Happy Birthday RIP Shemp Howard(Samuel Horwitz 1895–1955) Lawrence Welk(1903–1992) ; Rupert Murdoch–82 Sam Donaldson–79 Mark Metcalf–67 Robert “Bobby” McFerrin–63 Susan Richardson–61 Catharina “Nina” Hagen–58 “Lady Chablis”(Benjamin Knox)–56 “Cheryl Lynn”(Lynda Cheryl Smith)–56 David LaChapelle–50 Terrence Howard–44 “Johnny Knoxville”(Philip Clapp)–42 Thora Birch–31 ; 1985 – Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party

Happy Birthday Carlos “Chuck” Norris–73 Shannon Tweed–56 Sharon Stone–55 Jasmine Guy–51 Prince Edward Windsor–49 Carrie Underwood–30 ; 1965 – Neil Simon’s play “The Odd Couple” opened on Broadway in New York

Happy Birthday RIP Raul Julia y Arcelay(1940–1994) ; Charles Gibson–70 Jeffrey Osborne–65 Faith Daniels(Augustine)–56 Martin Fry–55 Juliette Binoche–49 Emmanuel Lewis–42 Kerr Smith–41 Brittney Snow–27 ; 1959 – Mattel’s Barbie doll made its public debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York

Happy Birthday RIP Lynn Redgrave(1943–2010) Alan Hale Mackahan Jr(1921–1990) Cyd Charisse(Tula Finklea 1921–2008) ; George Michael Dolenz Jr–68 John Kapelos–57 Gary Numan(Webb)–55 Lester Holt–54 Aidan Quinn–54 Debra Francis Manheim–52 Freddie Prinze Jr–37 James Van Der Beek Jr–36 Nicholas Zano–35 ; 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.

Happy Birthday Willard Scott Jr–79 Danielo J. Travanti–73 Michael Eisner–71 Taylor Dayne(Leslie Wunderman)–51 Wanda Sykes–49 John “Peter” Sarsgaard–42 ; 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

Happy Birthday RIP Lou Costello(Louis Cristillo 1906–1959) Edward McMahon(1923–2009) ; Alan Greenspan–87 Joanna Miles–73 David Gilmour–67 Robert Reiner–66 James Saito–58 Edward Dezen–56 Thomas Arnold–54 Constance Womack(“Connie Britton”)–46 Shaquille O’Neal–41 ; 1834–The city of Toronto was incorporated.

Happy Birthday RIP Reginald “Rex” Harrison(1908–1990) Andy Gibb(1958–1988) Teena Marie( Mary Brockert 1956–2010) ; Robert “Dean” Stockwell-77 Elaine Paige(Elaine Bickerstaff)-65 Edmond “Eddy” Grant-65 Marsha Warfield-59 Penn Jillette-58 Kevin Connolly-39 Eva Mendes-38

Happy Birthday Paula Prentiss(Ragusa)–75 Chris Squire–65 Catherine O’Hara–59 Steven Weber–52 Adrian Zmed–59 Chastity “Chaz” Bono–44 ; 1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect ; 1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated

Happy Birthday RIP Alexander Graham Bell(1847–1922) George Mortimer Pullman(1831–1897) Harlean Carpenter(“Jean Harlow” 1911–1937) Perry Edwin Ellis(1940–1986) James Doohan(1920–2005) ; Jennifer Warnes–66 Miranda Richardson–55 Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer–43 David Faustino–39 Jessica Biel–31 ; 1923 – Time magazine, founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, was first published ; 1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York

Happy Birthday RIP Theodor Geisel(“Dr Seuss” 1904–1991) Karen Carpenter(1950–1983) ; Desiderio Arnaz y de Acha III(“Desi Arnaz” 1917–1986) ; Mikhail Gorbachyov–82 John Irving(John Blunt)–71 Cheryl “Gates” McFadden–64 Laraine Newman–61 Jon Bon Jovi(John Bongiovi)–51 Daniel Craig–45 Christopher “Chris” Martin–36 Bryce Dallas Howard–32 ; 1917 – Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship ; 1933 – The film King Kong opens at New York’s Radio City Music Hall ; 1949 – The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut