Happy Birthday RIP “Harry Houdini”(Erich Weiss 1874–1926) Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle(1887–1933) Terence Steven McQueen(1930–1980) Norman Feld(“Fell” 1924–1998) ; Robert “Bob” Mackie–75 Thomas Hilfiger–64 Louie Anderson–62 Robert Carradine–61 Donna Pescow–61 Steve Ballmer–59 Kelly Le Brock–55 Gabriele Kerner(“Nena”)–55 Starlet “Star” Jones–53 Lara Flynn Boyle–45 James Parsons–42 ; 1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground “Rapid Transit Railroad” that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Happy Birthday RIP “Joan Crawford”(Lucille LeSueur 1906–1977) ; “Marty Allen”(Morton Alpern)–93 Richard Otcasek–66 “Chaka Khan”(Yvette Stevens)–62 Kenneth Cole–61 Amanda Plummer–58 Catherine Keener–56 Marc Cherry–53 Hope Davis–51 Richard Grieco Jr–50 Keri Russell–39 “Perez Hilton”(Mario Lavandeira Jr)–37 ; 1857 – Elisha Otis’s first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP Leonard “Chico” Marx (1887–1961) Louis L’Amour(LaMoore 1908–1988) Marcel Marceau(Mangel 1923–2007) “Karl Malden”(Mladen Sekulovich 1912–2009) ; William Shatner–84 Michael Emmet Walsh–80 George Benson–72 Wolf Blitzer–67 Andrew Lloyd Webber–67 Robert “Bob” Costas–63 Lena Olin–60 Stephanie Mills–58 Matthew Modine–56 Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon–39 ; 1882 – Congress outlawed polygamy ; 1963 – The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom ; 1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

Happy Birthday RIP James Coco(1930–1987) ; Timothy Dalton–71 “Eddie Money”(Edward Mahoney)–66 Leonard Gary Oldman–57 Matthew Broderick–53 Roseann “Rosie” O’Donnell–53 ; 1963 – Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates ; 2006 – Jack Dorsey sends first Twitter message “just setting up my twttr”

Happy Birthday RIP Fred Rogers(1928–2003) ; Carl Reiner–93 “Hal Linden”(Harold Lipshitz)–84 Martin Brian Mulroney–76 John de Lancie–67 William Hurt–65 Shelton “Spike” Lee–58 Holly  Hunter–57 Kathleen “Kathy” Ireland–52 Michael Rapaport–45 Dean Geyer–29 ; 1996 – A jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their millionaire parents. (They are serving life without parole.) ; 1997 – Liggett Group settled 22 state lawsuits by admitting the industry markets cigarettes to teenagers and agreeing to warn on every pack that smoking is addictive

Happy Birthday Ursula Andress–79 Ruth Pointer–69 Glenn Close–68 Walter Bruce Willis–60 ; 1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time. ; 1931 – Nevada legalized gambling ; 1953 – The Academy Awards was televised for first time from NBC International Theater in NYC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOtp4dli7-4)

Happy Birthday RIP John Updike(1932–2009) Peter Graves(Aurness 1926–2010) Ernest Gallo(1909–2007) ; Kevin Dobson–72 Irene Cara Escalera–56 Vanessa Lynn Williams–52 “Queen Latifah”(Dana Owens)–45 Dane Cook–43 Adam Levine–36 ; 1931 – Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor.

Happy Birthday RIP Nathaniel Adams Coles(“Nat King Cole” 1919–1965) ; Paul Kantner–74 Patrick Duffy–66 Kurt Russell–64 Lesley Anne Down–61 Gary Sinise–60 Robert “Rob” Lowe–51 Paige Hemmis–43 Brittany Daniel–39 ; 1969 – Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel : 1985 – Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the “Night Stalker”, commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles, California murder spree.

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Youngman(1906–1998) Thelma “Pat” Nixon(1912–1993) ; “Jerry Lewis”(Joseph Levitch)–89 Charles “Chuck” Woolery–74 Henry “Erik” Estrada–66 Victor Garber–66 Nancy Wilson–61 Lauren Graham–48 Alan Tudyk–44 ; 1850 – “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published

Happy Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg–82 Judd Hirsch–80 Michael Love–74 David Cronenberg–72 Daniel Dee Snider–60 Park Overall–58 Fabio Lanzoni–56 Terence Trent “D’Arby” Howard–53 Kennedy “Rockwell” Gordy–51 Mark Hoppus–43 Eva Longoria–40 William Adams–40 Kellan Lutz–30 ; 1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated ; 1985 – The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com)