Happy Birthday RIP Leslie Howard Steiner(1893–1943) Marlon Brando Jr(1924–2004) ; Doris Kappelhoff(“Doris Day”)–92 Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall–81 Marsha Mason–73 Carson Wayne Newton–73 Michael Orlando Cassavitis(“Tony Orlando”)–71 Alexander “Alec” Baldwin III–57 David Hyde Pierce–56 Edward “Eddie” Murphy–54 Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn–46 Jamie Bamber Griffith–42 ; 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins ; 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.

Happy Birthday RIP Alec Guinness de Cuffe(1914–2000) Marvin Gay Jr(1939–1984) Christian “Buddy” Ebsen Jr(1908–2003) Ronald Paolillo(1949–2012) Rodney King III(1965–2012) ; Emmylou Harris–68 Christopher Meloni–54 Michael Fassbender–38 Aiden Turner–38 ; 1902 – “Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California ; 1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format

Happy Birthday RIP Leonidas “Lon” Chaney(1883–1930) Gordon Jump(1932–2003) ; “Jane Powell”(Suzanne Bruce)–86 Mary “Debbie” Reynolds–83 Elizabeth “Ali” MacGraw–76 Barry Sonnenfeld–62 Susan Boyle–54 Rachel Maddow–42 Samuel Huntington–33 Matthew Lanter–32 Hillary Scott–29 ; 1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois ; 1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General’s warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971.

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Chavez(1927–1993) Anne “Liz” Claiborne(1929–2007) ; George Richard Chamberlain–81 Shirley Jones–81 Herbert Alpert–80 Ronald “Christopher” Walken–72 Gabriel Kaplan–70 Albert Gore Jr.–67 Rhea Perlman(DeVito)–67 William McNamara–50 Ewan McGregor–44 Evan Williams–43 ; 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent van Gogh(1853–1890) ; “Peter Marshall”(Ralph LaCock)–89 John Astin–85 Henry Warren Beaty–78 Eric Clapton–70 Paul Reiser–58 Ian Ziering–51 Tracy Chapman–51 Céline Dion–47 Mark Consuelos–44 Geetali Norah Jones Shankar–36 Jason Dohring–33 ; 1964 – The game show “Jeopardy!” premiered on NBC television network.

Happy Birthday RIP Pearl Bailey(1918–1990) ; Judith Guest–79 Evangelos “Vangelis” Papathanassiou–72 Eric Idle–72 Marina Sirtis–60 “Perry Farrell”(Simon Bernstein)–56 Amy Sedaris–54 “Elle Macpherson”(Eleanor Gow)–51 Michel Hazanavicius–48 “Lucy Lawless”(Lucille Ryan)–47 ; 1882 – The Knights of Columbus are established. ; 1971 – A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.

Happy Birthday Dianne Wiest–67 Reba McEntire–60 Bart Conner–57 Vince Vaughn–45 Julia Stiles–34 Stefani Germanotta(“Lady Gaga”)–29 ; 1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial melt down.

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Frederick Henry Royce(1863–1933) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe(1886–1969) Gloria Swanson(Svensson 1899 –1983); Arthur Evans–73 Quentin Tarantino–52 David Koz–52 Kevin Corrigan–46 Mariah Carey–45 Nathan Fillion–44 Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson–40 Holliday Grainger–27 ; 1794 – President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy ; 1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.

Happy Birthday RIP Thomas “Tennessee” Williams III(1911–1983) Leonard Nimoy(1931–2015) ; Alan Arkin–81 James Caan–75 Nancy Pelosi–75 Diana Ross–71 Steven Tyler(Tallarico)–67 Vicki Lawrence(Axelrad)–66 Martin Short–65 Leeza Gibbons–58 Jennifer Grey–54 Theodore “T.R.” Knight–42 Larry Page–42 Keira Knightley–30 ; 1979 – Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.

Happy Birthday RIP Howard Cosell(Cohen 1918–1995) Eileen Ford(1922–2014) ; Eugene Shalit–89 Gloria Steinem–81 Aretha Franklin–73 Paul Manfred Glaser–72 Sir “Elton John”(Reginald Dwight)–68 Bonnie Bedelia Culkin–67 Mary Gross–62 Marcia Cross–53 Sarah Jessica Parker–50 Lee Pace–36 Sean Faris–33 Danica Patrick–33 ; 1913 – The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theater located at 1564 Broadway (at West 47th Street) in midtown Manhattan opened ; 1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.