Happy Birthday RIP Orvon “Gene” Autry(1907–1998) Madeline Kahn(Wolfson 1942–1999) Larry Linville(1939–2000) ; Jerry Lee Lewis–79 Ian McShane–72 Bryant Gumbel–66 Andrew “Dice” Clay Silverstein–57 Roger Bart–52 Jill Whelan–48 Luke Goss–46 Zachary Levi Pugh–34 ; 1951 – The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.

Happy Birthday RIP Seymour Cray (1925–1996) Edward “Ed” Sullivan(1901–1974) James “J.T.” Walsh(1943–1998) ; Brigitte Bardot–80 Jeffrey Jones–68 Jane “Janeane” Garofalo–50 Leilani Sarelle Figalan–48 Mira Sorvino–47 Naomi Watts–46 Daniel Bonjour–33 Hilary Duff–27 ; 1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.

Happy Birthday RIP Will Sampson(1933–1987) Donald Cornelius(1936–2012) “William Conrad”(John Cann 1920–1994) ; “Jayne Meadows”(Jane Cotter)–94 Anthony Wilford Brimley–80 Marvin Aday(“Meatloaf”)–67 Elizabeth “Liz” Torres–67  Shaun Cassidy–56 Christopher Cousins–54 William Patrick Muldoon III–46 Phoebe Price–42 Gwyneth Paltrow–42 Avril Lavigne–30 ; 1905 – The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc².

Happy Birthday RIP Patrick O’Neal(1927–1994) Joyce Jameson(1932–1987) ; “Donna Douglas”(Dorothy Smith)–81 Anne Robinson–70 Olivia Newton-John–66 Linda Hamilton–58 Melissa Sue Anderson–52 James Caviezel–46 Mark Famiglietti–35 Jessie Pavelka–32 ; 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General. ‪#‎YouAreTheWeakestLink‬

Happy Birthday RIP Christopher Reeve(1952–2004) Juliet Prowse(1936–1996) William Faulkner(1897–1962) ; Barbara Walters–85 Michael Douglas–70 Cheryl Tiegs–67 Anson William Heimlich–65 Mark Hamill–63 Michael Madsen–57 Heather Locklear–53 Tate Donovan–51 Willard “Will” Smith–46 Catherine Jones(Douglas)–45 Hal Harry Sparks III–45 ; 1493 – Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

Happy Birthday RIP Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald(1896–1940) Audra Lindley(1918–1997) Phillip Hartmann(1948–1998) Jim Henson(1936–1990) ; Antonia “Nia” Vardalos–52 Kevin Sorbo–56 Andrew Leeds–36 Jason Sarcinelli–36 Justin Bruening–35 ; 1968 – 60 Minutes debuts on CBS. ; 1979 – Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service(“email”).

Happy Birthday RIP Ray Charles Robinson(1930–2004) “Mickey Rooney”(Ninian Yule 1920–2014) ;  Julio Iglesias de la Cueva–71 Mary Kay Place–67 Bruce Springsteen–65 “Rosalind” Chao(Chao Jyalin)–57 Jason Alexander(Greenspan)–55 Kenneth “Chi” McBride–53 Alexander Proyas–51 Anthony Mackie–35 ; 1846 – The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

Happy Birthday RIP Erich von Stroheim(1885–1957) John Houseman(Jacques Haussmann 1902–1988) ; Thomas “Tommy” Lasorda–87 Antonia Basilotta(“Toni Basil”)–71 David Coverdale–63 Shari Belafonte–60 Deborah “Debby” Boone–58 Joan Jett(Larkin)–56 Scott Baio–54 Laura Vandervoort–30 ; 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

Happy Birthday RIP Charles M Jones(1912–2002) “Henry Gibson”(James Bateman 1935–2009) Larry Hagman(1931–2012) ; “Fannie Flagg”(Patricia Neal)–70 Stephen King–67 William “Bill” Murray–64 Ethan Coen–57 Robert Morrow–52 “Faith Hill”(Audrey Perry)–47 Ricki Lake–46 Lucas “Luke” Wilson–43 Nicole Richie(Escovedo)–33 Maggie Grace Denig–31 ; 1957 – “Perry Mason,” starring Raymond Burr, premiered on CBS.

Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878–1968) Jonathan Hardy(1940–2012) ; Anne Meara–85 “Sophia Loren”(Sofia Scicolone)–80 Karen Sharpe–80 “Candy Spelling”(Carole Marer)–69 George Raymond Martin–66 Gary Cole–58 Joseph Lyle Taylor–50 Brad Beyer–41 Jon Bernthal–37 Charlie Weber–37 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts