Happy Birthday RIP Felix Silla (1937–2021) Mitchell Ryan(1934–2022) Diana “Naomi” Judd(1946–2022) ; Lee Ritenour–72 Vicki Peterson Cowsill–66 Mary Jane Blige–53 Marcus Blucas–52 Amanda Peet–52 ; 1964 – Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts

Happy Birthday RIP Ray Bolger(Bulcao 1904–1987) Roy Disney(1930–2009) Salvatore “Sal” Mineo(1939–1976) James “Jim” Croce(1943–1973) ; Sir Roderick “Rod” David Stewart–79 Donald Fagen–76 George Foreman–75 “Pat Benatar”(Patricia Andrzejewski)–71 Antonio Cupo–46 Hrithek “Roshan” Nagrath–50 Alejandro “Alex” Meraz–39 ; 1946 – The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London.

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr(1925–1989) Richard Milhous Nixon(1913–1994) Robert “Bob” Denver(1935–2005) Judith Krantz(Tarcher 1928–2019) ; Joan Báez–83 James “Jimmy” Page–80 “Crystal Gayle”(Brenda Webb)–73 Jonathan “J.K.” Simmons–69 Nestor Haddaway–59 Joely Richardson–59 Alexander “A.J.” McLean–46 Catherine Middleton-Windsor Princess of Wales–42 ; 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process (used to create first photograph circa 1837) ; 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld event

Happy Birthday RIP José Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón(1912–1992) Elvis Aaron Presley(1935–1977) David Bowie(Jones 1947–2016) Stephen Hawking(1942–2018) Larry Storch(1923–2022) ; Charles Osgood Wood III–91 Shirley Bassey–87 Robert “Bob” Eubanks–86 Michelle Forbes(Guajardo)–59 Sarah Polley–45 Rachel Nichols–44 Freddie Stroma(Frederic Sjostrom)–37 ; 1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York ; 1828 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Addams(1912–1988) Thelma “Butterfly” McQueen(1911–1995) William Peter Blatty(1928–2017) Dustin Diamond(1977 – 2021); “Terry Moore”(Helen Koford)–95 Kenneth “Kenny” Loggins–76 Erin Gray–74 David Caruso–68 Katherine “Katie” Couric–67 Nicolas Cage(Coppola)–60 Jeremy Renner–53 ; 1782 – The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens ; 1927 – The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, England.

Happy Birthday RIP Gretchen “Loretta” Young(1913–2000) “Danny Thomas”(Amos Yakhoob Kairouz 1914–1991) Victor Tayback(1930–1990) Bonnie Franklin(1944–2013) ; Rowan Atkinson–69 Scott Bryce–66 Kathy Sledge-65 Daniel Pintauro–48 Edward Redmayne–42 Kathryn “Kate” McKinnon Berthold–40 ; 1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan by Tonya Harding ; 2021 – The deadly insurrection at the US Capital where rioters break into Congress attempting to stop and overturn a free and fair election. Sadly Trump is not jailed, yet.

Happy Birthday RIP “Jane Wyman”(Sarah Mayfield 1917–2007) “Jeane Dixon”(Lydia Pinckert 1904–1997) Walter Mondale 1928–2021) ; Robert Duvall–93 Diane Keaton(Hall)–78 Theodore “Ted” Lange–76 Pamela Sue Martin–71 “Marilyn Manson”(Brian Warner)–55 Bradley Cooper–49 ; 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays ; 1944 – The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper (dailymail.co.uk)

Happy Birthday RIP Sorrell Booke(1930–1994) Denise Matthews(“Vanity” 1959–2016) ; Barbara Rush–97 “Dyan Cannon”(Samile Friesen)–87 Bernard Sumner(Dicken)–68 Ann Magnuson–68 Matthew Frewer–66 John Michael Stipe–64 David Foley–61 Dorothy “Dot-Marie” Jones–60 Julia Ormond–59 August Diehl–48 ; 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York, New York

Happy Birthday RIP John Ronald Reuel Tolkien(1892–1973) “Pola Negri”(Barbara Chalupiec 1897–1987) “Victor” Borge Rosenbaum (1909–2000) Barbara Stuart(McNeese 1930–2011) Salvatore “Robert” Loggia(1930–2015) ; Dabney Coleman–92 Victoria Principale–74 “Bruce LaBruce”(Justin Stewart)–60 Alisen Down–48 Greta Thunberg–21 ; 1938 – The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt ; 1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated

Happy Birthday RIP Joan Winnifrith(“Anna Lee” 1913–2004) Isaak Ozimov(1920–1992) ; James Marshall(Goldblatt)–57 Cuba Gooding Jr.–56 Patrick Huard–55 Dax Shepard–49 Catherine “Kate” Bosworth–41 ; 1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo