Happy Birthday RIP John Edgar Hoover(1895–1972) ; Frank Langella–76 Joseph Saddler(“Grandmaster Flash”)–56 Dedee Pfeiffer–50 Verne Troyer–45 William Jonas Armstrong–33 ; 1890 – The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, is held for first time ; 1892 – Ellis Island in New York City opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States ; 1983 – APRANET officially begins using TCP/IP, thus creating Internet.

Happy Birthday RIP “John Denver”(Henry Deutschendorf 1943–1997) “Donna Summer”(LaDonna Gaines 1949–2012) ; Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins–76 Andy Summers–71 “Ben Kingsley”(Krishna Bhanji)–70 Diane Von Furstenberg(Halfin)–67 Timothy Matthieson–65 Beatrice “Bebe” Neuwirth–55 Val Kilmer–54 Michael McDonald–49 Joseph “Joey” McIntyre–41 ; 1983 – The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government due to antitrust laws.

Happy Birthday RIP “Jack Lord”(John Ryan 1920–1998) “Bo Diddley”(Ellas Bates 1928–2008) Davy Jones(1945–2012) ; James Burrows–73 Meredith Vieira–60 Matt Lauer–56 Tracey Ullman–54 Heidi Fleiss–48 Jason Behr–40 Eldrick “Tiger” Woods–39 Kristin Kreuk–31 ; 1940 – California’s first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened.

Happy Birthday Inga Swenson–81 Mary Tyler Moore–77 Jonathan “Jon” Voight–75 Edward “Ted” Danson–66 Yvonne Elliman–62 Paula Poundstone–54 Patricia Clarkson–54 Andy Wachowski–46 David Jude Law–41 ; 1851 – The first American Young Men’s Christian Association was organized, in Boston Mass.

Happy Birthday Stanley “Lee” Lieber–91 Grace “Nichelle” Nichols–81  Dame Margaret “Maggie” Smith–79 Denzel Washington–59 Terri Garber–53 Hugh Malcolm Gets–49 Seth Meyers–40 Brendan Hines–37 ; 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Pasteur(1822–1895) Marie “Marlene” Dietrich(1901–1992) Heather O’Rourke(1975–1988) ; John Amos–74 “Cokie Roberts”(Mary Boggs)–70 Gérard Depardieu–65 Wilson Echevarrí(“Cruz”)–40 Masa Oka(岡 政偉)–39 ; 1932 – Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP Steve Allen(1921–2000) Irwin Kniberg(“Alan King” 1926–2004) ; Harvey “Phil” Spector–74 Osborn “Ozzie” Smith–59 David Sedaris–57 Jared Leto–42 Richard “Reichen” Lehmkuhl–40 Chris Daughtry–34 ; 1865 – James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for the coffee percolator ; 1933 – FM radio is patented.

Happy Birthday RIP Humphrey Bogart(1899–1957) “Tony Martin”(Alvin Morris 1913–2012) Rodman Serling(1924–1975) “Mabel King”(Donnie Washington 1932–1999) ; Gary Sandy–68 Jimmy Buffett–67 Barbara Mandrell–65 Mary “Sissy” Spacek–64 Annie Lennox–59 Florian Armstrong(“Dido”)–42 Dylan Vox–39 ; 1815 – The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance at King’s Chapel (then Stone Chapel), with a chorus of 90 men and 10 women

Happy Birthday RIP Ava Gardner(1922–1990) ; Mary Teresa Higgins–86 Karl Diedrich Bader–47 Enrique Martín Morales(“Ricky Martin”)–42 Jeremy Greenberg(Davidson)–42 Ryan Seacrest–39 ; 1851 – Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.

Happy Birthday RIP Corey Haim(1971–2010) ; Japanese Emperor Akihito(昭仁)–80 Bob Kahn(TCP/IP Creator)–75 Harry Shearer–70 Susan Lucci–67 “Eddie Vedder”(Edward Severson III)–49 ; 1913 – The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve Bank.