert “Bob” Saget–59 “Sugar ” Ray Leonard–59 Craig Ferguson–53 Eithne Ní Bhraonáin(“Enya”)–54 Tabatha Coffey–46 ; 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–71 Pierce Brosnan–62 Mary Debra Winger–60 Kevin McDonald–54 Janet Jackson–49 Tracey Fisher(“Gold”)–46 David Boreanaz–46 Victoria “Tori” Spelling–42 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, the nickel.

Happy Birthday RIP James Mason (1909–1984) Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) ; Madeleine Albright(Marie Korbelová)–78 Trinidad “Trini” Lopéz–78 Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri–63 Michael Oldfield–63 David Charvet(Guez)–43 David Krumholtz–37 ; 1862 – President Lincoln signs bill into law creating US Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed to USDA) ; 1935 – The Moscow Metro is opened to the public.

Happy Birthday RIP “Bobby Darin”(Walden Cassotto 1936–1973) ; George Lucas–71 Robert Zemeckis–64 David Byrne–63 “Tim Roth”(Timothy Smith)–54 Catherine “Cate” Blanchett–46 Sofia Coppola–44 Mark Zuckerberg–31 ; 1904 – The first Olympic games and “Louisiana Purchase Exposition World Fair” to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis Missouri. The invention of the ice cream cone allegedly occurred here as well as the locale became home to Forest Park which is location of the region’s major cultural institutions—the Zoo, Art Museum, History Museum, Science Center and the Muny Opera.