Happy Birthday RIP John Winston Lennon(1940–1980) ; Clyde Jackson Browne–66 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)–62 Anthony Shalhoub–61 John O’Hurley–60 Scott Bakula–60 Sean Lennon–39 Brandon Routh–35 ; 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in New Haven. ; 1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.

Happy Birthday Rona Barrett(Burstein)–78 Paul Hogan–75 Cornelius “Chevy” Chase–71 Sarah Purcell–66 Susan “Sigourney” Weaver–65 Darrell Hammond–59 Stephanie Zimbalist–58 Matthew Damon–44 ; 1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.

Happy Birthday RIP “June Allyson”(Eleanor Geisman 1917–2006) ; “Joy Behar”(Josephina Occhiuto)–72 John Mellencamp–63 Judy Landers(Hamburg)–56 Simon Cowell–55 Dylan Baker–55 Dan Savage–50 Toni Braxton–48 Shawn Ashmore–35 ; 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.

Happy Birthday RIP Laura “Janet” Gainor(1906–1984) “Carole Lombard”(Jane Peters 1908–1942) ; Kevin Cronin–63 Elisabeth Shue–51 Ioan Gruffudd–41 Jeffrey Bryan Davis–41 Jeremy Sisto–40 Wesley Ramsey–37 Olivia Thirlby–28 ; 1927 – The era of talking motion pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, the first prominent talking movie

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond “Ray” Kroc(1902–1984) Larry Fine(Louis Feinberg 1902–1975) Jeffery Conaway(1950–2011) ; Steven Miller–71 Karen Allen–63 Harold Faltermeier–62 Clive Barker–62 Guy Pearce–47 Kate Winslet–39 Jesse Palmer–36 Jesse Eisenberg–31 ; 1947 President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised address from the White House.

Happy Birthday RIP Joseph “Buster” Keaton(1895–1966) ; “Anne Rice”(Howard O’Brien)–73 Susan Sarandon(Tomalin)–68 Armand Assante–65 Christopher Waltz–58 Bill Fagerbakke–57 “Jon Secada”(Juan Martínez)–53 Isaac Liev Schreiber–47 Alicia Silverstone–38 Rachael Leigh Cook–35 ; 1957 – “Leave It to Beaver” premiered on CBS.

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene “Gore” Vidal(1925–2012) ; “Chubby Checker”(Ernest Evans)–73 Uwe “Roy” Horn–70 Lindsey Buckingham–65 Pamela Hensley–64 Peter “Jack” Wagner–55 “Tommy Lee”(Thomas Bass)–52 Clive Owen–50 Gwen Stefani–45 Neve Campbell–41 Lena Headey–41 Sean William Scott–38 “Jake Shears”(Jason Sellards)–36 Ashley Simpson–30 ; 1955 – “Captain Kangaroo” premiered on CBS and “The Mickey Mouse Club” premiered on ABC. ‪

Happy Birthday RIP Mohandas Gandhi(1869–1948) William “Bud” Abbott(1895–1974) Henry Graham Greene(1904–1991) Julius “Groucho” Marx(1890–1977) ; Rex Reed–76 Donna Karan–66 Avery Brooks–66 Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz–65 Mike Rutherford–64 “Sting”(Gordon Sumner)–63 Lorraine Bracco–60 Robbie Nevil–56 Kelly Ripa–44 Tiffany Darwisch–43 ; 1950 The comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz was first published. ; 1959 “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS.

Happy Birthday RIP George Peppard(1928–1994) Walter Matthow(1920–2000) Thomas Bosley(1927–2010) ; James Earl Carter Jr.–90 Julie Andrews(Julia Wells)–79 Randall Quaid–64 Elizabeth Dennehy–54 Mark McGwire–51 Theodore King–49 Cindy Margolis–49 Zacharius Galifianakis–45 Rupert Friend–33 ; 1908 – Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825.

Happy Birthday RIP Truman Capote(Persons 1924–1984) ; Angie Dickinson(Angeline Brown)–83  Johnny Mathis–78 Marilyn McCoo–70 Countess Roza-Marie Lubienska(“Rula Lenska”)–67 Barry Williams(Blenkhorn)–60 Patrice Rushen–60 Francine Drescher–57 Eric Stoltz–53 Marion Cotillard–40 ; 1960 – The Flintstones premieres on ABC TV (Originally called “Flagstones” in 1959 pilot).