Happy Birthday Kenny Rogers–75 Kim Cattrall–57 Carrie-Anne Moss–43 Alicia Witt–38 Hayden Panettiere–24 ; 1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobile was founded ; 1959 – President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Bergman(“Alan Reed” 1907–1977) Isaac Hayes(1942–2008) ; Don King–82 Constance “Connie” Chung Povich(宗毓華)–67 Robert Plant–65 Albert “Al” Roker–59 James Marsters–51 Drew Waters–40 Amy Adams–39 Benjamin Barnes–32 ; 1920 – First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Roddenberry(1921–1991) ; Diana Muldaur–75 Jill St. John(Jill Oppenheim)–73 William Jefferson Blythe(Bill Clinton)–67 Mary “Tipper” Gore–65 Jonathan Frakes-61 Peter Gallagher–58 John Stamos–50 Kyra Sedgwick–48 Kevin Dillon–48 Matthew Perry–44 ; 1929 – The comedy “Amos ‘n’ Andy” made its network radio debut on NBC ; 2004 – Internet search engine Google went public.

Happy Birthday RIP “Shelley Winters”(Shirley Schrift 1920–2006) Patrick Swayze(1952–2009) ; Eleanor Rosalynn Carter–86 “Roman Polanski”(Rajmund  Liebling)–80 Charles Robert Redford–76 Martin Mull–70 Elayne Boosler–61 Denis Leary–56 Christian Slater–44 Edward Norton–44 Malcolm-Jamal Warner–43 Andy Samberg–35 ; 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium

Happy Birthday RIP Mary “Mae” West(1893–1980) ; Robert De Niro–70 Larry Ellison–69 Kevin Rowlan–60 Belinda Carlisle–55 Sean Penn–53 Donnie Wahlberg–44 ; 1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.

Happy Birthday RIP Fess Parker(1924–2010) Edith Gormezano(“Eydie Gormé” 1928–2013) ; Frank Gifford–83 Julia Newmeyer(“Julie Newmar”)–80 Lesley Ann Warren–67 Kathie Lee Gifford(Epstein)–60 James Cameron–59 Madonna Louise Ciccone–55 Angela Bassett–55 Timothy Hutton–53 Steve Carell–51 Cameron Gigandet–31 Cameron Monaghan–20 ; 1954 – Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc. ; 1977 – Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42. The bathroom where the body was found is closed to the public.

Happy Birthday RIP Julia Child(McWilliams 1912–2004) ; Rose Marie Mazetta–90 “Mike Connors”(Krekor Ohanian)–88 Patricia Priest–77 Linda Ellerbee(Smith)–69 Princess Anne Windsor–63 Tess Harper(Washam)–63 Željko Ivanek–56 Debra Messing–45 Ben Affleck–41 Joe Jonas–24 Jennifer Lawrence–23 ; 1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood California

Happy Birthday RIP Alice Ghostley(1924–2007) ; David Crosby–72 Steve Martin–68 Susan Saint James(Miller)–67 Danielle Steel–66 Gary Larson–63 Earvin “Magic” Johnson–54 Marcia Gay Harden–54 Susan Olsen–52 Jon Marc Ingle(“Lady Bunny”)–51 Maria Halle Berry–47 Catherine Bell–45 Christopher Gorham–39 Milena Kunis–30 ; 1935 – Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired, is signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt

Happy Birthday RIP Irving “Bert” Lahrheim(1895–1967) Alfred Hitchcock(1899–1980) Neville Brand(1920–1992) Herb Ritts(1952–2002) ; Daniel “Pat” Harrington–84 “Kevin Tighe”(John Fishburn)–69 Dante “Danny” Bonaduce–54 John Slattery–51 James Carpinello–38 Augusto “Alex” González–33 ; 1942 – Walt Disney’s animated feature “Bambi” premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City

Happy Birthday RIP Jane Wyatt(1910–2006) Cecil Blount DeMille(1881–1959) ; George Hamilton–74 Patrick “Pat” Metheny–59 Peter Krause–48 Rebecca Gayheart–41 Caleb Casey Affleck–38 ; 1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine