Happy Birthday RIP Gloria Swanson (1899-1983)  Quentin Tarantino-49 Mariah Carey-43 Stacey “Fergie” Ferguson-37 ; 1794 President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy.

Happy Birthday Leonard Nimoy-81 Alan Arkin-78 James Caan-72 Nancy Pelosi-72 Diana Ross-68 Steven Tyler-64 Vicki Lawrence-63 Martin Short-62 Leeza Gibbons-55 T.R. Knight-39 ; 1911 Playwright Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Miss.

Happy Birthday Gloria Steinem-78 Aretha Franklin-70 Paul Michael Glaser-69 Sir Elton John(Reginald Dwight)-65 Mary Gross-59 Marcia Cross-50 Sarah Jessica Parker-47 Danica Patrick-30 ; 1913 The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP Harry Houdini (1874-1926)  Bob Mackie-73 Tommy Hilfiger-61 Louie Anderson-59 Robert Carradine-58 Donna Pescow-58 Kelly LeBrock-52 Star Jones-50 Lara Flynn Boyle-42 ; 1955 “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.

Happy Birthday  Ric Ocasek-63 Catherine Keener-53 Marc Cherry-50 Perez Hilton ( Mario Lavandeira, Jr.)-34 Chaka Khan (Yvette Stevens) -59 ; 2010 President Barack Obama signed a $938 billion health care overhaul.

Happy Birthday RIP Marcel Marceau (1923–2007)  William Shatne-81 George Benson-69 Andrew Lloyd Webber-64 Stephanie Mills-55 Matthew Modine-53 Reese Witherspoon-36 ; 1882 Congress outlawed polygamy.

Happy Birthday Timothy Dalton-66 Eddie Money-63 Gary Oldman-54 Rosie O’Donnell-50 Matthew Broderick-50 ; 1790 Thomas Jefferson took office as America’s first secretary of state.

Happy Birthday RIP Fred Rogers (1928–2003) Carl Reiner-90 Hal Linden-81 John de Lancie-64 William Hurt-62 Spike Lee-55 Holly Hunter-54 Kathy Ireland-49 Dean Geyer-26 ; 1996 A jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their millionaire parents.

Happy Birthday Ursula Andress-76 Ruth Pointer-66 Glenn Close-65 Bruce Willis-57; 1918 Congress approved daylight-saving time. ; 1931 Nevada legalized gambling ; 1953 Academy Awards was televised for first time

Happy Birthday Charley Pride-74 Irene Cara-53 Vanessa Lynn Williams-49 Queen Latifah(Dana Owens)-42 Dane Cook-40 ; 1931 Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor.