Happy Birthday RIP Thomas Alva Edison(1847-1931) Éva Gábor(1919–1995) Leslie Nielsen(1926–2010) Burton “Burt” Reynolds Jr(1936–2018) ; Tatiana Blacker(“Tina Louise”)–90 Sheryl Crow–62 Jennifer Aniston–55 Brandy Norwood–45 Matthew Lawrence–44 Natalie Dormer–42 Taylor Lautner–32 ; 1938 – BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot”
February 10
Happy Birthday RIP James “Jimmy” Durante(1893–1980) Jerrald “Jerry” Goldsmith(1929–2004) ; Robert Wagner Jr–94 Roberta Flack–87 Mark Spitz–74 George Stephanopoulos–63 Laura Dern–57 Elizabeth Banks(Mitchell)–50 Thomas Schilling–42 Emma Roberts–33 ; 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City ; 1940 – Tom and Jerry make their debut with “Puss Gets the Boot” cartoon.
February 9
Happy Birthday RIP Carmen Miranda(Maria Miranda da Cunha 1909–1955) ; Carole King(Klein)–82 Joseph “Joe” Pesci–81 Maria “Mia” Villiers-Farrow–79 Judith Light(Licht)–75 James Jackson Bullock–69 Colin Egglesfield–51 Zhāng Zǐyi(章子怡)–45 Thomas Hiddleston–43 David Gallagher–39 Rose Arbuthnot-Leslie–37 ; 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources ; 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers
February 8
Happy Birthday RIP Julia “Lana” Turner (1921–1995) Audrey Meadows Allen (Cotter 1922–1996) John “Jack” Lemmon III (1925–2001) James Byron Dean.(1931–1955) Gary Coleman (1968–2010) ; John Williams–92 Edward “Ted” Koppel–84 Nicholas “Nick” Nolte–83 Robert Klein–82 Brooke Adams–75 Mary Steenburgen–71 John Grisham Jr–69 Ethan Phillips–69 Vincent Neil Wharton–63 Mary McCormack–55 Seth Green–50 Liam McIntyre–42 James “Jim” Verraros–41 ; 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce ; 1960 – The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame near Hollywood and Gower
February 7
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Dickens(1812–1870) Harry Sinclair Lewis(1885–1951) Clarence “Buster” Crabbe II(1908–1983) Edward “Eddie” Bracken(1915–2002) Miguel Ferrer(1955–2017) ; James Spader–64 Troyal Garth Brooks–62 Edward “Eddie” Izzard–62 Christopher Rock III–59 Robyn Lively–52 Christopher Ashton Kutcher–46 ; 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented ; 1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
February 6
Happy Birthday RIP George “Babe” Ruth Jr (1895–1948) Robert “Bob” Marley (1945–1981) Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) Natalie Cole (1950–2015) Sári “Zsa Zsa” Gábor (1917–2016) Elmore “Rip” Torn Jr (1931–2019) ; “Mamie Van Doren”(Joan Olander)–93 Michael “Mike” Farrell–85 Thomas “Tom” Brokaw–84 Fabiano Forte(“Fabian”)–81 Kathy Najimy–67 William “Axl” Rose–62 Richard “Rick” Astley–58 Joshua Stewart–47 Alice Eve–42 ; 1952 – Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (Windsor) becomes queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her father, George VI.
February 5
Happy Birthday RIP Richmond “John” Carradine(1906–1988) “Red Buttons”(Aaron Chwatt 1919–2006) Henry “Hank” Aaron (1934–2020) Thomas “Tom” Wilkinson(1948–2023) ; David Selby–83 Barbara Hershey(Herzstein)–76 Timothy “Tim” Meadows–63 Jennifer Jason Leigh(Morrow)–62 Laura Linney–60 Thomas Christopher Parnell–57 Robert “Bobby” Brown–55 Paul Vandervort–39 Darren Criss–37 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists studio (UA) later bought by MGM
February 4
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974) Rosa McCauley Parks (1913–2005) Bettye Goldstein(“Betty Friedan” 1921–2006) Conrad Bain (1923–2013) David Brenner (1936–2014) ; Conrad John Schuck–84 Vincent Furnier(“Alice Cooper”)–76 Masanori Takahashi(“Kitaro”)–71 Vincent Walsh–52 Oscar De La Hoya–51 Brandon “Bug” Hall–39 ; 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg
February 3
Happy Birthday RIP Norman Perceval Rockwell(1894–1978) Charles Victor Bruno(1938–1982) John Fiedler(1925–2005) Joey Bishop(Joseph Gottlieb 1918–2007) Dr. Henry Heimlich(1920–2016) ; Francis “Fran” Tarkenton–84 Blythe Danner–81 “Morgan Fairchild”(Patsy McClenny)–74 Joseph “Nathan” Lane–68 Maura Tierney–59 Isla Fisher–48 ; 1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income tax
February 2
Happy Birthday RIP Samuel “Zero” Mostel(1915–1977) Charles Durning(1923–2012) Gavin MacLeod(Allan See 1931–2021) Gilbert Gottfried(1955–2022) ; Mario Andretti–84 Bernadette Peters(Lazzara)–76 John Turturro–67 Cynthia “Cindy” Wilson–67 Alison “Ali” Larter–48 ; 1827 – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight ; 1935 – DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents Nylon ; 1954 –The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public. Analog signals were phased out in 2011 but digital standard definition television continues to use the frame rate and number of lines of resolution established by the analog NTSC standard.