Happy Birthday RIP Gretchen “Loretta” Young(1913–2000) “Danny Thomas”(Amos Yakhoob Kairouz 1914–1991) Victor Tayback(1930–1990) Bonnie Franklin(1944–2013) ; Rowan Atkinson–60 Scott Bryce–57 Kathy Sledge-56 Daniel Pintauro–39 Jérémie Renier–34 Max Pirkis–26 ; 1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan by Tonya Harding.

Happy Birthday RIP “Jane Wyman”(Sarah Mayfield 1917–2007) “Jeane Dixon”(Lydia Pinckert 1904–1997) ; Walter Mondale–87 Robert Duvall–84 Diane Keaton(Hall)–69 Ted Lange–67 Pamela Sue Martin–62 “Marilyn Manson”(Brian Warner)–46 Bradley Cooper–40 ; 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.

Happy Birthday RIP Sorrell Booke(1930–1994) ; Barbara Rush–88 “Dyan Cannon”(Samile Friesen)–78 Bernard Sumner(Dicken)–59 Ann Magnuson–59 Matthew Frewer–57 Denise Matthews(“Vanity”)–56 John Michael Stipe–55 David Foley–52 Dorothy “Dot” Jones–51 Julia Ormond–50 Adam Trese–46 August Diehl–39 Aaron Schwartz–34 ; 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York, New York.

Happy Birthday RIP John Ronald Reuel Tolkien(1892–1973) “Pola Negri”(Barbara Chalupiec 1897–1987); Salvatore “Robert” Loggia–85 Dabney Coleman–84 Victoria Principale–65 Brian Bruce(LaBruce)–51 Jason Marsden–30 ; 1938 – The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt ; 1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated.

Happy Birthday RIP Joan Winnifrith(“Anna Lee” 1913–2004) Isaak Ozimov(1920–1992) ; James Marshall(Goldblatt)–48 Cuba Gooding Jr.–47 Patrick Huard–46 Dax Shepard–40 Catherine “Kate” Bosworth–32 ; 1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.

Happy Birthday RIP John Edgar Hoover(1895–1972) “Carole Landis”(Francis Ridste 1919–1948) ; Frank Langella–77 Joseph Saddler(“Grandmaster Flash”)–57 Verne Troyer–46 William Jonas Armstrong–34 ; 1890 – The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, is held for first time ; 1892 – Ellis Island in New York City opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States ; 1983 – APRANET officially begins using TCP/IP, thus creating Internet.

Happy Birthday RIP “John Denver”(Henry Deutschendorf 1943–1997) “Donna Summer”(LaDonna Gaines 1949–2012) ; Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins–77 “Ben Kingsley”(Krishna Bhanji)–71 Diane Von Furstenberg(Halfin)–68 Timothy Matthieson–66 Beatrice “Bebe” Neuwirth–56 Val Kilmer–55 Michael McDonald–50 Joseph “Joey” McIntyre–42 ; 1983 – The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government due to antitrust laws.

Happy Birthday RIP “Jack Lord”(John Ryan 1920–1998) “Bo Diddley”(Ellas Bates 1928–2008) David “Davy” Jones(1945–2012) ; James Burrows–74 Meredith Vieira–61 Matthew Lauer–57 Tracey Ullman–55 Heidi Fleiss–49 Jason Behr–41 Eldrick “Tiger” Woods–40 Kristin Kreuk–32 ; 1940 – California’s first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened.

Happy Birthday Inga Swenson–82 Mary Tyler Moore–78 Jonathan “Jon” Voight–76 Edward “Ted” Danson–67 Yvonne Elliman–63 Paula Poundstone–55 Patricia Clarkson–55 Andrew “Andy” Wachowski–47 David Jude Law–42 ; 1851 – The first American Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was organized, in Boston Massachusetts.

Happy Birthday Stanley “Lee” Lieber–92 Martin Milner–83 Grace “Nichelle” Nichols–82 Dame Margaret “Maggie” Smith–80 Denzel Washington Jr.–60 Terri Garber–54 Hugh Malcolm Gets–50 Seth Meyers–41 Brendan Hines–38 ; 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.