Happy Birthday RIP Hume Cronyn(1911–2003) Richard “Red” Skelton(1913–1997) ; Nelson Mandela–95 John Glenn–92 Craig Bruderlin(“James Brolin”)–73 Audrey Landers(Hamburg)–57 Wendy Williams–49 Mark Vincent(“Vin Diesel”)–46 Kristen Bell–33 Christopher Chace Crawford–28 ; 1969 – After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies

Happy Birthday RIP James Cagney(1899–1986) “Art Linkletter”(Gordon Kelly 1912–2010) Phyllis Diller(Driver 1917–2012) ; Donald Sutherland–78 Diahann Carroll Johnson–78 Duchess Camilla Windsor(Shand)–66 Terence “Geezer” Butler–64 Lucie Arnaz–62 David Hasselhoff–61 Heather Langenkamp–49 Carey Hart–38 ; 1955 – Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California

Happy Birthday RIP “Ginger Rogers”(Virginia McMath 1911–1995) “Barbara Stanwyck”(Ruby Stevens 1907–1990) ; Stewart Copeland–60 John William Ferrell–46 Corey Feldman–41 Jayma Mays–33 ; 1790 – The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the U.S. government.

Happy Birthday RIP Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) Alex Karras(1935–2012) ; Linda Ronstadt–67 “Arianna Huffington”(Ariadne Stassinopoulos)–63 Terrance Quinn–61 “Willie Aames”(Albert Upton)–53 Forest Whitaker–52 Scott Foley–41 Diane Heidkrüger–37 ; 1996 – MSNBC, a 24 hour all news network, made its debut on Cable TV and the Internet

Happy Birthday Nancy Olson–85 Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier–81 Vincent Pastore–67 Jane Lynch–53 Matthew Fox–47 Missy Gold(Fisher)–43 ; 1789 – French Revolution: Bastille Day ; 1943 – In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American

Happy Birthday RIP Bob Crane(1928–1978) ; Sir Patrick Stewart–73 Harrison Ford–71 Richard “Cheech” Marin–67 Edith Bernstein(“Didi Conn”)–62 Thelma Louise Mandrell–59 Cameron Crowe–55 Robert Gonzalez(Gant)–45 Deborah Cox–39 Terrence Steven McQueen II–25 ; 1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads “Hollywoodland ” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949

Happy Birthday RIP Milton Berlinger(1908–2002) ; William “Bill” Cosby–76 “Christine McVie”(Anne Perfect)–70 Milton “Richard” Simmons–65 Cheryl “Ladd” Stoppelmoor–62 Christopher “Topher” Grace–35 Mayte Michelle Rodriguez–35 ; 1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London

Happy Birthday RIP Yuli Bryner(1920–1985) ; “Tab Hunter”(Arthur Kelm)–82 Patricia “Bonnie” Pointer–63 Leon Spinks–60 Sela Ward–57 Suzanne Vega–54 Greg Grunberg–47 Justin Chambers–43 Michael Rosenbaum–41 Kimberly “Lil Kim” Jones–39 ; 1798 – The U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of Congress

Happy Birthday RIP Fred Gwynne(1926–1993) ; Ron Glass–68 Arlo Guthrie–66 Alejandro “Alec” Mapa–48 Gale Harold–44 Adrian Grenier–37 Jessica Simpson–33 Cindy Taylor(“Jesse Jane”)–33 ; 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act

Happy Birthday Brian Dennehy–75 Richard Roundtree–71 Dean Koontz–68 Chris Cooper–62 John Tesh–61 Jimmy Smits–58 Tom Hanks–57 Richard Timothy Kring–56 Kelly McGillis-56 Jim Kerr–53 Courtney “Love” Harrison–49 Scott Grimes–42 Fred Savage–37 ; 1816 – Argentina declared independence from Spain (Argentine Republic Independence Day)