Happy Birthday Bob Uecker-76 Scott Glenn-70 Eddie Van Halen-56 Ellen DeGeneres-53 ; RIP Paul Newman (1925-2008) ; 1950, India is republic

Happy Birthday Etta James-73 Dinah Manoff-53 Alicia Keys-30 ; 1915, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated US transcontinental telephone service

Happy Birthday Ernest Borgnine-94 Neil Diamond-70 Yakov Smirnoff-60 Nastassja Kinski-52 Mary Lou Retton-43 Matthew Lillard-41

Happy Birthday Gil Gerard-68 Rutger Hauer-67 Anita Pointer-63 Richard Dean Anderson-61 Antonio Villaraigosa-58 Anita Baker-53

Happy Birthday John Hurt-71 Steve Perry-62 Linda Blair-52 Diane Lane-46 Balthazar Getty-36 ; 1973 Roe vs. Wade , legalizes abortion

Happy Birthday Jack Nicklaus-71 Placido Domingo-70 Mac Davis-69 Billy Ocean-61 Robby Benson-55 Geena Davis-55 Emma Bunton-35

Happy Birthday Arte Johnson-82 David Lynch-65 Bill Maher-55 Lorenzo Lamas-53 Melissa Rivers-43 Skeet Ulrich-41 ; 1841 Hong Kong ceded to UK

Happy Birthday Jean Stapleton-88 Tippi Hedren-81 Dolly Parton-65 Katey Sagal-54 William Ragsdale-50 Shawn Wayans-40 Jodie Sweetin-29

Happy Birthday Kevin Costner-56 Tom Bailey-55 Dave Attell-46 Jason Segel-31; 1993 USA begins observing MLK Jr Day

Happy Birthday Betty White-89 James Earl Jones-80 Maury Povich-72 Muhammad Ali-69 Susanna Hoffs-52 Jim Carrey-49 Michelle Obama-47