Happy Birthday RIP “Bea Arthur”(Bernice Frankel 1922–2009) ; Beverley Owen(Ogg)–78 Harvey Keitel–76 “Stevie Wonder”(Stevland Judkins)–65 Dennis Rodman–54 Stephen Colbert–51 Brian Geraghty–40 Neil Hopkins–38 Robert Pattinson–29 ; 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM ; 1958 – The trademark Velcro is registered for the product line that is basically a fabric type of zipper ; 1963 – The U.S. Supreme Court landmark case “Brady v. Maryland” is decided which now is referred to in legal cases as “Brady Disclosure” meaning “Exculpatory evidence” ; Any evidence which is favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that exonerates or tends to exonerate the defendant of guilt.

Happy Birthday RIP Wilfrid Hyde-White(1903–1991) Katharine Hepburn(1907–2003) George Carlin(1937–2008) ; Lawrence “Yogi” Berra–90 Burt Bacharach–87 Stephen “Steve” Winwood–67 William “Billy Squier”–65 Gabriel Byrne–65 Emilio Estevez–53 Stephen Baldwin–49 Anthony “Tony” Hawk–47 Kim Fields–46 Jason Biggs–37 ; 1933 – The Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies.

Happy Birthday RIP “Irving Berlin”(Israel Baline 1888–1989) Salvador Dalí y Domenech(1904–1989) Martha Graham(1894–1991) Cory Monteith(1982–2013) ; Frances Fisher–63 “Peter North”(Alden Brown)–58 Martha Quinn–56 Jonathan Jackson–33 Matt Leinart–32 Matt Giraud–30 ; 1924 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

Happy Birthday RIP “Fred Astaire”(Frederic Austerlitz 1899–1987) “Nancy Walker”(Anna Swoyer 1922–1992) “Sid Vicious”(John Simon Ritchie 1957–1979) Gary Owens(Altman 1934–2015) ; James Abrahams–71 Megan Foster–67 Paul Hewson(“Bono”)–55 Jason Brooks–49 Dallas Roberts–45 Odette Annable(Yustman)–30 ; 1908 – The first Mother’s Day observance took place during church services in Grafton, W.Virginia ; 1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.

Happy Birthday RIP Myron “Mike” Wallace(1918–2012) ; Albert Finney–79 Candice Bergen–69 William “Billy” Joel–66 Thomas Petersson–65 John Corbett Jr–54 Chris Diamantopoulos–40 ; 1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.

Happy Birthday RIP Harry Truman(1884–1972) ; Donald Rickles–89 Cathryn “Toni” Tennille–75 “Gary Glitter”(Paul Gadd)–71 Philip Bailey–64 Alexander “Alex” Van Halen–62 Melissa Gilbert–51 Enrique Iglesias Preysler–40 Stephen Amell–34 ; 1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.

Happy Birthday RIP Frank “Gary” Cooper(1901–1961) Anne Baxter(1923–1985) John Ingle(1928–2012) Robert Hegyes(1951–2012) ; Thelma Houston(Jackson)–69 Nora Kuzma(“Traci Lords”)–47 Ivan Sergei Gaudio–44 Breckin Meyer–41 Alexander Ludwig–23 ; 1846 – The Cambridge Chronicle, America’s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; 1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.

Happy Birthday RIP Sigismund Freud(1856–1939) Rodolfo di Valentina d’Antonguolla(“Rudy Valentino” 1895–1926) George Orson Welles(1915–1985) ; Willie Mays–84 Robert “Bob” Seger–70 Anthony Blair–62 Thomas Bergeron–60 George Clooney–54 Gabourey Sidibe–32 Adrianne Palicki–32 ; 1889 – The Paris Exposition opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower ; 1937 – the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 of the 97 people on board.

Happy Birthday RIP “Tammy Wynette”(Virginia Pugh 1942–1998) Ann B. Davis(1926–2014) ; Michael Palin–72 Jonathon Rhys-Davies–71 Kurt Loder–70 Brian Williams–56 Kristina “Tina” Yothers–42 Henry Cavill–32 Walter “Bart” Baker IV–29 Adele Adkins–27 ;  1925 –  John T. Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution ; 1934 – The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters, is released.

Happy Birthday RIP Audrey Hepburn(Ruston 1929–1993) Paul Gleason(1939–2006) ; Richard Jenkins–68 Pia Zadora(Schipani)–61 Randy Travis(Traywick)–56 Mary Beth McDonough–54 Ana Gasteyer–48 William “Will” Arnett–45 Michael Pritchard(“Mike Dirnt”)–43 James Lance Bass–36 ; 1959 – The 1st Grammy Awards are held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Album of the Year was awarded to Henry Mancini.