Happy Birthday Brian Dennehy-74 Richard Roundtree-70 Dean Koontz-67 O.J. Simpson-65 Chris Cooper-61 John Tesh-60 Jimmy Smits-57 Tom Hanks-56 Kelly McGillis-55 Courtney Love Harrison-48 Scott Grimes-41 Fred Savage-36 ; 1816 – Argentina declared independence from Spain (Argentine Republic Independence Day)
July 8
Happy Birthday Jerry Vale(Gennaro Luigi Vitaliano)-80 Steve Lawrence(Sidney Leibowitz)-77 Jeffrey Tambor-68 Wolfgang Puck Topfschnig-49 Anjelica Huston-61 Kevin Bacon-54 Toby Keith Covel-51 Billy Crudup-44 Beck Campbell-42 Milo Ventimiglia-35 ; 1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
July 7
Happy Birthday Carl “Doc” Severinsen-85 Richard Starkey(Ringo Starr)-72 Shelley Duvall-63 Barry “Cassidy” Reese-30 ; 1898 – The United States annexed Hawaii.
July 6
Happy Birthday RIP Janet Leigh(1927–2004) Merv Griffin (1925–2007) ; Nancy Reagan-91 Delloreese Early(Della Reese)-81 Ned Beatty-75 Bert Gervis(Burt Ward)-67 Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone-66 Geoffrey Rush-61 Grant Goodeve-60 Alice Tannenberg(Allyce Beasley-54) Jennifer Saunders-54 Christian J. Meoli-40 Gregory Smith-29 ; 1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
July 5
Happy Birthday RIP Phineas Taylor Barnum(1810-1891) ; Katherine Helmond-83 Shirley Knight-76 Hugh Cregg(Huey Lewis)-62 Edith Falco-49 Kathryn Erbe-47 ; 1946 – The bikini made its debut during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris France
July 3
Happy Birthday Betty Buckley-65 Karin Jan Smithers-63 Montel Williams-56 Thomas Gibson-50 Martha Yeardley Smith-48 ; 1930 – Congress created the Veterans Administation.
July 1
Happy Birthday RIP Estée Lauder(1906-2004) ; Olivia de Havilland-96 Jamie Farr-78 Debbie Harry-67 Dan Aykroyd-60 Alan Ruck-56 Pamela Anderson-45 Missy Elliott-41 Liv Tyler-35 ; 1984 – The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
June 30
Happy Birthday RIP Lena Horne (1917-2010) ; David Alan Grier-56 Vincent D’Onofrio-53 Mike Tyson-46 Brian Bloom-42 Fantasia Barrino-28 Michael Phelps-27 ; 1971 – The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the government could not prevent The New York Times or the Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers.