Happy Birthday RIP Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson(1912–2007) Barbara Billingsley(Combes 1915–2010) Gene Rayburn(Rubessa 1917–1999) Maurice and Robin Gibb(1949–2003;2012) ; Hector Elizondo–78 Lila Diana Sawyer–69 Ralph Fiennes–52 Heather Donahue–40 ; 1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York, New York. #PardonMeStewardess #ISpeakJive

Happy Birthday RIP Frank Zappa(1940–1993) ; Phillip Donahue–79 Jayne Seymour Fonda–77 Samuel L. Jackson–66 Raymond Romano–57 Andrew Dick–49 Kiefer Sutherland–48 ; 1913 – Arthur Wynne’s “word-cross”, the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Happy Birthday RIP Charlie Callias(1927–2011) ; John Hillerman–82 George Criscuola(“Peter Criss”)–69 Uri Geller–68 Alan Parsons–66 Chris Robinson–48 David Cook–32 Jonah Hill Feldstein–31 Allan Hyde–25 ; 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Urich(1946–2002) ; Cicely Tyson–81 Maurice White–73 Elaine Joyce Pinchot–71 Timothy Reid–70 Christopher Hamill(“Limahl”)–56 Michael Lookinland–54 Jennifer Beals–51 Tilman Schweiger–51 Kristen Swanson–45 Alyssa Milano–42 Rosa Blasi–42 Jacob “Jake” Gyllenhaal–34 ; 1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth “Betty” Grable(1916–1973) ; Keith Richards–71 Steven Spielberg–68 Leonard Maltin–64 Raymond “Ray” Liotta–60 William Bradley Pitt–51 Casper Van Dien Jr–46 Kate Holmes–36 Christina Aguilera–34 ; 1957 – the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went online as engineers synchronized the plant with the distribution grid of Duquesne Light Company. ‪

Happy Birthday RIP David Madden(1931–2014) ; Earnest “Ernie” Hudson–69 Eugene Levy–68 Barry Livingston–61 William “Bill” Pullman–61 Heather Laurie Holden–45 Antonino Giovanni Ribisi–40 Sarah Paulson–40 Milica “Milla” Jovovich–39 ; 1903 – Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Happy Birthday RIP Jane Austen(1775–1817) ; Harry “Ben” Cross–67 William “Billy” Gibbons–65 Sam Robards–53 Benjamin Bratt–51 Jonathan Scarfe–39 Scott Bailey–36 Theodore James Taptiklis–30 Anna Popplewell–26 ; 1773 – The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.

Happy Birthday RIP Jean Paul Getty(1892–1976) ; Thomas “Tim” Conway–81 Donnie Johnson–65 Marta DuBois–62 Garrett Wang–46 Michael Shanks–44 Stuart Townsend–42 Geoffrey Stults–37 Adam Brody–35 Camilla Luddington–31 ; 1939 – “Gone with the Wind” receives its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia.

Happy Birthday RIP Frances Bavier(1902–1989) Lee Remick(1935–1991) ; Anna Marie “Patty” Duke–68 Joyce Vincent Wilson(“Dawn”)–66 Theodore “Ted” Raimi–49 Michael “Matthew” McNulty–32 ; 2000 – The FTC unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.

Happy Birthday Richard “Dick” Van Dyke–89 Arthur “Christopher” Plummer–85 John Davidson–73 Theodore “Ted” Nugent–66 Ben Bernanke–61 Morris Day–58 Steve Buscemi–57 “Jamie Foxx”(Eric Bishop)–47 “NeNe Leakes”(Linnethia Johnson)–47 Taylor Swift–25 ; 1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. Effective two days after today.