Happy Birthday Robert Loggia-82 Dabney Coleman-80 Stephen Stills-66 Victoria Principal-62 Mel Gibson-56 ; 1959, President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state.
January 02
Happy Birthday Cuba Gooding Jr.-44 Patrick Huard-43 Dax Shepard-37 Kate Bosworth-29 ; 1974 President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph.
December 31
Happy Birthday Anthony Hopkins-74 Andy Summers-69 Ben Kingsley-68 Diane Von Furstenberg-65 Tim Matheson-63 Donna Summer-63 Bebe Neuwirth-53 Val Kilmer-52 ; 1857 Britain’s Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.
December 30
Happy Birthday James Burrows-71 Davy Jones-66 Tracey Ullman-52 Meredith Vieira-58 Matt Lauer-54 Sean Hannity-50 Jason Behr-38 Tiger Woods-36 ; 1940 California’s first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened
December 29
Happy Birthday Inga Swenson-79 Mary Tyler Moore-75 Jon Voight-73 Ted Danson-64 Paula Poundstone-52 Patricia Clarkson-52 Andy Wachowski-44 Jude Law-39
December 28
Happy Birthday Nichelle Nichols-79 Maggie Smith-77 Denzel Washington-57 Seth Meyers-38 Brendan Hines-35 David Archuleta-21 ; 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.
December 27
Happy Birthday Cokie Roberts-68 Gerard Depardieu-63 Wilson Cruz-38 RIP Marlene Dietrich(1901-1992) ; 1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
December 25
Happy Birthday Tony Martin-98 Gary Sandy-66 Jimmy Buffet-65 Barbara Mandrell-63 Sissy Spacek-62 Florian “Dido” Armstrong-40 Annie Lennox-57
December 24
Happy Birthday Mary Higgins Clark-84 Diedrich Bader-45 Ricky Martin-40 Ryan Seacrest-37 ; 1906 Canadian physicist Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, Mass.