Happy Birthday  RIP Marlon Brando(1924–2004) ; Doris Kappelhoff(“Doris Day”)–90 Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall–79 Marsha Mason–71 Carson “Wayne” Newton–71 Michael Orlando Cassavitis(“Tony Orlando”)–69 Alexander “Alec” Baldwin III–55 David Hyde Pierce–54 Edward “Eddie” Murphy–52 Jamie Bamber Griffith–40 ; 1860–The Pony Express began service between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif.

Happy Birthday RIP Alec Guinness de Cuffe(1914–2000) Christian “Buddy” Ebsen(1908–2003) Ron Paolillo(1949–2012) Marvin Gaye(1939–1984) ; Emmylou Harris–66 Chris Meloni–52 Michael Fassbender–36 Aiden Turner–36 ; 1956 – As The World Turns debuts on CBS-TV

Happy Birthday RIP Leonidas “Lon” Chaney(1883–1930) Gordon Jump(1932–2003) ; Mary “Debbie” Reynolds–81 Elizabeth “Ali” MacGraw–75 Barry Sonnenfeld–60 Susan Boyle–52 Rachel Maddow–40 Sam Huntington–31 Matt Lanter–30 Hillary Scott–27 ; 1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General’s warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Chavez(1927–1993) Anne “Liz” Claiborne(1929–2007) ; George Richard Chamberlain–79 Shirley Jones–79 Herbert Alpert–78 Ronald “Christopher” Walken–70 Gabe Kaplan–68  Albert Gore Jr.–65 Rhea Perlman–65 William McNamara–48 Ewan McGregor–42 ; 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent van Gogh(1853–1890) ; “Peter Marshall”(Ralph LaCock)–87 John Astin–83 Henry Warren Beaty–76 Eric Clapton–68 Paul Reiser–56 Ian Ziering–49 Tracy Chapman–49 Céline Dion–45 Mark Consuelos–42 Geetali Norah Jones Shankar–34 Jason Dohring–31 ; 1964 – The TV game show “Jeopardy!” premiered on NBC

Happy Birthday RIP Pearl Bailey(1918–1990) ; Judith Guest–77 Evangelos “Vangelis” Papathanassiou–70 Eric Idle–70 Marina Sirtis–55 “Perry Farrell”(Peretz Bernstein)–54 Amy Sedaris–52 “Elle Macpherson”(Eleanor Gow)–49 Michel Hazanavicius–46 “Lucy Lawless”(Lucille Ryan)–45 ; 1973 – the last United States troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.

Happy Birthday Dianne Wiest–65 Reba McEntire–58 Bart Conner–55 Vince Vaughn–44 Julia Stiles–32 Stefani Germanotta(“Lady Gaga”)–27 ; 1979 – America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Penn.

Happy Birthday RIP Ludwig Mies van der Rohe(1886–1969) Gloria Swanson(Svensson 1899–1983) ; Art Evans–71 Quentin Tarantino–50 Mariah Carey–44 Kevin Corrigan–44 Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson–38 ; 1794 – President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy.

Happy Birthday RIP Thomas “Tennessee” Williams III(1911–1983) ; Leonard Nimoy–82 Alan Arkin–79 James Caan–73 Nancy Pelosi–73 Diana Ross–69 Steven Tyler(Tallarico)–65 Vicki Lawrence(Axelrad)–64 Martin Short–63 Leeza Gibbons–56 Jennifer Grey–53 Theodore “T.R.” Knight–40 Keira Knightley–28 ; 1979 – The Camp David peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House

Happy Birthday RIP Howard Cosell(Cohen 1918–1995) ; Gloria Steinem–79 Aretha Franklin–71 Paul M Glaser–70 Sir “Elton John”(Reginald Dwight)–66 Bonnie Bedelia Culkin–65 Mary Gross–60 Marcia Cross–50 Sarah Jessica Parker–48 Lee Pace–34 Danica Patrick–31 Sean Faris–31 ; 1913 – The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.