Happy Birthday RIP Jane Austen(1775–1817) ; Lesley Stahl–71  Harry “Ben” Cross–65 Billy Gibbons–63 Benjamin Bratt–49 Jonathan Scarfe–37 Scott Bailey–34 Theo James(Taptiklis)–28 Anna Popplewell–24; 1773 – The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.

Happy Birthday RIP Jean Paul Getty(1892–1976) ; Thomas “Tim” Conway–79 Don Johnson–63 Marta DuBois–60 Garrett Wang–44 Stuart Townsend–40 Adam Brody–33 Camilla Luddington–29 ; 1939 – “Gone with the Wind” receives its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia

Happy Birthday RIP Lee Remick (1935–1991) ; Anna Marie “Patty” Duke–66 Joyce Vincent Wilson(“Dawn”)–64 ; 2000 The FTC unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.

Happy Birthday Richard “Dick” Van Dyke–87 Arthur “Christopher” Plummer–83 John Davidson–71 Theodore “Ted” Nugent–64 Morris Day–56 Steve Buscemi–55 Jamie Foxx(Eric Bishop)–45 Taylor Swift–23

Happy Birthday RIP Francis “Frank” Sinatra(1915–1998) Brandon Teena(1972–1993) http://bit.ly/5GJXp2 ; Robert “Bob” Barker–89 Edward “Ed” Koch–88 Connie Francis(Concetta Franconero)–75 Dionne Warwick(Marie Warrick)–72 Bill Nighy–63 Cathleen “Cathy” Rigby–60 Sheila Escovedo–55 Jennifer Connelly–42 Shelton Hank Williams–40344.

Happy Birthday Rita Moreno(Rosita Alverio)–81 Donna Mills(Miller)–70 John Kerry–69 Lynda Day George(Lynda Louise Day)–68 Terry “Teri” Garr–64 Robert “Ben” Browder–50 Monica “Monique” Imes–45 Jason “Rusty” Joiner–40 ; 1946 – UNICEF (the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) was established.

Happy Birthday RIP Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace(1815–1852) ; Susan Dey(Smith)–60 Paul Hardcastle–55 Kenneth Branagh–52 Virenia “Nia” Peeples–51 Raven-Symoné Pearman–27 ; 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

Happy Birthday RIP Margaret Hamilton(1902–1985) Redd Foxx(John Sanford 1922–1991) : Kirk Douglas(Issur Demsky)–96 Dick Van Patten–84 Buck Henry Zuckerman–82 Judith Dench–78 Lloyd “Beau” Bridges–71 Michael Dorn–60 John Malkovich–59 Donny Osmond–55 Felicity Huffman–50 Jesse Metcalfe–34

Happy Birthday RIP Sammy Davis Jr(1925-1990) John “David” Carradine(1936-2009) Clerow “Flip” Wilson(1933-1998) Jim Morrison(1943–1971) ; Gregg Allman–65 Kimila Basinger–59 Teri Hatcher–48 Sinéad O’Connor–46 Ian Somerhalder–34 Nicki Minaj(Onika Maraj)–30 ; 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.

Happy Birthday Ellen Burstyn(Edna Gillooly)–80 Tom Waits–63 Larry Bird–56 Priscilla Barnes–54 Christopher Thomas Howell–46 Shiri Appleby–34 ; 1941, Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, drawing the United States into World War II. More than 2,300 Americans were killed.