Happy Birthday Harry Reid–73 Cathy Lee Crosby–68 Stone Phillips–58 Dan Gauthier–49 Lucy Liu–44 Nelly Furtado–34 Britney Spears–31 ; 1939 – New York City’s La Guardia Airport opens to the public.

Happy Birthday RIP Richard Pryor(1940–2005) ; Woody Allen(Allan Konigsberg)–77 Bette Midler–67 Charlene Tilton–54 Jeremy Northam–51 Richard Treat Williams–51 Nestor Carbonell–45 Sarah Silverman–42 ; 1913 The first drive-in automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Happy Birthday RIP Richard “Dick” Clark(1929–2012) ; Robert Guillaume(Williams)–85 Sir Ridley Scott–75 Billy Idol(William Broad)–57 “Stacey Q” Swain–54 Ben Stiller–47 Clay Aiken(Clayton Grissom)–34 ; 1835 Author Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri (d. 1910)

Happy Birthday Jacques René Chirac–80 Diane Ladd(Rose Ladnier)–77 Chuck Mangione–72 Suzy Chaffee–66 Garry Shandling–63 Joel Coen–58 Howie Mandel–57 Andrew McCarthy–50 Tom Sizemore–51 Don Cheadle–48 Jonathan Knight–44 ; 1877 – Thomas Alva Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time with the words “Mary Had A Little Lamb” reproduced.

Happy Birthday RIP Anna Nicole Smith(Vickie Hogan 1967–2007) ; Randy Newman–69 Paul Shaffer–63 Ed Harris–62 Judd Nelson–53 Jon Stewart(Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz)–50 Ryan Kwanten–36 ; 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance.

Happy Birthday RIP Bruce Lee(李小龍 1940–1973) Johnny “Jimi” Hendrix(1942–1970) ; William Fichtner–56 Robin Givens–48 Michael Vartan–44 Jaleel White–36 ; 1910 – New York’s Penn Station opened.

Happy Birthday RIP Charles M Schulz(1922–2000) ; Tina Turner(Anna Bullock)–73 Rich Little–74 Adam Harrington–40 Peter Facinelli–39 Natasha Bedingfield–31 ; 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.

Happy Birthday RIP Ricardo Montalbán y Merino(1920–2009) Giuseppe “Joe” DiMaggio(1914–1999) ; Ben Stein–68 John Larroquette–65 Amy Grant–52 Stacy Lattisaw–46 Christina Applegate–41

Happy Birthday RIP Geraldine Fitzgerald(1913–2005) ; William “Billy” Connolly–70 William “Dwight” Schultz–65 Denise Crosby–55 Garret Dillahunt–48 Colin Hanks(Colin Dillingham)–35 Katherine Heigl–34 ; 1859 – Charles Darwin publishes “On the Origin of Species”, which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.

Happy Birthday RIP Adolph “Harpo” Marx(1888–1964) Steve Landesberg(1936–2010) ; Bruce Vilanch–64 Bruce Hornsby–58 Destiny “Miley” Cyrus–20 ; 1889 The jukebox made its debut, at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.