Happy Birthday RIP Margaret Middleton(Yvonne DeCarlo 1922–2007) ; Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin-73 Barry Gibb-66 Phil McGraw-62 Gloria Garcia(Estefan)-55 Robert “Scott” Speedman-37 ; 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
August 30
Happy Birthday Bill Daily-85 Timothy Bottoms-61 Michael Chiklis-49 Cameron Diaz-40 Lisa Ling-39 Andy Roddick-30 ; 1835 Melbourne Australia is founded.
August 28
Happy Birthday David Soul(Solberg)-69 Luis Guzmán-56 Scott Hamilton-54 Jennifer Coolidge-51 David Fincher-50 Shania Twain(Eilleen Edwards)-47 Jason Priestley-43 Thomas “Jack” Black-43 Armond Douglas Hammer-26 ; 1922 first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City.
August 26
Happy Birthday Valerie Simpson-66 Zemfira Ramazanova-36 Chris Pine-32 Macaulay Culkin-32 Cassie(Casandra Ventura)-26 ; 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effect. ; 1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st state in the union of the United States.
August 25
Happy Birthday Monty Hall(Monte Halperin)-91 Thomas Sean Connery-82 Regis Philbin-81 Tom Skerritt-79 Mink Stole(Nancy Stoll)-65 Gene Simmons(Chaim Weitz)-63 Elvis Costello(Declan MacManus)-58 Tim Burton-54 Billy Ray Cyrus-51 Blair Underwood-48 Rachael Ray-44 Claudia Schiffer-42 ; 1825 – Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil. ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.
August 24
Happy Birthday Anne Archer-65 Stephen Fry-55 Steve Guttenberg-54 Craig Kilborn-50 Dave Chappelle-39 Simon “James” D’Arcy-37 Chad Michael Murray-31 Rupert Grint-24 ; 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera. ; 1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey) in just over 19 hours.
August 23
Happy Birthday RIP Gene Kelly(1912-1996) River Phoenix(1970–1993) ; Vera Miles(Vera Ralston)-82 Barbara Eden(Barbara Moorhead)-78 Richard Sanders-72 Shelley Long-63 Rick Springfield(Richard Springthorpe)-63 Jon “Jay” Mohr-42 Scott Caan-36 Kobe Bryant-34 ; 1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.