Happy Birthday RIP “Rodney Dangerfield”(Jacob Cohen 1921–2004) ; Robert Vaughn–81 Billie Jean King(Moffit)–70 Jamie Leigh Curtis–55 Mariel Hemingway–52 Stephen Geoffreys–49 Boris Becker–46 Mark Ruffalo–46 Scarlett Johansson–29 ; 1963 – President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas Texas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States.

Happy Birthday RIP Stan Musial(1920–2013) ; Margaret “Marlo” Thomas–76 Harold Ramis–69 Goldie Hawn–68 Lorna Luft–61 Colette “Nicollette” Sheridan–50 Björk  Robert “Rib” Hillis–43 “Chris Rockway”(Daniel Vomacka)–34 ; 1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound

Happy Birthday RIP Robert F. Kennedy(1925–1968) Franklin Cover(1928–2006) “Richard Dawson”(Colin Emm 1932–2012) ; Richard “Dick” Smothers–74 Joseph Biden–71 Veronica Hamel–70 Joe Walsh–66 “Bo Derek”(Mary Collins)–57 Joel McHale–42 David O’Donnell–39 ; 1966 – The musical “Cabaret,” with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway ; 1985 The first version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was released

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Tierney(1920–1991) Tommy Dorsey(1905–1956) ; Larry King(Lawrence Zeiger)–80 Richard “Dick” Cavett–77 Robert “Ted” Turner III–75 Richard “Calvin” Klein–71 Robert Beltran–60 Allison Janney–54 Margaret “Meg” Ryan(Hyra)–52 Ann Curry–57 Alicia “Jodie” Foster–51 Jack Dorsey–36 ; 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Daguerre(1787–1851) Imogene Fernandez de Coca(1908–2001) ; Brenda Vaccaro–74 Linda Evans(Evenstad)–71 Kevin Nealon–60 John Parr–59 Kim Wilde(Smith)–53 Owen Wilson–45 Chloë Sevigny–39 ; 1928 – The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York City ; 1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service

Happy Birthday RIP “Rock Hudson”(Roy Scherer 1925–1985) ; Gordon Lightfoot–75 Martin Scorsese–71 Mary “Lauren” Hutton–70 Danny DeVito–69 Lorne Michaels(Lipowitz)–69 “RuPaul”(Andre Charles)–53 Rachel McAdams–35 Clarke Isaac Hanson–33 ; 1973 – President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, Fla., that “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.”

Happy Birthday RIP Oliver Burgess Meredith(1907–1997) ; David Leisure–63 Diana Krall–49 Lisa Bonet(Boney)–46 Martha Plimpton–43 Andrea “Missi” Pyle–41 Margaret “Maggie” Gyllenhaal–36 ; 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Happy Birthday RIP Georgia O’Keeffe(1887–1986) ; Joseph Wapner–94 Ed Asner–84 Petula Clark–81 Joanna Barnes–79 Sam Waterston–73 Anni-Frid Lyngstad–68 Alexander O’Neal–60 Margaret Reed–57 Jonny Lee Miller–41 Sean Murray–36 ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. debuted with a radio network of 24 stations. 

Happy Birthday RIP Constance Ockelman(“Veronica Lake” 1922–1973) Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr.(1927–1996) Robert Keith Richey Jr.(“Brian Keith” 1921–1997) ; Peter Norton–70 Prince Charles Philip Mountbatten-Windsor–65 Condoleezza Rice–59 Yiànnis Hryssomàllis–59 Daniel Bernard Sweeney–52 Patrick Warburton–49 Joshua Duhamel–41 Russell Tovey–32 ; 1851 – Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” was published.

Happy Birthday RIP Richard Mulligan(1932–2000) ; Garry Marshall(Maschiarelli)–79 Joe Mantegna–66 Frances Conroy–60 Tracy Scoggins–60 Chris Noth–59 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–58 Jimmy Kimmel–46 Steve Zahn–46 Gerard Butler–44 Jordan Bridges–40 Michael Copon–31 Kit Williamson–28 ; 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. ; 1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.