Happy Birthday Inga Swenson–81 Mary Tyler Moore–77 Jonathan “Jon” Voight–75 Edward “Ted” Danson–66 Yvonne Elliman–62 Paula Poundstone–54 Patricia Clarkson–54 Andy Wachowski–46 David Jude Law–41 ; 1851 – The first American Young Men’s Christian Association was organized, in Boston Mass.

Happy Birthday Stanley “Lee” Lieber–91 Grace “Nichelle” Nichols–81  Dame Margaret “Maggie” Smith–79 Denzel Washington–59 Terri Garber–53 Hugh Malcolm Gets–49 Seth Meyers–40 Brendan Hines–37 ; 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Pasteur(1822–1895) Marie “Marlene” Dietrich(1901–1992) Heather O’Rourke(1975–1988) ; John Amos–74 “Cokie Roberts”(Mary Boggs)–70 Gérard Depardieu–65 Wilson Echevarrí(“Cruz”)–40 Masa Oka(岡 政偉)–39 ; 1932 – Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP Steve Allen(1921–2000) Irwin Kniberg(“Alan King” 1926–2004) ; Harvey “Phil” Spector–74 Osborn “Ozzie” Smith–59 David Sedaris–57 Jared Leto–42 Richard “Reichen” Lehmkuhl–40 Chris Daughtry–34 ; 1865 – James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for the coffee percolator ; 1933 – FM radio is patented.

Happy Birthday RIP Humphrey Bogart(1899–1957) “Tony Martin”(Alvin Morris 1913–2012) Rodman Serling(1924–1975) “Mabel King”(Donnie Washington 1932–1999) ; Gary Sandy–68 Jimmy Buffett–67 Barbara Mandrell–65 Mary “Sissy” Spacek–64 Annie Lennox–59 Florian Armstrong(“Dido”)–42 Dylan Vox–39 ; 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 Ava Gardner(1922–1990) ; Mary Teresa Higgins–86 Karl Diedrich Bader–47 Enrique Martín Morales(“Ricky Martin”)–42 Jeremy Greenberg(Davidson)–42 Ryan Seacrest–39 ; 1851 – Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.

Happy Birthday RIP Corey Haim(1971–2010) ; Japanese Emperor Akihito(昭仁)–80 Bob Kahn(TCP/IP Creator)–75 Harry Shearer–70 Susan Lucci–67 “Eddie Vedder”(Edward Severson III)–49 ; 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) Gene Rayburn(Rubessa 1917–1999) Maurice and Robin Gibb(1949–2003;2012) ; Hector Elizondo–77 Lila Diane Sawyer–68 Ralph Fiennes–51 Heather Donahue–39 ; 1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York, New York.

Happy Birthday RIP Frank Zappa(1940–1993) ; Phil Donahue–78 Jayne Seymour Fonda–76 Samuel L. Jackson–65 Ray Romano–56 Andy Dick–48 Kiefer Sutherland–47 ; 1913 – Arthur Wynne’s “word-cross”, the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Happy Birthday RIP Charlie Callas(1927–2011) ; John Hillerman–81 George Criscuola(“Peter Criss”)–68 Uri Geller–67 Alan Parsons–65 Chris Robinson–47 Jasbir Ghuman Jr.–33 David Cook–31 Jonah Hill Feldstein–30 Allan Hyde–24 ; 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans