Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) ; Bob Hoskins–71 Jacquelyn Smith–68 Pat Sajdak–67 Hillary Rodham Clinton–66 Mark “Dylan” McDermott–52 Ivan “Cary” Elwes–51 Keith Urban–46 Anthony Rapp–42 Seth MacFarlane–40 ; 1921 – The Chicago Theatre opens

Happy Birthday RIP Pablo Picasso y Lopez(1881–1973) Sarah Cannon(“Minnie Pearl” 1912–1996) William Bertanzetti(“Billy Barty” 1924–2000) ; Marian Ross–85 Helen Reddy–72 John Anderson–69 Nancy Cartwright–56 Adam Pascal–43 Joshua Henderson–32 “Katy Perry”(Katheryn Hudson)–29 Ciara Harris–28 ; 1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange is created

Happy Birthday RIP Bob Kane(Robert Kahn 1915–1998) ; Frederick Murray Abraham–74 Kevin Kline–66 John Kassir–56 Monica Arnold–33 Jemima Rooper–32 Oliver Jackson-Cohen–27 ; 1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from California to President Abraham Lincoln ; 1926 – Harry Houdini’s last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan

Happy Birthday RIP William “Hayden” Rorke(1910–1987) Johnny Carson(1925–2005) John Michael Crichton(1942–2008) ; Ang Lee( 李安 )–59 Weird Alfred Yankovic–54 Sam Raimi–54 Ryan Reynolds–37  ; 2001 – Apple introduced the iPod digital music player

Happy Birthday RIP “Curly Howard”(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) ; Joan Fontaine(de Havilland)–96 Sir Derek Jacobi–75 Christopher Lloyd–75 David “Tony” Roberts–74 Annette Funicello–71 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–70 Deepak Chopra–67 Jeff Goldblum–61 Ned “Carlos” Mencia–46 Brian Boitano–50 “Spike Jonze”(Adam Spiegel)–44 Michael Fishman–32 John Boyd–32 Zachary Hanson–28 Kyle Gallner–27 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter

Happy Birthday RIP John “Dizzy” Gillespie(1917–1993) ; Joyce Randolph(Sirola)–89 Manfred Mann(Lubowitz)–73 Judy Sheindlin(Blum)–71 Carrie Fisher–57 Kensaku Watanabe–54 Sasha Roiz–42 Jade Jagger–42 Jeremy Miller–37 William Estes Nipper–35 Aaron Tveit–30 ; 1879 – Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.

Happy Birthday RIP Bela Lugosi(Blaskó 1882–1956) John Dewey(1859–1952) Joyce Brothers(Bauer 1927–2013) ; William Christopher–81 Thomas Petty–63 Thomas Newman–58 Viggo Mortensen–55 Calvin Broadus(“Snoop Dogg”)–42 Sam Witwer–36 John Krasinski–34 Adam Butcher–25 ; 1803 – The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase

Happy Birthday RIP “LaWanda Page”(Alberta Peal 1920–2002) Harris Glenn Milstead(“Divine” 1945–1988) ; John Lithgow–68 Patricia Ireland–68 Jennifer Holliday–53 Amy Carter–46 Randolph “Trey” Parker-44 Chris Kattan–43 Desmond Harrington–37 ; 1987 – “Black Monday” the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or -22.6 percent in value, the largest one-day percentage drop (worse than 1929 at -12.82%)

Happy Birthday RIP George Campbell Scott(1927–1999) ; Charles “Chuck” Berry–87 Dawn Wells–75 Mike Ditka–74 Pam Dawber–62 Martina Navratilova–57 Erin Moran–53 Jean-Claude Van Damme(Varenberg)–53 Zachary Efron–26 ; 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day ; 1898 – United States takes possession of Puerto Rico

Happy Birthday RIP Edward Montgomery Clift(1920–1966)
“Rita Hayworth”(Margarita Cansino 1918–1987) Thomas Poston(1921–2007) ; Jim Seals–71 Michael McKean–66 Margaret “Margot” Kidder–65 George Wendt–65 Norman Macdonald–50 David “Ziggy” Marley–45 Marshall Mathers(“Eminem”)–41 David Matthew Macfadyen–39 Chris Lowell–29 Maximillian Irons–28 ; 1919 – RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America