Happy Birthday Terry Bollea(“Hulk Hogan”)–61 Viola Davis–49 Anna Gunn–46 Chris Messina–40 Chris Hemsworth–31 ; 1965 – deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.

Happy Birthday RIP Herbert Hoover(1874–1964) Edith Norma Shearer(1902–1983) John “Jack” Haley(1898–1979) Eddie Fisher(Edwin Tisch 1928–2010) ; Ian Anderson–66 Don Swayze–56 Rosanna Arquette–55 José Antonio Banderas–54 Justin Theroux–42 Ryan Eggold–40 Lucas Till–24 ; 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24yo postal employee David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year ; 1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.

Happy Birthday RIP Whitney Houston(1963–2012) ; Samuel Elliott–70 Melanie Griffith–57 Amanda Bearse–56 Gillian Anderson–46 Eric Banadinovich(Eric Bana)–46 Audrey Tautou–38 Anna Kendrick–29 ; 1969 – Actress Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring and Steven Parent were found murdered in Los Angeles; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the murders.

Happy Birthday RIP Esther Williams(1921–2013)  John Holmes(Estes 1944–1988) ; Richard Anderson–88 Lonnie Melvin Tillis–82 Dustin Hoffman–77 Concetta Ingolia(“Connie Stevens”)–76 Donald P. Bellisario–76 Larry Wilcox–67 Keith Carradine–65 Donald Most–61 Joshua “J.C.” Chasez–38 ; 1974 – Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day. #IMNOTACROOK

Happy Birthday RIP Mary “Billie” Burke(1884–1970) ; John Glover–70 Wayne Knight–59 Paul Bruce Dickinson–56 David Duchovny–54 Charlize Theron–39 Eric Johnson–35 Randy Wayne Frederick–33 ; 1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design, and was minted until 2008.

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Mitchum(1917–1997) Andy Warhola(1928–1987) Lucille Ball(1911–1989) ; Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan–44 Vera Farmiga–41 Soleil Moon Frye–38 Ryan Sypek–32 Christopher Anton Ploszczansky–28 ; 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare.

Happy Birthday RIP John Huston(1906–1987) Selma Diamond(1920–1985) Neil Armstrong(1930–2012) ; “John Saxon”(Carmine Orrico)–79 Loni Anderson–69 Jeannette “Ja’net” DuBois–69 Maureen McCormick–58 Patrick Ewing–52 ; 1957 – “American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark, made its network TV debut on ABC

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Armstrong(1901–1971) ; Frank Vincent Gattuso–75 Richard Belzer–70 William Robert Thornton–59 Barack H. Obama–54 Daniel Dae Kim–46 Abigail Spencer–33 ; 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy

Happy Birthday “Tony Bennett”(Anthony Benedetto)–88 “Martin Sheen”(Ramon Estevez)–74 Martha Stewart(Kostyra)–73 John Landis–64 Thomas Dewey–36 Nicole Evangeline Lilly–35 ; 1923 – Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack.

Happy Birthday RIP Jacob “Jack” Warner(1892–1978) Myrna “Loy” Williams(1905–1993) Beatrice Straight(1914–2001) John Carroll O’Connor(1924–2001) Peter O’Toole(1932–2013) ; Wes Craven–75 Joanna Cassidy(Caskey)–68 Patrick Lilley(“Butch Patrick”)–61 Patricia Apollonia Kotero–60 Mary-Louise Parker–50 Sam Worthington–38 Edward Furlong–37 ; 1790 – The first United States Census is conducted ; 1870 – Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.