Happy Birthday Geoffrey Lewis–79 Michael Biehn–58 Wesley Snipes–52 Joanne “J.K.” Rowling–49 Dean “Cain” Tanaka–48 Rudolf Martin–47 Loren Dean Jovicic–45 Emily “Eve” Best–43 Benjamin “B.J.” Novak–35 Eric Lively–33 ; 1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed JFK International Airport) is dedicated.
July 30
Happy Birthday RIP Henry Ford(1863–1947) ; Paul Anka–73 David Sanborn–69 Arnold Schwarzenegger–67 Delta Burke–58 Catherine “Kate” Bush–56 Laurence Fishburne–53 Lisa Kudrow–51 Vivica A. Fox–50 Simon Baker–45 Christopher Nolan–44 Michael “Tom” Green–43 Hilary Swank–40 Damon Wayans–32 ; 1965 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare.
July 29
Happy Birthday RIP Clara Bow(1905–1965) “Theda Bara” Theodosia Goodman(1885–1955) Peter Jennings(1938–2005) ; Gary “Geddy Lee” Weinrib–61 Ian Roberts–49 Rodney Allen Rippy–46 Richard “Wil” Wheaton–42 Stephen Dorff–41 Allison Mack–33 ; 1914 – Transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco.
July 28
Happy Birthday RIP Hubert “Rudy” Vallée(1901–1986) Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy(1929–1994) ; Sally Struthers–67 Duncan Dickie Ebersol–67 Georgia Engel–66 Lori Loughlin–50 Robert “Alexis” Arquette–45 Elizabeth Berkley–42 ; 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
July 27
Happy Birthday Norman Lear–92 Peggy Fleming–66 Julian McMahon–46 Maya Rudolph–42 Jonathan Rhys Meyers(O’Keefe)–37 Taylor Schilling–30 ; 1940 – Bugs Bunny made his debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon “A Wild Hare.”
July 26
Happy Birthday RIP George Bernard Shaw(1856–1950) Stanley Kubrick(1928–1999) Vivian Vance(Jones 1909–1979) ; Sir Michael “Mick” Jagger–71 “Helen Mirren”(Ilyena Mironoff)–69 Susan George–64 Dorothy Hamill–58 Nana Visitor(Tucker)–57 Kevin Spacey Fowler–55 Sandra Bullock–50 Jeremy Piven–48 Olivia Williams–46 Chris Pirillo–41 ; 1947 – President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
July 25
Happy Birthday RIP Brad Renfro(1982–2008) Estelle Getty(Scher-Gettleman 1923–2008) “Jack Gilford”(Jacob Gellman 1908–1990) ; Verdine White–63 Iman Abdulmajid–59 Illeana Douglas(Hesselberg)–49 Matt LeBlanc–47 “Tera Patrick”(Linda Hopkins)–38 ; 1956 – 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51 people
July 24
Happy Birthday RIP Bella Savitsky Abzug(1920–1998) ; Ruth Buzzi–78 Chris Sarandon–72 Leo Gallagher–68 Robert Hays–67 Linda Carter–63 Gus Van Sant–62 Kristi Dawn Chenoweth–47 Jennifer Lopez–45 Anna Paquin–32 ; 1969 – Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.
July 23
Happy Birthday RIP Helen Martin(1909–2000) Bernard “Bert” Convy(1933–1991) Philip Seymour Hoffman(1967–2014) ; Daniel “Ronny” Cox–76 Edie McClurg–63 Woodrow “Woody” Harrelson–53 Erik La Salle–52 Saul Hudson(“Slash”)–49 Marlon Wayans–42 Tenitra Michelle Williams–34 Daniel Radcliffe–25 ; 1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
July 22
Happy Birthday RIP Dan Rowan(1922–1987) ; “Orson Bean”(Dallas Burroughs)–86 Óscar Aristides de la Renta Fiallo–82 Estelle Louise Fletcher–80 Terence Stamp–76 Giorgi “Alex” Trebek–74 Danny Glover–68 Donald Henley–67 William “Willem” Dafoe–59 Keith “Sweat”(Crier)–53 John Leguizamo–50 David Spade–50 Colin Ferguson–42 Franka Potente–40 : 1934 – Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater, “Public Enemy No. 1” John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.