Happy Birthday James Cromwell-72 Nick Mason-67 Mikhail Baryshnikov-64 Mimi Rogers-56 Keith Olbermann-53 Bridget Fonda-48 Alan Cumming-47 ; 1880 Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp (lightbulb)
USA Patent Document

Happy Birthday James Cromwell-72 Nick Mason-67 Mikhail Baryshnikov-64 Mimi Rogers-56 Keith Olbermann-53 Bridget Fonda-48 Alan Cumming-47 ; 1880 Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp (lightbulb)
http://www.google.com/patents/US223898?printsec=description#v=onepage&q&f=false

Happy Birthday  Bob Uecker-77 Scott Glenn-73 Eddie Van Halen-57 Ellen DeGeneres-54 Wayne Gretzky-51 ; 1788 The first European settlers in Australia landed in present-day Sydney.

Happy Birthday Dinah Manoff-54 Alicia Keys-31 , RIP Etta James (1938–2012) ; 1915, the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service.

Happy Birthday Ernest Borgnine-95 Neil Diamond-71 Yakov Smirnoff-61 Nastassja Kinski-53 Mary Lou Retton-44 Matthew Lillard-42 ; 1908 The first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.

Happy Birthday Gil Gerard-69 Rutger Hauer-68 Anita Pointer-64 Richard Dean-62 Antonio Villaraigosa-59 Princess Caroline of Monoco-55 Anita Baker-54 Mariska Hargitay-48 ; 1973, President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.

Happy Birthday Piper Laurie-80 John Hurt-72 Steve Perry-63 Linda Blai-53 , RIP Bill Bixby(1934-1993) ; 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion.

Happy Birthday Jack Nicklaus-72 Placido Domingo-71 Mac Davis-70 Billy Ocean-62 Robby Benson-56 Geena Davis-56 ; 1915 The first Kiwanis Club was founded, in Detroit.

Happy Birthday Arte Johnson-82 Buzz Aldrin-82 David Lynch-66 Bill Maher-56 Lorenzo Lamas-54 Melissa Rivers-44 Skeet Ulrich-42 ; RIP George Burns (1896-1996) ; Etta James dies at 73.

Happy Birthday Jean Stapleton-89 Tippi Hedren-82 Dolly Parton-66 Desi Arnaz Jr-59 Katey Sagal-58 William Ragsdale-51 Jodie Sweetin-30 ; 1943 Rock singer Janis Joplin was born, RIP