Happy Birthday RIP Eddi-Rue McClanahan(1934–2010) Eunice Waymon(“Nina Simone” 1933–2003) ; David Geffen–71 Alan Rickman–68 Anthony Daniels–68 Ellen Tyne Daly–68 Christine Ebersole–61 Allen “Kelsey” Grammer–59 John “Jack” Coleman–56 Christopher Atkins Bomann–53 William “Billy” Baldwin–51 Jennifer Love Hewitt–35 Brendan Sexton III–34 Ellen Page–27 ; 1878 – The first telephone directory was issued, by the District Telephone Co. of New Haven, Connecticut.

Happy Birthday RIP Ansel Adams(1902–1984) Kurt Cobain(1967–1994) Robert Altman(1925–2006) ; Gloria Vanderbilt–90 Sidney Poitier–87 Sandy Duncan–68 John W. Geils–68 Ivana Trump(Zelnickova)–65 Patricia Hearst–60 Cindy Crawford–48 Lili Taylor–47 Calpernia Addams–43 Brian Littrell–39 Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty–26 ; 1792 – President George Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office.

Happy Birthday RIP Lee Marvin(1924–1987) Johann “Falco” Hölzel (1957–1998) ; William “Smokey” Robinson–74 Jeff Daniels–59 Ray Winstone–57 Prince Andrew Windsor–54 Seal Samuel–51 Justine Bateman–48 Benicio del Toro Sánchez–47 Haylie Duff–29 ; 1878 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph.

Happy Birthday John “Barry” Humphries(“Dame Edna”)–80 Mary Ann Mobley–75 Rene Russo–60 Lou Diamond Phillips(Upchurch)–52 Michael Jordan–51 Denise Richards–43 Jeremiah “Jerry” O’Connell–40 Joseph Gordon-Levitt–33 Paris Hilton–33 ; 1933 – Newsweek magazine was first published ; 1992 – Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison

Happy Birthday John “Barry” Humphries(“Dame Edna”)–80 Mary Ann Mobley–75 Rene Russo–60 Lou Diamond Phillips(Upchurch)–52 Michael Jordan–51 Denise Richards–43 Jeremiah “Jerry” O’Connell–40 Joseph Gordon-Levitt–33 Paris Hilton–33 ; 1933 – Newsweek magazine was first published ; 1992 – Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison

Happy Birthday RIP Edgar John Bergen(1903–1978) Eugene Hugh Beaumont(1909–1982) Salvatore “Sonny”  Bono(1935–1998) ; James Ingram–62 Levardis “LeVar” Burton–57 John McEnroe Jr.–55 Sarah Clarke–42 Johnathan Tartaglia–36 ; 1968 – The nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Alabama.

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Romero(1907–1994) Chris Farley(1964–1997) Harvey Korman(1927–2008) ; Melissa Manchester–63 Joyce Frankenberg(“Jane Seymour”)–63 Matt Groening–69 Janice Dickinson–59 Christopher McDonald–59 Jane Richman(“Jane Child”)–47 Alexandrea “Alex” Borstein–43 ; 1764 – The city of St. Louis Missouri was established and incorporated.

Happy Birthday RIP “Jack Benny”(Benjamin Kubelsky 1894–1974) Edward Platt(1916–1974) Victor Morrow(1929–1982) Gregory Hines(1946–2003) ; Hugh Downs–93 Florence Henderson–80 Michael Bloomberg–72 Raymond Teller–66 Alan Hunter–57 “Meg Tilly”(Margaret Chan)–54 Alfred “Freddie” Highmore–22 ; 1929 – Saint Valentine’s Day massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.

Happy Birthday Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager–91 Marilyn “Kim” Novak–81 George Segal–80 Gerald “Jerry” Springer–70 “Stockard Channing”(Susan Stockard)–70 Peter Gabriel–64 Robert “Robbie” Williams–40 Mena Suvari–35 ; 1931 – New Delhi becomes the capital of India.

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Darwin(1809–1882) Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) Lyon “Lorne” Greene(1915–1987) ; Franco Zeffirelli(Gianfranco Corsi)–91 Joe Don Baker–78 Judith Blume(Sussman)–76 Frederick “Michael” Ironside–64 Michael McDonald–62 Joanna Kerns(DeVarona)–61 Arsenio Hall–58 Joshua Brolin–46 Darren Aronofsky–45 Jesse Spencer–35 Christina Ricci–34 ; 1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York.