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August 29

Happy Birthday RIP Ingrid Bergman(1915–1982) Eloise “Isabel” Sanford(1917–2004) Michael Jackson(1958-2009) ; Elliott Gould(Goldstein)-74 Robin Leach-71 Rebecca DeMornay(Pearch)-53 Carla Gugino-41 William Levy-32 ; 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.

August 28

Happy Birthday David Soul(Solberg)-69 Luis Guzmán-56 Scott Hamilton-54 Jennifer Coolidge-51 David Fincher-50 Shania Twain(Eilleen Edwards)-47 Jason Priestley-43 Thomas “Jack” Black-43 Armond Douglas Hammer-26 ; 1922 first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City.

August 27

Happy Birthday Barbara Bach(Barbara Goldbach)-65 Paul Reubens(Paul Rubenfeld)-60 Diana Scarwid-57 Chandra Wilson-43 Sarah Chalke-36 Aaron Paul Sturtevant-33

August 26

Happy Birthday Valerie Simpson-66 Zemfira Ramazanova-36 Chris Pine-32 Macaulay Culkin-32 Cassie(Casandra Ventura)-26 ; 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effect. ; 1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st state in the union of the United States.

August 25

Happy Birthday Monty Hall(Monte Halperin)-91 Thomas Sean Connery-82 Regis Philbin-81 Tom Skerritt-79 Mink Stole(Nancy Stoll)-65 Gene Simmons(Chaim Weitz)-63 Elvis Costello(Declan  MacManus)-58 Tim Burton-54 Billy Ray Cyrus-51 Blair Underwood-48 Rachael Ray-44 Claudia Schiffer-42 ; 1825 – Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil. ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.

August 24

Happy Birthday Anne Archer-65 Stephen Fry-55 Steve Guttenberg-54 Craig Kilborn-50 Dave Chappelle-39 Simon “James” D’Arcy-37 Chad Michael Murray-31 Rupert Grint-24 ; 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera. ; 1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey) in just over 19 hours.

August 23

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Kelly(1912-1996) River Phoenix(1970–1993) ; Vera Miles(Vera Ralston)-82 Barbara Eden(Barbara Moorhead)-78 Richard Sanders-72 Shelley Long-63 Rick Springfield(Richard Springthorpe)-63 Jon “Jay” Mohr-42 Scott Caan-36 Kobe Bryant-34 ; 1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.

August 22

Happy Birthday RIP Ray Bradbury(1920-2012) ; Valerie Harper-73 Cindy Williams-65 Roland Orzabal-51 Myra “Tori” Amos-49 Richard Armitage-41 Kristen Wiig-39 ; 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public.

August 21

Happy Birthday Kenny Rogers-74 Kim Cattrall-56 Carrie-Anne Moss-42 Alicia Witt-37 Hayden Panettiere-23 ; 1959, President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.

August 20

Happy Birthday Don King-81 Connie Chung(Constance Yu-Hwa Chung-Povich)-66 Robert Plant-64 Al Roker-58 Joan Allen-56 James Marsters-50 Amy Adams-38 Brant Daugherty-27 ; 1920 First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.