Happy Birthday RIP Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968) Jackie Robinson (1919–1972) Jean Simmons (1929–2010) Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) Carol Channing (1922–2019) ; Philip Glass–87 Harry Wayne Casey(“KC”)–73 Anthony LaPaglia–65 Kelly Lynch–65 Amelia “Minnie” Driver–54 Patricia Velasquez–53 “Portia de Rossi”(Amanda Rogers)–51 Kerry Washington–47 Justin Timberlake–43 Joel Courtney–28 ; 1865 – The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, abolishing slavery, submitting it to the states for ratification ; 1949 – The first TV daytime soap opera, “These Are My Children,” was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.

Happy Birthday RIP Franklin Roosevelt(1882–1945) Thomas “Dick” Martin(1922–2008) Dorothy Maloney(1924–2018) ; Eugene “Gene” Hackman–94 Vanessa Redgrave–87 Charles S. Dutton–73 Philip Collins–73 Jody Watley–65 Christian Bale–50 Wilmer Valderrama–44 ; 1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called “Elk Cloner”.

Happy Birthday RIP “W.C. Fields”(William Claude Dukenfield 1880–1946) “John Forsythe”(Jacob Freund 1918–2010) ; Thomas “Tom” Selleck–79 Marc Singer–76 Ann Jillian(Nauseda)–74 Oprah Gail Winfrey–70 Gregory Louganis–64 Nicholas Turturro–62 Heather Graham–54 Sara Gilbert(Abeles)–49 Justin Hartley–47 Adam Lambert–42 ; 1845 – “The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe

Happy Birthday RIP “Soupy Sales”(Milton Supman 1926–2009) ; “Alan Alda”(Alphonso D’Abruzzo)–88 Susan Howard(Jeri Mooney)–80 Barbi Benton(Barbara Klein)–74 Sarah McLachlan–56 Joseph “Joey” Fatone Jr.–47 Nickolas “Nick” Carter–44 Elijah Wood–43 ; 1915 – The Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress ; 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today

Happy Birthday RIP Johannes Wolfgangus Mozart(1756–1791) “Donna Reed”(Donnabelle Mullenger 1921–1986) Olivia Joyce Compton(1907–1997) “Troy Donahue”(Merle Johnson Jr 1936–2001) ; James Cromwell–84 Nicholas Mason–80 Mikhail Baryshnikov(Михаи́л Бары́шников)–76 “Mimi Rogers”(Miriam Spickler)–68 Susanna Thompson–66 Keith Olbermann–65 Bridget Fonda–60 Alan Cumming–59 Tamlyn Tomita(タムリン·トミタ)–58 ; 1880 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp(light bulb) and it’s considered the first light bulb but actually isn’t first. There were several prototypes that came first.

Happy Birthday RIP Zara Cully(1892–1978) Charles Levison(“Lane” 1905–2007) Eugene “Gene” Siskel(1946–1999) Paul Newman(1925–2008) Anne Jeffreys Carmichael(1923–2017) Edward Van Halen(1965–2020) ; Robert “Bob” Uecker–89 Theodore “Scott” Glenn–85 Ellen DeGeneres–66 Anita Baker–66 Wayne Gretzky–63 Paul Johansson–60 Colin O’Donoghue–43 ; 1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.

Happy Birthday RIP “Virginia Woolf”(Adeline Stephen 1882–1941) Edwin Newman(1919–2010) “Etta James”(Jamesetta Hawkins 1938–2012) Dean Jones(1931–2015) Tobe Hooper(1943–2017) Gregory Sierra(1937–2021) ; Dinah Manoff–68 Jenifer Lewis–67 Mia Kirshner–49 Alicia Keys(Cook)–43 Natalie Hall–34 ; 1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco ; 1949 – the first Emmy Awards are held at Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles

Happy Birthday RIP Ernest Borgnine(Ermes Borgnino 1917–2012) Sharon Tate(1943–1969) John Belushi(1949–1982) ; Neil Diamond–83 Aaron Neville–83 Yakov Smirnoff(Pokhis)–73 Mary Lou Retton–56 Matthew Lillard–54 Edward “Ed” Helms–50 Kristen Schaal–46 Justin Baldoni–40 ; 1908 – The first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell ; 1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.

Happy Birthday RIP Frances “Bay” Goffman(1919–2011) Susan French(1912–2003) Rutger Hauer(1944–2019) “Sin’Ichi Chiba”(Sadaho Maeda 千葉 真 1939–2021) Anita Pointer(1948–2022) ; Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero(“Chita Rivera”)–91 Gilbert “Gil” Gerard–81 Richard Dean Anderson–74 Antonio Villaraigosa(Villar Jr.)–71 Richard Finch–70 Princess Caroline Grimaldi of Hanover–67 Mariska Hargitay–60 Tiffani Thiessen–50 ; 1789 – Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the US, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland(now Washington D.C.) ; 1977 – The TV mini-series “Roots,” based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on American Broadcasting Company.

Happy Birthday RIP David Llewelyn Wark “DW” Griffith(1875–1948) Samuel Cooke(1931–1964) Wilfred “Bill” Bixby III(1934–1993) John Hurt(1940–2017) Seymour Cassel(1935–2019) “Piper Laurie”(Rosetta Jacobs 1932–2023) ; Stephen “Steve” Perry–75 Linda Blair–65 Diane Lane–59 Guy Ferry(“Fieri”)–56 Gabriel Macht–52 Paul Balthazar Getty–49 Nicholas Tweed-Simmons–35 ; 1968 – “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” premiered on NBC. ; 1973 – the Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion. In 2022 it was illegally reversed for political reasons. RBG is turning over in her grave!