Happy Birthday Esther Williams-91 Richard Anderson-86 Dustin Hoffman-75 Connie Stevens(Concetta Ingolia)-74 Larry Wilcox-65 Keith Carradine-63 Donny Most-59 Drew Lachey-36 ; 1974 – President 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.
August 7
Happy Birthday RIP Mary “Billie” Burke (1884–1970) ; John Glover-68 Paul Bruce Dickinson-58 Wayne Knight-57 David Duchovny-52 Charlize Theron-37 Eric Johnson-33 Randy Wayne Frederick-31
August 6
Happy Birthday RIP Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) Andy Warhola (1928–1987) ; Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan-42 Vera Farmiga-39 Soleil Moon Frye-36 Ryan Sypek-30 Christopher Anton Ploszczansky-26 ; 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.
August 5
Happy Birthday Neil Armstrong-82 John Saxon(Carmine Orrico)-77 Loni Anderson-67 Jeannette “Ja’net” DuBois-67 Maureen McCormick-56 Patrick Ewing-50 ; 1957 – “American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark, made its network TV debut on ABC.
August 4
Happy Birthday RIP Louis Armstrong(1901–1971) ; Richard Belzer-68 Billy Bob Thornon-57 Barack Obama-51 ; 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
August 3
Happy Birthday Tony Bennett(Anthony Benedetto)-86 Martin Sheen(Ramon Estevez)-72 Martha Stewart(Martha Kostyra)-71 John Landis-62 Tommy Dewey-34 Nicole Evangeline Lilly-33 ; 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.
August 2
Happy Birthday RIP Jack Warner(1892–1978) John Carroll O’Connor(1924-2001) ; Peter O’Toole-80 Wes Craven-73 Joanna Cassidy-67 Butch Patrick( Patrick Alan Lilley)-59 Victoria Jackson-53 Patricia “Apollonia” Kotero-53 Cynthia Stevenson-50 Mary-Louise Parker-48 Sam Worthington-36 Edward Furlong-35 ; 1790 – The first US Census is conducted.
August 1
Happy Birthday RIP Jerry Garcia(1942-1995) Yves Saint Laurent(1936-2008) Dom DeLuise(1933–2009) ; Sam Mendes-47 James St James(James Clark)-46 Tempestt Bledsoe-39 Max Carver-24 Jack O’Connell-22 ; 1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles.