Happy Birthday Grace “Nichelle” Nichols–80  Dame Margaret “Maggie” Smith–78 Denzel Washington–58 Terri Garber–52 Seth Meyers–39 Brendan Hines–36 David Archuleta–22 ; 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Pasteur(1822–1895) Marie “Marlene” Dietrich(1901–1992) Heather O’Rourke(1975–1988) ; John Amos–73 Cokie Roberts(Mary Boggs)–69 Gérard Depardieu–64 Wilson Echevarrí(“Cruz”)–39 Masa Oka(岡 政偉)–38 ; 1932 – Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP Steve Allen(1921–2000) Irwin Kniberg(Alan King 1926–2004) ; Harvey “Phil” Spector–76 Osborn “Ozzie” Smith–58 David Sedaris–56 Richard “Reichen” Lehmkuhl–39; 1865 – James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for the coffee percolator ; 1933 – FM radio is patented

Happy Birthday RIP Humphrey Bogart(1899–1957) Rodman Serling(1924–1975) Tony Martin(Alvin Morris 1913–2012) ; Gary Sandy–67 Barbara Mandrell–64 Mary “Sissy” Spacek–63 Annie Lennox–58 Florian Armstrong(“Dido”)–41 Dylan Vox–38; 1818 – “Silent Night” was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria. #JoyeuxNoel 

Happy Birthday RIP Ava Gardner(1922–1990) ; Mary Teresa Higgins–85 Karl Diedrich Bader–46 Enrique Martín Morales(Ricky Martin)–41 Jeremy Greenberg(Davidson)–41 Ryan Seacrest–38 ; 1851 – Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes. ; 1955 NORAD tracks Santa Claus.

Happy Birthday RIP Corey Haim(1971–2010) ; Japanese Emperor Akihito(昭仁)–79 Bob Kahn–74 Harry Shearer–69 Susan Lucci–66 Eddie Vedder(Edward Severson III)–48 ; 1913 – The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve Bank.

Happy Birthday RIP Barbara Billingsley(Combes 1915–2010) Gene Rayburn(Gene Rubessa 1917–1999) Maurice and Robin  Gibb(1949–2003,2012) ; Hector Elizondo–76 Lila Diane Sawyer–67 Ralph Fiennes–50 Heather Donahue–39 ; 1851 – The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.

Happy Birthday RIP Frank Zappa(1940–1993) ; Phil Donahue–77 Jane Fonda–75 Samuel L. Jackson–64 Ray Romano–55 Andy Dick–47 Kiefer Sutherland–46 ; 1913 – The first crossword puzzle was published, in New York World.

Happy Birthday John Hillerman–80 George Criscuola(“Peter Criss”)–67 Uri Geller–66 Alan Parsons–64 Chris Robinson–46 David Cook–30 Jonah Hill Feldstein–29 Allan Hyde–23 ; 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Urich(1946–2002) ; Cicely Tyson–79 Maurice White–71 Elaine Joyce Pinchot–69 Tim Reid–68 Mike Lookinland–52 Jennifer Beals–49 Tilman Schweiger–49 Kristy Swanson–43 Alyssa Milano–40 Rosa Blasi–40 Jacob Gyllenhaal–32 ; 1843 Charles Dickens’ Yuletide tale, “A Christmas Carol,” was first published in Britain.