Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) ; Norman Lloyd–99 Morley Safer–82 Bonnie Raitt–64 Mary Hart(Harum)–63 Christie Hefner–61 Alfre Woodard–61 “Chi Chi LaRue”(Larry Paciotti)–54 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–52 Craig Chester–48 Gordon Ramsay–47 Parker Posey–45 Gretchen Mol–41 Tara Reid–38 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray

Happy Birthday RIP Dana “Plato” Strain(1964–1999) ; “Joni Mitchell”(Roberta Anderson)–70 Earl Boen–68 David Petraeus–61 Judy Tenuta–57 Christopher Knight–56 Pierre David Guetta–46 Michelle Clunie–44 Jason and Jeremy London–41 ; 1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Henry Dow(1851–1902) ; Sally Field–67 Glenn Frey–65 Maria Shriver–58 Ethan Hawke–43 Rebecca Romijn–41 ; 1860 – Former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the U.S. presidency

Happy Birthday RIP “Roy Rogers”(Leonard Slye 1911–1998) Vivien Leigh Hartley(1913–1967) Herbert Edelman(1933–1996) ; Elke Sommer(von Schletz)–73 Art Garfunkel–72 Samuel Shepard Rogers–70 Bryan Adams–54 Katherine Matilda Swinton–53 Scott Sowers–50 Tatum O’Neal–50 Armin Shimerman–49 Famke Janssen–49 Sam Rockwell–45 Samuel “Page” Elliot–37 Paul Kevin Jonas–26 ; 1935 – Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly.”

Happy Birthday RIP Will Rogers(1879–1935) Art Carney(1918–2003) Walter Cronkite(1916–2009) ; Doris Roberts(Green)–88 Loretta Swit–76 Laura Bush–67 Marjorie “Markie” Post–63 Kathleen Griffin–53 Ralph Macchio–52 Jeff Probst–52 Matthew McConaughey–44 Sean Combs–44 Travis Van Winkle–31 ; 2008 – California voters approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage (Overturned in 2013 by #DOMA ruling)

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Bronson(Buchinsky 1921–2003) Mike Evans(1949–2006) ; Michael Dukakis–80 Ken Berry–80 Tom Savini–67 Roseanne Barr–61 Kate Capshaw(Kathleen Nail)–60 Dennis Miller–60 “Adam Ant”(Stuart Goddard)–59 Kathy Kinney–59 Hans “Dolph” Lundgren–56 ; 1911 – The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant

Happy Birthday RIP Burton Lancaster(1913–1994) ; Stefanie Powers(Stefania Federkiewicz)–71 Kate Linder–66 Kathryn Dawn “k.d.” Lang–52 David Schwimmer–47 Sean Kanan(Perelman)–47 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes–38 Randy Harrison–36 ; 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team

Happy Birthday RIP Marcia Wallace (1942–2013) ; Barbara Bosson–74 Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.–71 Lyle Lovett–56 Rachel Ticotin–55 Anthony Kiedis–51 Antonia “Toni” Collette–41 Jennifer “Jenny” McCarthy–41 Penn Badgley–27 ; 1512 – Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the public ; 1604 – William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London

Happy Birthday RIP John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal(“Lee Grant”)–86 Dan Rather–82 Saul “Ron” Rifkin–74 Sally Kirkland–72 David Ogden Stiers–71 Graham “Stephen” Rea–67 Margaret Jane Pauley–63 Peter Jackson–52 Dermot Mulroney–50 Rob Schneider–49 Robert Van Winkle(“Vanilla Ice”)–46 Adam Bouska–30 Sean Lockhart–27 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States

Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) Edward Lauter(1938–2013) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–74 Henry Winkler–68 Harry Hamlin–62 Juliet Stevenson–57 Kevin Pollak–56 Jack Plotnick–45 Nitara “Nia” Long–43 Matthew Morrison–35 Shaun Sipos–32 ; 1944 – Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp