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September 06 2011

Happy birthday JoAnne Worley-74 Swoosie Kurtz-67 Jane Curtin-64 Jeff Foxworthy-53 CeCe Peniston-42 1901, President William B. McKinley was shot and killed by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.

September 05 2011

Happy Birthday Bob Newhart-82 Raquel Welch-71 Michael Keaton-60 Rose McGowan-38 (RIP Freddie Mercury 1946-1991) ; 1957 “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, the defining novel of the Beat Generation, was published.

September 03 2011

Happy Birthday Eileen Brennan-79 Valerie Perrine-68 Holt McCallany-48 Adam Curry-47 Charlie Sheen-46 Nick Wechsler-33 ; 1976, the unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet’s surface.

September 02 2011

Happy Birthday Terry Bradshaw-63 Mark Harmon-60 Jimmy Connors-59 Keanu Reeves-47 Salma Hayek-45 ; 1789 The U.S. Treasury Department was established.

September 01 2011

Happy Birthday Lily Tomlin-72 Barry Gibb-65 Phil McGraw-61 Gloria Estefan-54 RIP Yvonne DeCarlo (1922-2007) ; 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan became the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada.

August 30 2011

Happy Birthday Bill Daily-84 Timothy Bottoms-60 Cameron Diaz-39 Lisa Ling-38 Eldon Henson-34 Andy Roddick-29 ; 1835 – Melbourne, Australia is founded.

August 29 2011

Happy Birthday William Friedkin-76 Elliott Gould-73 Robin Leach-70 Rebecca DeMornay­-52 Lea Michele-25 ; 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.

August 28 2011

Happy Birthday David Soul-68 Luis Guzmán-55 Jennifer Coolidge-50 David Fincher-49 Shania Twain-46 Jason Priestley-42 Jack Black-42 ; 1922 first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City.

August 25 2011

Happy Birthday Monty Hall-90 Sean Connery-81 Regis Philbin-80 Tom Skerritt-78 Elvis Costello-57 Tim Burton-53 Billy Ray Cyrus-50 Blair Underwood-47 Rachael Ray-43

August 24 2011

Happy Birthday Steve Guttenberg-53 Craig Kilborn-49 Marlee Matlin-46 Dave Chappelle-38 James D’Arcy-36 Chad Murray-30 Rupert Grint-23 ; 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in just over 19 hours