Happy Birthday Shirley MacLean Beatty–79 Barabra Joan Streisand–71 Richard M. Daley–71 Jean-Paul Gaultier–61 Djimon Hounsou–49 Eric Balfour–36 Kelly Clarkson–31 ; 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress”

Happy Birthday RIP William Shakespeare(1564–1616) Hervé Villechaize(1943–1993) Roy Orbison(1936–1988) ; Shirley Temple–85 Alan Oppenheimer–83 Harvey Lee Yeary(“Lee Majors”)–74 Joyce DeWitt–64 Michael Moore–59 Valerie Bertinelli–53 

Happy Birthday RIP Edward Albert Heimberger(1906–2005) Aaron Spelling (1923–2006) Bettie Page(1923–2008) ; Charlotte Rae Lubotsky–87 Glen Campbell–77 John “Jack” Nicholson–76 John Waters–67 Peter Frampton–63 Catherine Mary Stewart(Nursall)–54 Ryan Stiles–54 Byron Allen Folks–52 Jeffrey Dean Morgan–47 ; 1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.

Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth Mary Windsor–87 Charles Grodinsky–78 James Osterberg(“Iggy Pop”)–66 Patti LuPone–64 Anthony Iadanza(“Tony Danza”)–62 Rosalie “Andie” MacDowell–55 Robert Smith–54 John Cameron Mitchell–50 Nicole Sullivan–43 James McAvoy–34 ; 1789 – John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.

Happy Birthday RIP Luther Vandross(1951–2005) ; George Takei–76 Charles “Ryan” O’Neal–72 Jessica Lange–64 Crispin Glover–49 “Carmen Electra”(Tara Patrick)–41 Joseph Lawrence Mignogna–37 ; 1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.

Happy Birthday RIP Vera Jayne Palmer(“Jayne Mansfield” 1933–1967) Richard Cox(“Dick Sargent” 1930–1994) Dudley Moore(1935–2002) ; Tim Curry–67 Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot–64 Ashley Ciminella(“Judd”)–45 James Franco–35 Kate Hudson–34 Hayden Christensen–32 ; 1933 – The United States went off the gold standard

Happy Birthday Barbara Hale–91 Hayley Mills–67 James Woods–66 Frederick “Rick” Moranis–60 Eric Roberts–57 Jane Leeves–52 Eric McCormack–50 Conan O’Brien–50 David Tennant(McDonald)–42 Eli Roth–41 Sean Maguire–37 Melissa Joan Hart–37 ;  1906 – a major earthquake struck San Francisco and set off raging fires. More than 3,000 people died.

Happy Birthday RIP William Holden(Beedle 1918–1981) Donald Kirshner(1934–2011) John “J. P.” Morgan(1837–1913) ; Michael Sembello–59 Shaun Bean–54 Elizabeth “Liz” Phair–46 Jennifer Garner–41 Victoria Adams-Beckham–39 ; 1964 The Ford Motor Co. unveiled the Mustang to USA market.

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) Enrico “Henry” Mancini(1924–1994) ; Stanley “Bobby” Vinton–78 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar(Ferdinand Alcindor)–66 Ellen Barkin–59 Jon Cryer–48 Martin Lawrence–48 Peter Billingsley–42 Lukas Haas–37 ; 1962 – Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.” 

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth Montgomery(1933–1995) ; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason–66 Heloise Cruse–62 Emma Thompson–54 Seth Rogen–31 Emma Watson–23 ; 1912 – the British luxury liner RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died.