Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878–1968) Jonathan Hardy(1940–2012) ; Anne Meara–84 “Sophia Loren”(Sofia Scicolone)–79 Karen Sharpe–79 “Candy Spelling”(Carole Marer)–68 Gary Cole–57 Joseph Lyle Taylor–49 Brad Beyer–40 Jon Bernthal–36 Charlie Weber–35 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts

Happy Birthday RIP Frances Farmer(1913–1970) “Mama Cass Elliot”(Ellen Cohen 1941–1974) ; Rosemary Harris–86 “Adam West”(William Anderson)–83 Randolph Mantooth–68 Jeremy Irons–65 “Twiggy”(Leslie Hornby)–64 Joan Blunden–63 Cheryl O’Teari–51 Kim Richards–49 Jimmy Fallon–39 Alison Sweeney–37 Kevin Zegers–29 ; 1970 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show” debuted on CBS

Happy Birthday RIP Greta Garbo(Gustafsson 1905–1990) John Lebzelter(“Jack Warden” 1920–2006) James Gandolfini(1961–2013) ; Michael Gubitosi(“Robert Blake”)–80 Francis Avallone(“Frankie Avalon”)–74 Fred Willard–74 Beth Grant–64 Jada Pinkett Smith–42 Lance Armstrong(Gunderson)–42 James Marsden–40 Daniel “Jason” Sudeikis–38 ; 1851 – The first edition of The New York Times was published as “The New-York Daily Times”

Happy Birthday RIP Hiram “Hank” Williams(1923–1953) Roderick “Roddy” McDowall(1928–1998) Anne Bancroft(Italiano 1931–2005) Paul Benedict(1938–2008) “Lupe Ontiveros”(Guadalupe Marino 1942–2012) John Ritter(1948–2003) ; John “Fee” Waybill–63 Cassandra Peterson(“Elvira”)–62 Rita Rudner–60 Wendy Worthington–59 Bryan Singer–48 Kyle Chandler–48 Jeffrey Matthew Settle–44 Nathan Berkus–42 Griffith Feuerstein(“Furst”)–32; 1972 – The comedy series “M.A.S.H.” standing for “Mobile Army Surgical Hospital” premiered on CBS

Happy Birthday RIP Peter Falk(1927–2011) ; “Lauren Bacall”(Betty Perske)–89 Riley “B.B.” King–88 Edward Begley Jr.–64 Philip “Mickey” Rourke–61 David Copperfield(Kotkin)–57 Jennifer Tilly(Chan)–55 Richard Marx–50 Molly Shannon–49 Marco Antonio Muñiz(“Marc Anthony”)–45 Amy Poehler–42 Ian Harding–27 Nichols Jonas–21 ; 1972 – “The Bob Newhart Show” premiered on CBS

Happy Birthday RIP Agatha Christie(1890–1976) Vina Fay Wray(1907–2004) Julius “Nipsey” Russell(1918–2005) John “Jackie” Cooper(1922–2011) Roy Brocksmith(1945–2001) Wendie Jo Sperber(1958–2005) ; Norman Crosby–86 Tommy Lee Jones–67 William “Oliver” Stone–67 Joshua Charles–42 Edward “Tom” Hardy–36 Prince Henry Charles Albert David Windsor–29 Heidi Montag–27 ; 1963 – four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the deadliest act of the civil rights era

Happy Birthday RIP Amy Winehouse (1983–2011) ; Walter Koenig–77 Jon “Bowzer” Bauman–66 Nigel “Sam” Neill–66 Alexis “Faith” Ford–49 Emmitt “Tyler” Perry–44 Kimberly Williams-Paisley–42 Jesse James–24 ; 1959 –  the Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface

Happy Birthday RIP Melvin Tormé (1925–1999) Nell Carter(Hardy 1948–2003) Emilie Claudette Chauchoin(“Colbert” 1903–1996) ; “Barbara Bain”(Millicent Fogel)–82 “Eileen Fulton”(Margaret McLarty)–80 Richard Kiel–74 Winnifred Jacqueline Bisset–69 Peter Cetera–69 Jean Smart–62  Geraldine “Geri” Jewell–57 Dominic Fumusa–44 Louise Lombard(Perkins)–43 Fiona Apple Maggart–36 Bennett “Ben” Savage–33 ; 1993 – Bill Clinton witnesses at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shaking hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy

Happy Birthday RIP Maurice Chevalier(1888–1972) James “Jesse” Owens(1913–1980) Barry White(Carter 1944–2003) ;  Ian Holm Cuthbert–82 Linda Gray–73 Joseph Pantoliano–62 Peter Scolari–58 Jason Statham–46 Louis Szekely(“CK”)–46 William Joshua Hopkins–43 Paul Walker–40 Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan–35 Jennifer Hudson–32 ; 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit

Happy Birthday  RIP Herbert Lom(Schluderpacheru 1917–2012) ; Henry Earl Holliman–85 Brian De Palma–73 Amy Madigan–63 John Hawkes(Perkins)–54 Virginia Madsen–52 Christina “Kristy” McNichol–51 Richard “Moby” Hall–48 Joseph “Harry” Connick Jr.–46 Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges–36 ; 2001 – Al Qaida suicide hijackers crashed two jet airliners into the World Trade Center in New York, causing both 110-story twin towers to collapse killing nearly 3,000 people