Happy Birthday RIP Gertrude Olmstead(1897–1975) Norman “Dack” Rambo(1941–1994) Richard Mulligan(1932–2000) William “Jack” Elam(1920–2003) Garry Marshall(Maschiarelli 1934–2016) ; Joseph Mantegna Jr–77 John De Lancie –76 Frances Conroy–71 Tracy Scoggins–71 Christopher Noth–70 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–69 Aldo Caporuscio(“Nova”)–68 James Kimmel–57 Steven Zahn–57 Gerard Butler–55 Jordan Bridges–51 Michael Copon–42 Kit Williamson–39 ; 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. ; 1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Happy Birthday RIP François-Auguste-René Rodin(1840–1917) Grace Kelly(1929–1982) ; Neil Young–79 Megan Mullally–66 Nadia Comăneci–63 Sammy Sosa–56 Craig Parker–54 Harvey Stephens–54 Ryan Gosling–44 Anne Hathaway–42 ; 1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic. ; 1954 – Ellis Island closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since opening in New York Harbor in 1892

Happy Birthday RIP Jonathan Winters Jr(1925–2013) Vincent Schiavelli(1948–2005) Philip McKeon (1964–2019) ; Barbara Levy Boxer–84 Stanley Tucci Jr–64 “Demi Moore”(Demetria Guynes)–62 Calista Flockhart–60 Carson Kressley–55 Leonardo DiCaprio–50 John “Scoot” McNairy–47 ; 1919 – Woodrow Wilson commemorates the first Armistice Day (Later to be called Veteran’s Day) “Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory” ; 1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System is established

Happy Birthday RIP Richard Burton(Jenkins 1925–1984) Roy Scheider(1932–2008) Russell Johnson(1924–2014) ; “Jack Scalia”(Giacomo Tedesco)–74 “Sinbad”(David Adkins)–68 Laura Mackenzie Phillips–65 Thomas “Tommy” Davidson–61 Jonas Åkerlund–59 Tracy Morgan–56 Ellen Pompeo–55 Walton Goggins Jr–53 Heather Matarazzo–42 ; 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas under authority of the Continental Congress. ; 1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0

Happy Birthday RIP Carl Sagan(1934–1996) “Hedy Lamarr”(Hedwig Kiesler 1913–2000) Dorrel “Whitey” Herzog(1931–2024) ; Louis Ferrigno–73 Robert Duncan McNeill–60 Eric Dane–52 Nicholas Lachey–51 ; 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal ; 1967 – First issue of Rolling Stone Magazine is published

Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) Morley Safer(1931–2016) Norman Lloyd(Perlmutter 1914–2021) ; Bonnie Raitt–75 Mary Hart(Harum)–74 Christie Hefner–72 Alfre Woodard–72 “Chi Chi LaRue”(Larry Paciotti)–65 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–63 Gordon Ramsay–58 Parker Posey–56 Gretchen Mol–52 Tara Reid–49 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray. ; 1972 – American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launched

Happy Birthday RIP Dana “Plato” Strain(1964–1999) William Booth(1949–2006) Judy Tenuta(1949–2022) ;“Joni Mitchell”(Roberta Anderson)–81 Lawrence O’Donnell–73 Christopher Knight–67 Pierre David Guetta–57 Michelle Clunie–55 Jason and Jeremy London–52 ; 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse. 2024 – 72 Million stupid people vote Donald Trump back into office instead of a very well qualified black woman named Kamala Harris #GoodbyeDemocracy

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Henry Dow(1851–1902) Jonathan Charasuchin(“Harris” 1914 –2002) Glenn Frey(1948–2016) Lance Kerwin(1960–2023); Sally Field–78 Maria Shriver–69 Ethan Hawke–54 Rebecca Romijn–52 Emily “Emma” Stone–36 ; 1947 – “Meet The Press” makes its television debut

Happy Birthday RIP “Roy Rogers”(Leonard Slye 1911–1998) Vivien Leigh Hartley(1913–1967) Natalie Schafer(1900–1991) Herbert Edelman(1933–1996) Samuel Shepard Rogers(1943–2017); Elke Sommer(von Schletz)–84 Arthur Garfunkel–83 Armin Shimerman–75 Bryan Adams–65 Katherine Matilda Swinton–64 Tatum O’Neal–61 Famke Janssen–60 Samuel Rockwell–56 Samuel “Page” Elliot–48 Paul Kevin Jonas Jr–37 ; 1935 – Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly”

Happy Birthday RIP William “Will” Rogers(1879–1935) Arthur Carney(1918–2003) Walter Cronkite Jr(1916–2009) Doris Roberts(Green 1925–2016) Marjorie “Markie” Post(1950–2021) ; Loretta Swit–87 Laura Bush(Welch)–78 Berlinda Tolbert–75 Kathleen Griffin–64 Ralph Macchio–63 Jeffrey Probst–63 Matthew McConaughey–55 Sean Combs–55 Travis Van Winkle–42 ; 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA. Today it collects all sorts of US citizens information including GPS, Personal, and social media information both from smartphones and computers. This was all exposed by Edward Snowden when he was forced to flee the country after being a whistleblower for information kept at NSA as of the 90s ; 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first man of African-American descent to be elected President of the United States