Happy Birthday RIP Clifford Robertson(1923–2011) ; Chaim Topol–79 Joseph Theismann–65 Thomas Wopat–63 Hugh Grant–54 Adam Sandler–48 Goran Višnjić–42 Michael Bublé–39 ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America(RCA).

Happy Birthday RIP May McAvoy(1899–1984) Richard “Peter” Sellers(1925–1980) Virginia Hensley(“Patsy Cline” 1932–1963) Isaac “Sid” Caesar(1922–2014) ; Aimee Mann–54 David Lee Smith–51 Kimberly Peirce–47 Martin Freeman–43 David Arquette–43 Alecia “Pink” Moore–35 Jonathan Taylor Thomas(Weiss)–33 Steven “Jake” Sandvig–28 ; 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

Happy Birthday RIP John Pierpont “Jack” Morgan, Jr.(1867–1943) Charles Holley(“Buddy Holly” 1936–1959) William Jermaine Stewart(1957–1997) ; Gloria Gaynor(Fowles)–65 Julie Kavner–64 Christine “Chrissie” Hynde–63 Michael Emerson–60 Corbin Bernsen–60 Diane Farr–45 Thomas Everett Scott–44 Oliver Hudson–38 Devoto ; 1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers’ compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

Happy Birthday Jo Anne Worley–77 George Roger Waters–71 Swoosie Kurtz–70 Jane Curtin–67 Patricia “Patti” Yasutake–61 Anne Lockhart(Maloney)–61 Patrick O’Hearn–60 Jeffrey Foxworthy–56 Rosa “Rosie” Perez–50 Natalie McIntyre(“Macy Gray”)–45 Cecilia “CeCe” Peniston–45 ; 1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders.

Happy Birthday RIP “Freddie Mercury”(Farrokh Bulsara 1946–1991) ; George Robert Newhart–85 William Devane–75 Raquel Welch(Jo Tejada)–74 Michael Keaton(Douglas)–63 Peter Wingfield–52 Rose McGowan–41 Ian Nelson–32 ; 1957 – “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, the defining novel of the Beat Generation, was published.

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Ford II(1917–1987) Richard “Dick” York(1928–1992) ; “Mitzi Gaynor”(Francesca von Gerber)–83 Dr. David Drew Pinsky–56 Damon Wayans–54 Wesley Bentley–36 Beyoncé Knowles–33 ; 1781 – Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers ; 1957 – Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel line.

Happy Birthday RIP Alan Ladd(1913–1964) Verla Eileen Brennan(1932–2013) “Kitty Carlisle”(Catherine Conn 1910–2007) ; Anna “Anne” Jackson–88 Valerie Perrine–71 Adam Curry–50 “Charlie Sheen”(Carlos Estevez)–49 Trevor St. John–43 Samuel “Nick” Wechsler–36 David Moretti–33 Garrett Hedlund–30 ; 1951 – The first long-running American soap opera, “Search for Tomorrow”, airs its first episode on the CBS television network.

Happy Birthday RIP Meinhardt Raabe(“Munchkin Coroner” 1915–2010) Christa McAuliffe(1948–1986) ; Mary Jo Catlett–76 Terry Bradshaw–66 Thomas Mark Harmon–63 James “Jimmy” Connors–62 Keanu Reeves–50 Salma Hayek Jiménez–48 Charles “Tuc” Watkins III–48 Salvatore “Vincent DePaul” Zannino–46 ; 1789 – The U.S. Treasury Department was established.

Happy Birthday RIP “Yvonne De Carlo”(Margaret Middleton 1922–2007) Richard Farnsworth(1920–2000) ; Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin–75 Barry Gibb–68 Dr. Phil McGraw–64 Gloria Estefan(Garcia)–57 Burn Gorman–40 Robert Scott Speedman–39 Robert Boyd Holbrook–33 ; 1939 – Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn III(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–69 Isaac Perlman–69 George Ivan Morrison–69 Richard Gere–65 Julie Brown–60 Jonathan LaPaglia–45 Deborah Gibson–44 Chris Tucker–42 ; 1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector. ; 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.