Happy Birthday RIP Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu(“Mother Theresa” 1910–1997) Geraldine Ferraro(1935–2011) ; Valerie Simpson–78 Peter Brett Cullen–68 Wanda De Jesus–66 Melissa McCarthy–54 Gunner Wright–51 Zemfira Ramazanova–48 Christopher Pine–44 Macaulay Culkin–44 “Cassie”(Casandra Ventura)–38 Dylan O’Brien–33 ; 1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat ; 1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
August 25
Happy Birthday RIP Melchoir Ferrer(1917–2008) Louis “Leonard” Bernstein(1918–1990) David Canary(1938–2015) Maurice Halperin(“Monty Hall” 1921–2017) Regis Philbin(1931–2020) Thomas Sean Connery(1930–2020) ; Thomas Skerritt–91 Nancy Stoll(“Mink Stole”)–77 Chaim Weitz(“Gene Simmons”)–75 Declan MacManus(“Elvis Costello”)–70 Timothy Burton–66 William Ray Cyrus–63 Blair Underwood–60 Rachael Ray–56 Claudia Schiffer–54 Alexander Skarsgård–48 Blake Lively(Brown)–37 ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior ; 1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” is released nationally
August 24
Happy Birthday RIP Margaret “Dorothy” Comingore(1913–1971) Millicent “Penny” Edwards(1928–1998) ; Ronee Blakley–79 Anne Archer–77 Stephen Fry–67 Steven Guttenberg–66 Craig Kilborn–62 Marlee Matlin–59 David Chappelle–51 Simon “James” D’Arcy–49 Chad Michael Murray–43 Rupert Grint–36 ; 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera ; 1949 – The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect
August 23
Happy Birthday RIP Eugene Kelly(1912–1996) Edgar “Ted” Codd(1923–2003) River Phoenix(Bottom 1970–1993) Kobe Bryant(1979–2020) ; Vera “Miles” Ralston–95 Barbara “Eden” Moorhead–93 Richard Sanders–84 Richard “Rick” Springthorpe (“Springfield”)–75 Shelley Long–75 Jon “Jay” Mohr–54 Aaron Douglas–53 Scott Caan–48 ; 1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the following five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term “Stockholm Syndrome”
August 22
Happy Birthday RIP Helene “Leni” Riefenstahl(1902–2003) Ray Bradbury(1920–2012) Valerie Harper (1939–2019) Cynthia Williams(1947–2023) ; Myra “Tori” Amos–61 Tyler Burrell–57 Richard Armitage–53 Kristen Wiig–51 James Cordon–46 ; 1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded ; 1902 – President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public
August 21
Happy Birthday RIP Kenneth Rogers(1938–2020) ; Patricia McCormack(Russo)–79 Loretta Devine–75 Kim Cattrall–68 Carrie-Anne Moss–57 Alicia Witt–49 Hayden Panettiere–35 ; 1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobile was founded ; 1959 – President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union
August 20
Happy Birthday RIP Howard Phillips Lovecraft(1890-1937) Theodore Bergman(“Alan Reed” 1907–1977) Isaac Hayes(1942–2008) ; Donald King–93 Constance “Connie” Chung Povich(宗毓華)–78 Robert Plant–76 Albert “Al” Roker Jr–70 Joan Allen–68 James Marsters–62 Amy Adams–50 Misha Collins–50 Benjamin Barnes–43 ; 1920 – First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan ; 1977 – Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
August 19
Happy Birthday RIP Eugene Roddenberry(1921–1991) Katherine “Marie” Wilson(1916–1972) Matthew Perry(1969–2023) ; Diana Muldaur–86 Jill St. John (Oppenheim)–84 William Jefferson Blythe III(Bill Clinton)–78 Mary “Tipper” Gore–76 Jonathan Frakes–72 Peter Gallagher–69 John Stamos–61 Kyra Sedgwick–59 Kevin Dillon–59 ; 1839 – Dageurreotype (photo process) goes public ; 1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ; 1929 – The comedy “Amos ‘n’ Andy” made its network radio debut on NBC Radio ; 2004 – Internet search engine Google went public.
August 18
Happy Birthday RIP Marshall Field(1834–1906) Max Factor, Jr.(1904–1996) “Shelley Winters”(Shirley Schrift 1920–2006) Patrick Swayze(1952–2009) Eleanor Rosalynn Carter(1927–2023) Martin Mull(1943–2024) ; “Roman Polanski”(Rajmund Liebling)–91 Charles Robert Redford Jr.–88 Elayne Boosler–72 Denis Leary–67 Christian Slater–55 Edward Norton–55 Malcolm-Jamal Warner–54 Andrew “Andy” Samberg–46 ; 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium ; 1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women’s right to vote
August 17
Happy Birthday RIP “Samuel Goldwyn”(Schmuel Gelbfisz 1879–1974) Mary “Mae” West(1893–1980) Mark Salling (1982–2018) ; Robert De Niro Jr.–81 Kevin Rowland–71 Belinda Carlisle-Mason–66 Sean Penn–64 Donald Wahlberg–55 ; 1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany. It was recording from 1979 of Chopin waltzes. It was a collaboration of Phillips and Sony.