Happy Birthday RIP Myron “Mike” Wallace(1918–2012) ; Albert Finney–78 Candice Bergen–68 William “Billy” Joel–65 Tom Petersson–64 John Corbett Jr–53 Chris Diamantopoulos–39 ; 1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes

Happy Birthday RIP Harry Truman(1884-1972) ; Don Rickles–88 Cathryn “Toni” Tennille–74 “Gary Glitter”(Paul Gadd)–70 Philip Bailey–63 Alexander “Alex” Van Halen–61 Melissa Gilbert–50 Enrique Iglesias Preysler–39 Stephen Amell–33 ; 1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.

Happy Birthday RIP Anne Baxter(1923–1985) Frank “Gary” Cooper(1901–1961) Robert Hegyes(1951–2012) ; Thelma Houston(Jackson)–68 Nora Kuzma(“Traci Lords”)–46 Ivan Sergei Gaudio–43 Breckin Meyer–40 Alexander Ludwig–22 ; 1846 – The Cambridge Chronicle, America’s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; 1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.

Happy Birthday RIP Sigismund Freud(1856–1939) Rodolfo di Valentina d’Antonguolla(“Rudy Valentino” 1895–1926) George Orson Welles(1915–1985) ; Willie Mays–83 Robert “Bob” Seger–69 Anthony Blair–61 Thomas Bergeron–59 George Clooney–53 Gabourey Sidibe–31 Adrianne Palicki–31 ; 1889 – The Paris Exposition opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower ; 1937 – the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 of the 97 people on board.

Happy Birthday RIP “Tammy Wynette”(Virginia Pugh 1942–1998) ; Michael Palin–71 Jonathon Rhys-Davies–70 Kurt Loder–69 Brian Williams–55 Kristina “Tina” Yothers–41 Henry Cavill–31 Adele Adkins–26 ;  1925 –  John T. Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution ; 1934 – The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters, is released.

Happy Birthday RIP Audrey Hepburn(Ruston 1929–1993) Paul Gleason(1939–2006) ; Richard Jenkins–66 Pia Zadora(Schipani)–59 Randy Travis(Traywick)–54 Mary Beth McDonough–52 Ana Gasteyer–46 William “Will” Arnett–43 Michael Pritchard(“Mike Dirnt”)–41 James Lance Bass–34 ; 1959 – The 1st Grammy Awards are held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Album of the Year was awarded to Henry Mancini.

Happy Birthday RIP James Brown(1933–2006) ; Ann B. Davis–88 Francis Castelluccio(“Frankie Valli”)–80 Chris Mulkey–66 Christopher Cross(Geppert)–63 Bobby Cannavale–44 ; 1802 – Washington, D.C., was incorporated ; 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.

Happy Birthday RIP Harry “Bing” Crosby(1903–1977) “Hedda Hopper”(Elda Furry 1885–1966) ; “Engelbert Humperdinck”(Arnold Dorsey)–78 Bianca Macias(“Jagger”)–69 Louis Grammatico(“Lou Gramm”)–64 Christine Baranski–62 Donatella Versace–59 Dwayne Johnson–42 “Pandora Boxx”(Michael Steck)–42 David Beckham–39 ; 1932 – Jack Benny’s first radio show debuted on the NBC Blue Network.

Happy Birthday RIP Gwyllyn “Glenn” Ford(1916–2006) Jack Paar(1918–2004) ; Richard J. Riordan–84 Judith Collins–75 Rita Coolidge–69 Joanna Lumley–68 Ray Parker Jr.–60 Samuel “Tim” McGraw–47 Wesley Anderson–45 ; 1941 – The Orson Welles film “Citizen Kane” premiered in New York.

Happy Birthday RIP “Eve Arden”(Eunice Quedens 1908–1990) “Al Lewis”(Alexander Meister 1923–2006) Gary Collins(1938–2012) ; Cloris Leachman–88 Willie Nelson–81 Adrian Pasdar–49 Jeffrey Timmons–41 Johnny Galecki–39 Kirsten Dunst–32 Dianna Agron–28 ; 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor