Happy Birthday RIP Nat ‘King’ Cole (1919–1965) Patrick Duffy-63 Kurt Russell-61 Gary Sinnise-57 Rob Lowe-48 ; 1969 Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel. 

Happy Birthday Jerry Lewis-86 Chuck Woolery-71 Erik Estrada-63 Nancy Wilson-58 Lauren Graham-45 ; 1850 “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published.

Happy Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg-79 Judd Hirsch-77 Dee Snider-57 Park Overall-55 Fabio Lanzoni-53 Terence Trent D’Arby Howard-50 Ken “Rockwell” Gordy-48 Eva Longoria-37 ; 1956 The Lerner and Loewe musical “My Fair Lady” opened on Broadway.

Happy Birthday RIP Albert Einstein (1879-1955)  Quincy Jones-79 Michael Caine-79 Billy Crystal-64 Chris Klein-33 Jordan Taylor Hanson-29 Jamie Bell-26 ; 1794 Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.

Happy Birthday Neil Sedaka-73 William H. Macy-62 Danny Masterson-36 Emile Hirsch-27 ; 1781 The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.

Happy Birthday RIP Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)  Barbara Feldon-79 Al Jarreau-72 Liza Minnelli-66 James Taylor-64 Ron Jeremy -59 Aaron Eckhart-44 ; 1912 The Girl Guides, the forerunner of the Girl Scouts of America, was founded.

Happy Birthday Rupert Murdoch-81 Sam Donaldson-78 Mark Metcalf-66 Bobby McFerrin Jr.-62 Jerry Zucker-62 Susan Richardson-60 Catharina Nina Hagen-57 Lady Chablis-54 Terrence Howard-43 Johnny Knoxville(Phillip Clapp)-41 Thora Birch-30

Happy Birthday Chuck Norris-72 Sharon Stone-54 Jasmine Guy-50 Prince Edward Windsor-48 Carrie Underwood-29 ; 1965 Neil Simon’s play “The Odd Couple” opened on Broadway in New York

Happy Birthday Charles Gibson-69 Juliette Binoche-48 Emmanuel Lewis-41 Kerr Smith-40 Brittney Snow-26 ; 1959 Mattel’s Barbie doll made its public at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

Happy Birthday George Micky Dolenz Jr.-67 John Kapelos-56 Gary Numan Webb-54 Lester Holt-53 Aidan Quinn-53 Debra Camryn Manheim-51 Freddie Prinze Jr.-36 James Van Der Beek Jr.-36 Nick Zano-34 ; 1917 The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.