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February 18

Happy Birthday George Kennedy-87 Yoko Ono -79 Cybill Shepherd-62 Juice Newton-60 John Travolta-58 Vanna White-55 Matt Dillon-48 Molly Ringwald-44 ; 1930 Photographic evidence of Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.

February 17

Happy Birthday Dame Edna(Barry Humphries)-78 Mary Ann Mobley-73 Rene Russo-58 Lou Diamond Phillips-50 Michael Jordan-49 Denise Richards-41 Jerry O’Connell-38 Joseph Gordon-Levitt-31 Paris Hilton-31 Chord Overstreet -23 ; 1933 Newsweek magazine was first published. ; 1992 Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.

February 16

Happy Birthday RIP Sonny Bono (1935-1998)  James Ingram-60 LeVar Burton-55 John McEnroe-53 Sarah Clarke-41 ; 1968 The nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Alabama

February 15

Happy Birthday  RIP Harvey Korman(1927-2008)  Melissa Manchester-61 Jane Seymour-61 Matt Groening-58 Janice Dickenson-57 Christopher McDonald-57 Jane Child-45 Alex Borstein-39 ; 1764 The city of St. Louis was established.

February 14

Happy Birthday Hugh Downs-91 Florence Henderson-78 Michael Bloomberg-70 Ray Teller-64 Meg Tilly-52 ; 1903 The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor was established. ; Happy Valentine’s Day (http://j.mp/yLOCsQ )

February 13

Happy Birthday Chuck Yeager-89 Kim Novak-79 Jerry Springer-68 Stockard Channing-68 Peter Gabriel-62 Robbie Williams-38 Mena Suvari-33

February 12

Happy Birthday Franco Zeffirelli-89  Judy Blume-74 Michael Ironside-62  Michael McDonald-60 Joanna Kerns-59 Arsenio Hall-57 Darren Aronofsky-43 Josh Brolin-44 Christina Ricci-32 ; 1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York.

February 11

Happy Birthday RIP Thomas Alva Edison(1847-1931)  Tina Louise-78 Burt Reynolds-76 Sheryl Crow-50 Jennifer Aniston-43 Brandy Norwood-33  Taylor Lautner-20

February 10

Happy Birthday RIP Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) Robert Wagner-82 Roberta Flack-73 Mark Spitz-62 Laura Dern-45 Elizabeth Banks-38 ; 1763 France ceded Canada to England under the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War.

February 9

Happy Birthday Carole King-70 Joe Pesci-69 Mia Farrow-67 Judith Light-63  Jim J Bullock-57 David Gallagher-27 ; 1964 The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on “The Ed  Sullivan Show”