Happy Birthday RIP John F. Kennedy(1917–1963) Leslie “Bob” Hope(1903–2003) ; Anthony Geary–66 Danny Elfman–60 Frank “Ted” Levine–56 Annette Bening-Beatty–55 Rupert Everett–54 Adrian Paul Hewett–54 Melissa Etheridge–52 Lisa Whelchel–50 David Burtka–38 Daniel Tosh–38 ; 1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”, the best-selling Christmas single in history

Happy Birthday RIP Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) ; Beth Howland–72 Gladys Knight–69 Rudolph Giuliani–69 John Fogerty–68 Brandon Cruz(Williams)–51 Kylie Minogue–45 Justin Kirk–44 Jesse Bradford Watrouse–34 Carey Mulligan–28 Joseph Cross–27 ; 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent Price(1911–1993) ; Christopher Lee–91 Heinz “Henry” Kissinger–90 Lee Meriwether–78 Louis Gossett Jr–77 “Siouxsie Sioux”(Susan Ballion)–56 Peri Gilpin(Oldham)–52 Adam Carolla–49 Todd Bridges–48 Joseph Fiennes–43 Paul Bettany–42 Chris Colfer–23 ; 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage ; 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.

Happy Birthday RIP “John Wayne”(Marion Morrison 1907–1979) Peter Cushing(1913–1994) Miles Davis(1926–1991) “Peggy Lee”(Norma Egstrom 1920–2002) ; Brent Musburger–74 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–65 Philip Michael Thomas–64 Pamela Grier–64 Randall Hank Williams–64 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–51 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–51 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–49 Helena Bonham Carter–47 Matt Stone–42 ; 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was 40.94

Happy Birthday RIP Claude Akins(1926–1994) Dixie Carter(1939–2010) ; Ian McKellen–74 Leslie Uggams–70 Frank Oznowicz(“Oz”)–69 Karen Valentine–66 Concetta Sellecchia(“Connie Sellecca”)–58 Mike Myers–50 Anne Heche–44 James “Jamie” Kennedy–43 Octavia Spencer–42 Lauryn Hill–38 Cillian Murphy–37 ; 1968 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated ; 1977 –The science-fiction movie “Star Wars” was released.

Happy Birthday RIP Queen Victoria(Alexandrina Hanover 1819–1901) ; “Bob Dylan”(Robert Zimmerman)–72 Gary Burghoff–70 Patti LaBelle(Holte)–69 Priscilla Wagner-Presley–68 Jim Broadbent–64 Alfred Molina–60 Kristin Scott Thomas–53 John C. Reilly–48 Eric Close–46 Steven Daigle–40 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction

Happy Birthday RIP Douglas Fairbanks(Ullman 1883–1939) Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers(1910–1986) Rose Mary Clooney(1928–2002) ; Joan Collins–80 Charles Kimbrough–77 Drew Carey–55 Jewel Kilcher–39 Kelly Monaco–37 Tim Robinson–32 ; 1934 – bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907–1989) Harvey Milk(1930–1978) ; Thomas Boone Pickens–85 Bernard Shaw–73 Barbara Parkins–71 Bernie Taupin–63 Steven Morrissey–54 Brooke Smith–46 Naomi Campbell–43 Chris Salvatore–28 ; 1897 – The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened ; 1990 – Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917–1993) Mary “Peggy” Cass(1924–1999) ; Richard Hatch–68 Jonathan Hyde–65 Gerard “Leo” Sayer–65 Al Franken–62 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T”)–61 Edward “Judge” Reinhold Jr–56 ; 1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross ; 1927 – Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean

Happy Birthday RIP James Stewart(1908–1997) ; John “Joe” Cocker–69 Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–67 Jane Wiedlin–55 Matt McCoy–55 Bronson Pinchot–54 Tony Goldwyn–53 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–47 Timothy Olyphant–45 Jack Gleeson–21 ; 1916 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage)