Happy Birthday RIP William “Will” Rogers(1879–1935) Arthur Carney(1918–2003) Walter Cronkite Jr(1916–2009) Doris Roberts(Green 1925–2016) Marjorie “Markie” Post(1950–2021) ; Loretta Swit–86 Laura Bush(Welch)–77 Berlinda Tolbert–74 Kathleen Griffin–63 Ralph Macchio–62 Jeffrey Probst–62 Matthew McConaughey–54 Sean Combs–54 Travis Van Winkle–41 ; 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA. Today it collects all sorts of US citizens information including GPS, Personal, and social media information both from smartphones and computers. This was all exposed by Edward Snowden when he was forced to flee the country after being a whistleblower for information kept at NSA as of the 90s ; 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first man of African-American descent to be elected President of the United States

Happy Birthday RIP Walker Evans(1903–1975) Charles Bronson(Buchinsky 1921–2003) Michael Evans(1949–2006) Kenneth Berry(1933–2018) ; Michael Dukakis–90 Thomas Savini–77 Kate Capshaw(Kathleen Nail)–70 Dennis Miller–70 “Adam Ant”(Stuart Goddard)–69 Kathy Kinney–69 Hans “Dolph” Lundgren–66 ; 1911 – The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant to compete with the Ford Model T ; 1954 – The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name.

Happy Birthday RIP Burton Lancaster(1913–1994) ; “Stefanie Powers”(Stefania Paul)–81 Kate Linder–76 Kathryn Dawn “k.d.” Lang–62 David Schwimmer–57 Sean Kanan(Perelman)–57 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes Jr–49 Randolph “Randy” Harrison–46 ; 1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the United States presidential election

Happy Birthday RIP Marcia Wallace(1942–2013) Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.(1942–2021) Barbara Bosson(1939–2023) ; Lyle Lovett–66 Peter Ostrum–66 Rachel Ticotin–65 Timothy Cook–63 Antonia “Toni” Collette–51 Jennifer “Jenny” McCarthy–51 Penn Badgley–37 Anthony Ramos Martinez –32 ; 1604 – William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London ; 1800 – John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House)

Happy Birthday RIP “Michael Landon”(Eugene Orowitz 1936–1991) John Candy (1950–1994) David Ogden Stiers(1942–2018) ; Lyova Rosenthal(“Lee Grant”)–96 Daniel Rather Jr–92 Saul “Ron” Rifkin–84 Sally Kirkland–82 Graham “Stephen” Rea–77 Dierdre Hall–76 Margaret Jane Pauley–73 Peter Jackson–62 Dermot Mulroney–60 Robert Schneider–60 Robert Van Winkle(“Vanilla Ice”)–56 Sean Lockhart–37 Willow Smith–23 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across the United States ; 1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed

Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) Jane Randolph(Roermer 1915–2009) Edward Lauter II(1938–2013) Dick Gautier (1931–2017) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–84 Henry Winkler–78 Harry Hamlin–72 Juliet Stevenson–67 Kevin Pollak–66 Jack Plotnick–55 Nitara “Nia” Long–53 Matthew Morrison–45 Shaun Sipos–42 ; 1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain’s first television transmitter

Happy Birthday RIP Baby Peggy Montgomery(1918–2020) ; Melba Moore(Beatrice Hill)–78 Richard Dreyfuss–76 Lucy Kate Jackson–75 Daniel Castellaneta–66 Joely Fisher–56 Rufus Sewell–56 Christopher Wiehl–53 Winona Ryder(Horowitz)–52 Brendan Fehr–46 Benjamin Foster–43 ; 1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of ’29 or “Black Tuesday”, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression. Thousands of investors were wiped out financially.

Happy Birthday RIP Edith Posener(“Head” 1897–1981) Charles Daniels(1936–2020) ; Dame Joan Plowright–94 Jane Alexander(Quigley)–84 Telma Hopkins–75 Annie Potts–71 William Henry Gates III–68 Julia Roberts–56 Bradley Paisley–51 Joaquin Phoenix(Bottom)–49 Peter “Finn” Wittrock–39 ; 1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would later become known as Harvard University ; 1886 – the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland with the first ticker tape parade (office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets)

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Roosevelt Jr(1858–1919) Caroline “Carrie” Snodgress(1945–2004) Ruby “Dee” Wallace(1922–2014) Ruby “Nanette” Fabares(1920–2018) ; John Cleese–84 Robert Picardo–70 Simon LeBon–65 Marla Maples–60 Patrick Fugit–41 Kelly Osbourne–39 Troy Gentile–30 ; 1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded ; 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway (IRT) line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States

Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) John “Jackie” Coogan(1914–1984) Robert “Bob” Hoskins(1942–2014) ; Jacquelyn Smith–78 Patrick Sajdak–77 Hillary Diane Rodham-Clinton–76 Lauren Tewes–70 Mark “Dylan” McDermott–62 Ivan “Cary” Elwes–61 Thomas Cavanagh–60 Keith Urban–56 Anthony Rapp–52 Seth MacFarlane–50 ; 1921 – The Chicago Theatre originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre promoted as the “Wonder Theatre of the World” opened with its first performance “The Sign on the Door ” starring Norma Talmadge. It is still open and located at 175 N State Street in Downtown Chicago