Happy Birthday RIP Tammy Wynette(Virginia Pugh 1942–1998) ; Michael Palin–70 Jonathon Rhys-Davies–69 Kurt Loder–68 Brian Williams–54 Kristina Yothers–40 Henry Cavill–30 Adele Adkins–25 ;  1925 –  John T. Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Happy Birthday RIP Audrey Hepburn(Ruston 1929–1993) Paul Gleason(1939–2006) ; Richard Jenkins–66 Pia Zadora(Schipani)–59 Randy Travis(Traywick)–54 Mary Beth McDonough–52 Ana Gasteyer–46 William “Will” Arnett–43 Michael Pritchard(“Mike Dirnt”)–41 James Lance Bass–34 ; 1959 – The 1st Grammy Awards are held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Album of the Year was awarded to Henry Mancini. 

Happy Birthday RIP James Brown(1933–2006) ; Ann B. Davis–87 Francis Castelluccio(“Frankie Valli”)–79 Chris Mulkey–65 Christopher Cross(Geppert)–62 Bobby Cannavale–43 ; 1802 – Washington, D.C., was incorporated ; 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.

Happy Birthday RIP Harry “Bing” Crosby(1903–1977) “Hedda Hopper”(Elda Furry 1885–1966) ;  “Engelbert Humperdinck”(Arnold Dorsey)–77 Louis Grammatico(“Lou Gramm”)–63 Bianca Macias(“Jagger”)–68 Christine Baranski–61 Donatella Versace–58 Dwayne Johnson–41 “Pandora Boxx”(Michael Steck)–41 David Beckham–38 ; 1932 – Jack Benny’s first radio show debuted on the NBC Blue Network.

Happy Birthday RIP Gwyllyn “Glenn” Ford(1916–2006) Jack Paar(1918–2004) ; Richard J. Riordan–83 Judith Collins–74 Rita Coolidge–68 Joanna Lumley–67 Ray Parker Jr.–59 Samuel “Tim” McGraw–46 Wesley Anderson–44 ; 1707 – the Act of Union joins England and Scotland to form Great Britain ; 1941 – The Orson Welles film “Citizen Kane” premiered in New York.

Happy Birthday RIP “Eve Arden”(Eunice Quedens 1908–1990) “Al Lewis”(Alexander Meister 1923–2006) Gary Collins(1938–2012) ; Cloris Leachman–87 Willie Nelson–80 Adrian Pasdar–48 Jeff Timmons–40 Johnny Galecki–38 Kirsten Dunst–31 Dianna Agron–27 ; 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor

Happy Birthday RIP Edward “Duke” Ellington(1899–1974) ; Richard Klein–69 Nora Dunn–61 Jerome “Jerry” Seinfeld–59 Leslie Jordan–58 Katherine “Kate” Mulgrew–58 Daniel Day-Lewis–56 Michelle Pfeiffer–55 Eve Plumb–55 Uma Thurman–43 Andre Agassi–43 ; 1996 – The musical “Rent” opened on Broadway

Happy Birthday RIP Carolyn Jones(1930–1983) Lionel Barrymore(1878–1954) ; Ann-Margret Olsson–72 James “Jay” Leno–63 Mary McDonnell–61 Jorge Garcia–40 Penélope Cruz Sánchez–39 Jessica Alba–32 ; 1932 – A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans

Happy Birthday RIP Hiram Ulysses Grant(1822–1885) Walter Lantz(1899–1994) Jacob “Jack” Klugman(1922–2012) Robert Donner(1931–2006) ; Kemal “Casey” Kasem–81 Kate Pierson–65 Kevin McNally–57 Sheena Easton(Orr)–54 James Duke Mason–21 ; 1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.

Happy Birthday Carol Burnett–80 Jet Li Lian Jie( 李連杰) –50 Kevin George “James” Knipfing–48 Thomas “Tom” Welling–36 Channing Tatum–33 : 1986 – the world’s worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 Soviets died immediately.