Happy Birthday RIP James Dean (1931–1955) Ted Koppel-72 Nick Nolte-71 Robert Klein-70 Brooke Adams-63 Mary Steenburgen -59 Seth Green-38 Liam McIntyre-30 Jim Verraros-29 ; 1971 NASDAQ, the world’s first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day.
February 7
Happy Birthday James Spader-52 Garth Brooks-50 Eddie Izzard-50 Chris Rock-47 Robyn Lively-40 Ashton Kutcher-34 ; 1812 Charles Dickens is born (200th Birthday)
February 6
Happy Birthday Zsa Zsa Gabor-95 Rip Torn-81 Mike Farrell-73 Tom Brokaw-72 Fabian Forte-69 Natalie Cole-62 Kathy Najimy-55 Axl Rose-50 Rick Astley-46 ; 1899 A peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate.
February 5
Happy Birthday Hank Aaron-78 Barbara Hershey-64 Tom Wilkinson-64 Tim Meadows-51 Jennifer Jason Leigh-50 Laura Linney-48 Bobby Brown-43 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.
February 4
Happy Birthday Conrad Bain-89 David Brenner-76 John Schuck-72 Alice Cooper-64 Oscar De La Hoya-39 ; 1913 Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama
February 3
Happy Birthday Fran Tarkenton-72 Blythe Danner-69 Morgan Fairchild-62 Nathan Lane-56 Michele Greene-50 ; Today 1913 The 16th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.
February 2
Happy Birthday Tom Smothers-75 Graham Nash-70 RIP Farrah Fawcett(1947-2009) Brent Spiner-63 Shakira Ripoll-35 ; 1653 New Amsterdam – now New York City – was incorporated.
February 1
Happy Birthday Garrett Morris-75 Sherman Hemsley-74 Lisa Marie Presley-44 Michael C. Hall-41 ; 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they’d been refused service.
January 31
Happy Birthday Carol Channing-91 Philip Glass-75 Harry Casey(KC)-61 John Lydon-56 Anthony LaPaglia-53 Minnie Driver-42 Justin Timberlake-31 Joel Courtney-16 , RIP Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968) ; 1949 The first TV daytime soap opera, “These Are My Children,” was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
January 30
Happy Birthday Gene Hackman-82 Vanessa Redgrave-75 Phil Collins-61 Charles S. Dutton-61 Jody Watley-53 Christian Bale-38 ; 1882 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y.