Happy Birthday RIP Lucile Langhanke(“Mary Astor” 1906–1987) James Brown(1933–2006) ; Alex Viespi (“Cord”)–82 Francis Castelluccio(“Frankie Valli”)–81 Chris Mulkey–67 Christopher Cross(Geppert)–64 Roberto “Bobby” Cannavale–45 ; 1802 – Washington, D.C., was incorporated ; 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.

Happy Birthday RIP Harry “Bing” Crosby(1903–1977) “Hedda Hopper”(Elda Furry 1885–1966) ; “Engelbert Humperdinck”(Arnold Dorsey)–79 Bianca Macias(“Jagger”)–70 Louis Grammatico(“Lou Gramm”)–65 Christine Baranski–63 Donatella Versace–60 Dwayne Johnson–43 “Pandora Boxx”(Michael Steck)–43 David Beckham–40 ; 1932 – Jack Benny’s first radio show debuted on the NBC Blue Network.

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Nye(Niestat 1913–2005) Gwyllyn Samuel “Glenn” Ford(1916–2006) Jack Paar(1918–2004) ; Richard J. Riordan–85 Judith Collins–76 Rita Coolidge–70 Joanna Lumley–69 Ray Parker Jr.–61 Samuel “Tim” McGraw–48 Wesley Anderson–46 Emilia Clarke–29 ; 1885 – The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business ; 1931 – The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City ; 1941 – The Orson Welles film “Citizen Kane” premiered in New York

Happy Birthday RIP “Eve Arden”(Eunice Quedens 1908–1990) “Al Lewis”(Alexander Meister 1923–2006) Gary Collins(1938–2012) ; Cloris Leachman–89 Willie Nelson–82 Adrian Pasdar–50 Jeffrey Timmons–42 Johnny Galecki–40 Kunal Nayyar–33 Kirsten Dunst–33 Dianna Agron–29 ; 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor ; 1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (credited with the waffle-style ice cream cone invention and first mass sales in USA)

Happy Birthday RIP Edward “Duke” Ellington(1899–1974) ; Richard Klein–71 Nora Dunn–63 Jerome “Jerry” Seinfeld–61 Leslie Jordan–60 Katherine “Kate” Mulgrew–60 Daniel Day-Lewis–58 Michelle Pfeiffer–57 Eve Plumb–57 Jack Mackenroth–46 Uma Thurman–45 Andre Agassi–45 ; 1968 – The controversial musical “Hair”, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with its song becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Happy Birthday RIP Carolyn Jones(1930–1983) Lionel Barrymore(1878–1954) ; Ann-Margret Olsson–74 James “Jay” Leno–65 Mary McDonnell–63 Jorge Garcia–42 Penélope Cruz Sánchez–41 Jessica Alba–34 ; 1932 – A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.

Happy Birthday RIP Hiram Ulysses Grant(1822–1885) Walter Lantz(1899–1994) Jacob “Jack” Klugman(1922–2012) Robert Donner(Morris 1931–2006) Kemal “Casey” Kasem(1932–2014) ; Katherine “Kate” Pierson–67 Kevin McNally–59 Sheena Easton(Orr)–56 James Duke Mason–23 ; 1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.

Happy Birthday Carol Burnett–82 Jet Li Lian Jie( 李連杰)–52 Kevin “James” Knipfing–50 Thomas “Tom” Welling–38 Channing Tatum–35 ; 1986 – A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world’s worst nuclear disaster. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 people died immediately

Happy Birthday RIP Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) ; George “Meadowlark” Lemon III–83 Alfredo “Al” Pacino–75 Henry “Hank” Azaria–51 Andrew “Andy” Bell–51 Renée Zellweger–46 Jason Wiles–45 ; 1972 – Polaroid Corp. introduced its SX-70 folding camera, which ejected self-developing photographs.

Happy Birthday Shirley MacLean Beatty–81 Barbra Joan Streisand–73 Richard M. Daley–73 Jean-Paul Gaultier–63 Djimon Hounsou–51 Aidan Gillen(Murphy )–47 Eric Balfour–38 Kelly Clarkson–33 ; 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress”