Happy Birthday RIP Stephen “Steve” Allen(1921–2000) Irwin Kniberg(“Alan King” 1926–2004) Donald Moffat(1930–2018) Harvey Phillip Spector(1939–2021) ; Osborn “Ozzie” Smith–70 David Sedaris–68 Jared Leto(Bryant)–53 Richard “Reichen” Lehmkuhl–51 Chris Daughtry–45 Christopher “Kit” Harington–38 ; 1865 – James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for the coffee percolator ; 1933 – FM radio is patented by US patent office.

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Isaac Newton(1642–1726) Clarissa “Clara” Barton(1821–1912) Humphrey Bogart(1899–1957) “Tony Martin”(Alvin Morris 1913–2012) Rodman “Rod” Serling(1924–1975) “Mabel King”(Donnie Washington 1932–1999) James “Jimmy” Buffett(1946–2023); Gary Sandy–79 Barbara Mandrell–76 Mary “Sissy” Spacek–75 Ann “Annie” Lennox–70 Florian Armstrong(“Dido”)–53 Dylan Vox–46 ; 1815 – The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance at King’s Chapel (then Stone Chapel), with a chorus of 90 men and 10 women

Happy Birthday RIP Howard Hughes Jr(1905–1976) Ava Gardner(1922–1990) Mary Teresa Higgins(“Clark” 1927–2020) ; Karl Diedrich Bader–58 Enrique Martín Morales(“Ricky Martin”)–53 Jeremy Greenberg(Davidson)–53 Ryan Seacrest–50 ; 1851 – Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes

Happy Birthday RIP Corey Haim(1971–2010) ; Ronald Schell–93 Japanese Emperor Akihito(昭仁)–91 Robert “Bob” Kahn(TCP Creator)–86 Harry Shearer–81 Susan Lucci–78 “Eddie Vedder”(Edward Severson III)–60 ; 1913 – The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve Bank

Happy Birthday RIP Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson(1912–2007) Barbara Billingsley(Combes 1915–2010) Eugene Rayburn(Yelyenich Rubessa 1917–1999) Maurice and Robin Gibb(1949–2003;2012) ; Hector Elizondo–88 Lila Diana Sawyer–79 Bernadette Stanislaus–71 Ralph Fiennes–-62 Heather Donahue–50 ; 1877 – Thomas Edison’s phonograph is announced by Scientific American ; 1932 – “The Mummy” directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff is released in the US – 1st Mummy horror film ; 1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City

Birthday RIP Francis “Frank” Zappa Jr(1940–1993) Phillip Donahue(1935–2024) ; Jayne Seymour Fonda–87 Samuel Leroy Jackson–76 Raymond Romano–67 Andrew Dick–59 Kiefer Sutherland–58 ; 1913 – Arthur Wynne’s “word-cross”, the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Happy Birthday RIP Charlie Callias(1927–2011) Irene Dunne(1898–1990) Audrey Totter(1917–2013) Jack “John” Hillerman(1932–2017) ; George Criscuola(“Peter Criss”)–79 Uri Geller–78 Dick Wolf–77 Alan Parsons–76 Christopher Robinson–58 David Cook–42 Jonah Hill Feldstein–41 Emerson Collins–40 Bob Morley–40 Allan Hyde–35 ; 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase was completed as the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States during ceremonies in New Orleans

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Urich(1946–2002) Maurice White(1941–2016) Cicely Tyson 1924–2021) ; Timothy Reid–80 Elaine Joyce Pinchot–79 Christopher Hamill(“Limahl”)–66 Michael Lookinland–64 Jennifer Beals–61 Tilman Schweiger–61 Kristen Swanson–55 Alyssa Milano–52 Rosa Blasi–52 Jacob “Jake” Gyllenhaal–44 ; 1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service

Happy Birthday RIP Gladys Cooper 1888–1971) Elizabeth “Betty” Grable(1916–1973) Raymond “Ray” Liotta(1954–2022) ; Keith Richards–81 Steven Spielberg–78 Leonard Maltin–74 William Bradley Pitt–61 Casper Van Dien Jr–56 Katie Holmes–46 Christina Aguilera–44 ; 1957 – the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went online as engineers synchronized the plant with the distribution grid of Duquesne Light Company

Happy Birthday RIP George Lindsey(1928–2012) David Madden(1931–2014) ; Earnest “Ernie” Hudson–79 Eugene Levy–78 Barry Livingston–71 William “Bill” Pullman–71 Heather Laurie Holden–55 Charles Liddell–55 Antonino Giovanni Ribisi–50 Sarah Paulson–50 Militza “Milla” Jovovich–49 Katherine Winnick–47 ; 1892 – First issue of Vogue is published