Happy Birthday RIP Pearl Bailey(1918–1990) ; Judith Guest–78 Evangelos “Vangelis” Papathanassiou–71 Eric Idle–71 Marina Sirtis–59 “Perry Farrell”(Peretz Bernstein)–55 Amy Sedaris–53 “Elle Macpherson”(Eleanor Gow)–50 Michel Hazanavicius–47 “Lucy Lawless”(Lucille Ryan)–46 ; 1882 – The Knights of Columbus are established. ; 1971 – A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers

Happy Birthday Dianne Wiest–66 Reba McEntire–59 Bart Conner–56 Vince Vaughn–45 Julia Stiles–33 Stefani Germanotta(“Lady Gaga”)–28 ; 1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial melt down.

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Frederick Henry Royce(1863–1933) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe(1886–1969) Gloria Swanson(Svensson 1899 –1983); Art Evans–72 Quentin Tarantino–51 David Koz–51 Mariah Carey–45 Kevin Corrigan–45 Nathan Fillion–43 Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson–39 ; 1794 – President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy. 

Happy Birthday RIP Thomas “Tennessee” Williams III(1911–1983) ; Leonard Nimoy–83 Alan Arkin–80 James Caan–74 Nancy Pelosi–74 Diana Ross–70 Steven Tyler(Tallarico)–66 Vicki Lawrence(Axelrad)–65 Martin Short–64 Leeza Gibbons–57 Jennifer Grey–54 Theodore “T.R.” Knight–41 Larry Page–41 Keira Knightley–29 ; 1979 – Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C. 

Happy Birthday RIP Howard Cosell(Cohen 1918–1995) ; Eugene Shalit–89 Gloria Steinem–80 Aretha Franklin–72 Paul Manfred Glaser–71 Sir “Elton John”(Reginald Dwight)–67 Bonnie Bedelia Culkin–66 Mary Gross–61 Marcia Cross–51 Sarah Jessica Parker–49 Sean Faris–40 Lee Pace–35 Danica Patrick–32 ; 1913 – The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP “Harry Houdini”(Erich Weiss 1874–1926) Terence Steve McQueen(1930–1980) Norman Feld(“Fell” 1924–1998) ; Robert “Bob” Mackie–74 Thomas Hilfiger–63 Louie Anderson–61 Robert Carradine–60 Donna Pescow–60 Steve Ballmer–58 Kelly LeBrock–54 Gabriele Kerner(“Nena”)–54 Starlet “Star” Jones–52 Lara Flynn Boyle–44 James Parsons–41 ; 1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground “Rapid Transit Railroad” that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Happy Birthday RIP “Joan Crawford”(Lucille LeSueur 1906–1977) ; “Marty Allen”(Morton Alpern)–92 Richard Otcasek–65 “Chaka Khan”(Yvette Stevens)–61 Kenneth Cole–60 Amanda Plummer–57 Catherine Keener–55 Marc Cherry–52 Hope Davis–50 Richard Grieco Jr–49 Keri Russell–38 “Perez Hilton”(Mario Lavandeira Jr)–36 ; 1857 – Elisha Otis’s first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP Leonard “Chico” Marx (1887–1961) Louis L’Amour(LaMoore 1908–1988) Marcel Marceau(Mangel 1923–2007) “Karl Malden”(Mladen Sekulovich 1912–2009) ; William Shatner–83 Michael Emmet Walsh–79 George Benson–71 Wolf Blitzer–66 Andrew Lloyd Webber–66 Robert “Bob” Costas–62 Lena Olin–59 Stephanie Mills–57 Matthew Modine–55 Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon–38 ; 1882 – Congress outlawed polygamy ; 1963 – The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom

Happy Birthday RIP James Coco(1930–1987) ; Timothy Dalton–70 “Eddie Money”(Edward Mahoney)–65 Leonard Gary Oldman–56 Sabrina Le Beauf–56 Matthew Broderick–52 Roseann “Rosie” O’Donnell–52 ; 1963 – Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates ; 2006 – Jack Dorsey sends first Twitter message “just setting up my twttr”

Happy Birthday RIP Fred Rogers(1928–2003) ; Carl Reiner–92 Hal Linden(Harold Lipshitz)–83 Martin Brian Mulroney–75 John de Lancie–66 William Hurt–64 Shelton “Spike” Lee–57 Holly Hunter–56 Kathleen “Kathy” Ireland–51 Michael Rapaport–44 Dean Geyer–28 ; 1816 – The Supreme Court affirmed its right to review state court decisions ; 1997 – Liggett Group settled 22 state lawsuits by admitting the industry markets cigarettes to teenagers and agreeing to warn on every pack that smoking is addictive!