Happy Birthday RIP Howard Johnson(1897–1972) Elaine Stritch(1925–2014) Farrah Fawcett(1947–2009) Carol Ann Susi(1952–2014); Thomas Smothers III–78 Graham Nash–73 Brent Spiner–66 Christie Brinkley(Hudson)–61 Adam Ferrara–49 Shakira Ripoll–38 ; 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated ; 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.

Happy Birthday RIP William Clark Gable(1901–1960) Boris Yeltsin(Борис Ельцин 1931–2007) “Rick James”(James Johnson Jr 1948–2004) Sherman Hemsley(1938–2012) ; Isaac Donald Everly–78 Garrett Morris–78 Joseph “Joe” Sample–76 Lisa Marie Presley–47 Brian Krause–46 Michael C. Hall–44 Ronnie Kroell–32 ; 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published ; 2004 – Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines 

Happy Birthday RIP Tallulah Bankhead(1902–1968) Jackie Robinson(1919–1972) Jean Simmons(1929–2010) Suzanne Pleshette(1937–2008) ; Carol Channing–94 Philip Glass–78 Harry Wayne Casey(“KC”)–64 Anthony LaPaglia–56 Kelly Lynch–56 Amelia “Minnie” Driver–45 “Portia de Rossi”(Amanda Rogers)–42 Kerry Washington–38 “Johnny Castle”(Rocco Santini)–35 Justin Timberlake–34 Joel Courtney–19 ; 1865 – The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, abolishing slavery, submitting it to the states for ratification ; 1949 – The first TV daytime soap opera, “These Are My Children,” was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.

Happy Birthday RIP Franklin Roosevelt(1882–1945) Thomas “Dick” Martin(1922–2008) ; Eugene “Gene” Hackman–85 Vanessa Redgrave–78 Charles S. Dutton–64 Philip Collins–64 Jody Watley–56 Christian Bale–41 Wilmer Valderrama–35 ; 1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called “Elk Cloner”.

Happy Birthday RIP “W.C. Fields”(William Claude Dukenfield 1880–1946) “John Forsythe”(Jacob Freund 1918–2010) ; Thomas “Tom” Selleck–70 Marc Singer–67 Ann Jillian(Nauseda)–65 Oprah Winfrey–61 Gregory Louganis–55 Nicholas Turturro–53 Heather Graham–45 Sara Gilbert(Abeles)–40 Justin Hartley–38 Adam Lambert–33 ; 1845 – “The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.

Happy Birthday RIP “Soupy Sales”(Milton Supman 1926–2009) ; “Alan Alda”(Alphonso D’Abruzzo)–79 Barbi Benton(Barbara Klein)–65 Sarah McLachlan–47 Joseph “Joey” Fatone Jr.–38 Nickolas “Nick” Carter–35 Elijah Wood–34 ; 1915 – The Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress ; 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.

Happy Birthday RIP Johannes Wolfgangus Mozart(1756–1791) “Donna Reed”(Donnabelle Mullenger 1921–1986) “Troy Donahue”(Merle Johnson Jr 1936–2001) ; James Cromwell–75 Nicholas Mason–70 Mikhail Baryshnikov(Михаил Барышников)–67 “Mimi Rogers”(Miriam Spickler)–59 Keith Olbermann–56 Bridget Fonda–51 Alan Cumming–50 Tamlyn Tomita(タムリン·トミタ)–49 ; 1880 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp(light bulb).

Happy Birthday RIP Zara Cully(1892–1978) Eugene “Gene” Siskel(1946–1999) Paul Newman(1925–2008) ; Anne Jeffreys Carmichael–92 Robert “Bob” Uecker–80 Theodore “Scott” Glenn–76 Edward Van Halen–60 Ellen DeGeneres–57 Anita Baker–57 Wayne Gretzky–54 Paul Johansson–51 Colin O’Donoghue–34 ; 1838 – Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States ; 1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.

Happy Birthday RIP “Virginia Woolf”(Adeline Stephen 1882–1941) “Etta James”(Jamesetta Hawkins 1938–2012) Edwin Newman(1919–2010) ; Tobe Hooper–72 Jenifer Lewis–58 Dinah Manoff–57 Alicia Keys(Cook)–34 ; 1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco ; 1949 – the first Emmy Awards are held at Hollywood Athletic Club.

Happy Birthday RIP Ernest Borgnine(Ermes Borgnino 1917–2012) Sharon Tate(1943–1969) John Belushi(1949–1982) ;  Neil Diamond–74 Aaron Neville–74 Yakov Smirnoff(Pokhis)–65 Nastassja Nakszynski–56 Mary Lou Retton–47 Matthew Lillard–45 Edward “Ed” Helms–41 Kristen Schaal–37 ; 1908 – The first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell ; 1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.