Happy Birthday RIP “Mark Twain”(Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835–1910) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1874–1965) Richard “Dick” Clark(1929–2012) ; Robert Guillaume(Williams)–86 Sir Ridley Scott–76 Mandel Patinkin–61 “Billy Idol”(William Broad)–58 “Stacey Q” Swain–55 Benjamin Stiller–48 “Clay Aiken”(Clayton Grissom)–35 ; 1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world’s largest company

Happy Birthday Jacques René Chirac–81 “Diane Ladd”(Rose Ladnier)–81 Chuck Mangione–73 Suzanne “Suzy” Chaffee–67 Garry Shandling–64 Joel Coen–59 Howard Mandel–58 Cathy Moriarty–53 Thomas Sizemore–52 Andrew McCarthy–51 Donald Cheadle–49 Jonathan Knight–45 Anna Faris–37 ; 1877 – Thomas Alva Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time with the words “Mary Had A Little Lamb” reproduced.

Happy Birthday RIP “Anna Nicole Smith”(Vickie Hogan 1967–2007) ; Randy Newman–70 Paul Shaffer–64 Edward Harris–63 Judd Nelson–54 Jon Stewart(Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz)–51 Ryan Kwanten–37 Aaron Coady(“Sharon Needles”)–32 Alan Ritchson–29 ; 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance.

Happy Birthday RIP Bruce Lee(李小龍 1940–1973) Johnny “Jimi” Hendrix(1942–1970) Eddie Rabbitt(1941–1998) ; William Fichtner–57 Robin Givens–49 Michael Vartan–45 Jaleel White–37 ; 1910 – New York’s Penn Station opened ; 1924 – 1st Macys Thanksgiving Parade

Happy Birthday RIP Charles M Schulz(1922–2000) Robert Goulet(1933–2007) ; Rich Little–75 “Tina Turner”(Anna Bullock)–74 Mark Margolis–74 Adam Harrington–41 Peter Facinelli–40 Natasha Bedingfield–32 ; 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded

Happy Birthday RIP Ricardo Montalbán y Merino(1920–2009) Giuseppe “Joe” DiMaggio(1914–1999) ; Benjamin Stein–69 John Larroquette–66 Amy Grant–53 Stacy Lattisaw–47 Jillian Hennessy–45 Christina Applegate–42 Jerry Ferrara–34 ; 1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm otherwise known at the time as the “Storm of the Century”, strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City. This storm also brings blizzard conditions to the Appalachian Mountains and Ohio Valley, becoming one of the worst storms of all time. 353 people die in the event.

Happy Birthday RIP Geraldine Fitzgerald(1913–2005) ; William “Billy” Connolly–71 William “Dwight” Schultz–66 Denise Crosby–56 Garret Dillahunt–49 Colin Hanks(Dillingham)–36 Katherine Heigl–35 ; 1859 – Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology

Happy Birthday RIP “Boris Karloff”(William Pratt 1887–1969) Adolph “Harpo” Marx(1888–1964) Michael Gough(1916–2011) Steve Landesberg(1936–2010) ; Bruce Vilanch–65 Bruce Hornsby–59 Christopher Hardwick–42 Destiny “Miley” Cyrus–21 ; 1889 The jukebox made its debut, at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Happy Birthday RIP “Rodney Dangerfield”(Jacob Cohen 1921–2004) ; Robert Vaughn–81 Billie Jean King(Moffit)–70 Jamie Leigh Curtis–55 Mariel Hemingway–52 Stephen Geoffreys–49 Boris Becker–46 Mark Ruffalo–46 Scarlett Johansson–29 ; 1963 – President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas Texas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States.

Happy Birthday RIP Stan Musial(1920–2013) ; Margaret “Marlo” Thomas–76 Harold Ramis–69 Goldie Hawn–68 Lorna Luft–61 Colette “Nicollette” Sheridan–50 Björk  Robert “Rib” Hillis–43 “Chris Rockway”(Daniel Vomacka)–34 ; 1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound