Happy Birthday RIP Don Knotts(1924–2006) ; Janet Reno-74 Cat Stevens(Steven Georgiou)-64 Robin Williams-61bJon Lovitz-55 Josh Hartnett-34 ; 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100

Happy Birthday RIP Natalia Zakharenko(Natalie Wood 1938-1981) Kim Carnes-67 Carlos Santana-65 Simon Rex Cutright-38 ; 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

Happy Birthday George McGovern-90 Brian May-65 Atom Egoyan-52 Campbell Scott-51 Anthony Edwards-50 William Houston-44 Jared Padalecki-30 ; 1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela-94 James Brolin(Craig Bruderlin)-72 Audrey Hamburg(Landers)-56 Elizabeth McGovern-51 Wendy Williams-48 Vin Diesel(Mark Vincent)-45 Kristen Bell-32 Christopher Chace Crawford-27 ; 1914 – The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving definite status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.

Happy Birthday RIP James Cagney(1899–1986) ; Phyllis Diller-95 Donald Sutherland-77 Diahann Carroll Johnson-77 Lucie Arnaz-61 David Hasselhoff-60 Heather Langenkamp-48 Carey Hart-37 ; 1955 – Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.

Happy Birthday RIP Barbara Stanwyck(Ruby Stevens 1907–1990) Ginger Rogers(Virginia McMath 1911–1995) ; Phoebe Cates-49 John William Ferrell-45 Corey Feldman-41 Jesse Jane(Cindy(Taylor)-32 Kyle Kaplan-22 ; 1790 – The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the U.S. government

Happy Birthday Alex Karras-77 Linda Ronstadt-66 Arianna Huffington-62 Terry O’Quinn-60 Albert Upton(Willie Aames)-52 Forest Whitaker-51 Scott Foley-40 ; 1606 – The painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands.

Happy Birthday Nancy Olson-84 Polly Bergen-82 Rosevelt Grier-80 Vincent Pastore-66 Jane Lynch-52 Jackie Earle Haley-51 Matthew Fox-46 Melissa Fisher(Missy Gold)-42 Chad Faust-32 Sean Flynn(Sean Amir)-23 ; 1789 – French Revolution: citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.

Happy Birthday Sir Patrick Stewart-72 Harrison Ford-70 Richard “Cheech” Marin-66 Edith Bernstein(Didi Conn)-61 Thelma Louise Mandrell-58 Cameron Crowe-55 Robert Gonzalez(Robert Gant)-44 Deborah Cox-38 Terrence Steven McQueen II-24 ; 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 Bill Cosby-75  Christine “McVie” Perfect-69 Milton “Richard” Simmons-64 Cheryl “Ladd” Stoppelmoor-61 John “Topher” Grace-34 ; 1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their  ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.