Happy Birthday RIP Margaret “Dorothy” Comingore (1913–1971) “Penny Edwards”(Millicent Edwards 1928–1998) ; Anne Archer–66 Stephen Fry–56 Steve Guttenberg–55 Craig Kilborn–51 Marlee Matlin–48 David Chappelle–40 Simon “James” D’Arcy–38 Chad Michael Murray–32 Rupert Grint–25 ; 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera
August 23
Happy Birthday RIP Gene Kelly(1912–1996) River Phoenix(Bottom 1970–1993) ; Vera “Miles” Ralston–84 Barbara “Eden” Moorhead–82 Richard Sanders–73 Richard Springthorpe(“Rick Springfield”)–64 Shelley Long–64 Jon “Jay” Mohr–43 Scott Caan–37 Kobe Bryant–35 ; 1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented
August 22
Happy Birthday RIP Helene “Leni” Riefenstahl(1902–2003) Ray Bradbury(1920–2012) ; Valerie Harper–74 Cindy Williams–66 Myra “Tori” Amos–50 Richard Armitage–42 Kristen Wiig–40 ; 1902 – President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public
August 20
Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Bergman(“Alan Reed” 1907–1977) Isaac Hayes(1942–2008) ; Don King–82 Constance “Connie” Chung Povich(宗毓華)–67 Robert Plant–65 Albert “Al” Roker–59 James Marsters–51 Drew Waters–40 Amy Adams–39 Benjamin Barnes–32 ; 1920 – First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.
August 19
Happy Birthday RIP Gene Roddenberry(1921–1991) ; Diana Muldaur–75 Jill St. John(Jill Oppenheim)–73 William Jefferson Blythe(Bill Clinton)–67 Mary “Tipper” Gore–65 Jonathan Frakes-61 Peter Gallagher–58 John Stamos–50 Kyra Sedgwick–48 Kevin Dillon–48 Matthew Perry–44 ; 1929 – The comedy “Amos ‘n’ Andy” made its network radio debut on NBC ; 2004 – Internet search engine Google went public.
August 18
Happy Birthday RIP “Shelley Winters”(Shirley Schrift 1920–2006) Patrick Swayze(1952–2009) ; Eleanor Rosalynn Carter–86 “Roman Polanski”(Rajmund Liebling)–80 Charles Robert Redford–76 Martin Mull–70 Elayne Boosler–61 Denis Leary–56 Christian Slater–44 Edward Norton–44 Malcolm-Jamal Warner–43 Andy Samberg–35 ; 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium
August 16
Happy Birthday RIP Fess Parker(1924–2010) Edith Gormezano(“Eydie Gormé” 1928–2013) ; Frank Gifford–83 Julia Newmeyer(“Julie Newmar”)–80 Lesley Ann Warren–67 Kathie Lee Gifford(Epstein)–60 James Cameron–59 Madonna Louise Ciccone–55 Angela Bassett–55 Timothy Hutton–53 Steve Carell–51 Cameron Gigandet–31 Cameron Monaghan–20 ; 1954 – Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc. ; 1977 – Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42. The bathroom where the body was found is closed to the public.
August 15
Happy Birthday RIP Julia Child(McWilliams 1912–2004) ; Rose Marie Mazetta–90 “Mike Connors”(Krekor Ohanian)–88 Patricia Priest–77 Linda Ellerbee(Smith)–69 Princess Anne Windsor–63 Tess Harper(Washam)–63 Željko Ivanek–56 Debra Messing–45 Ben Affleck–41 Joe Jonas–24 Jennifer Lawrence–23 ; 1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood California