Happy Birthday Emmylou Harris-65 Ron Palillo-63 Chris Meloni-51 Aiden Turner-35 ; 1956 As The World Turns debuts on CBS

Happy Birthday Debbie Reynolds-80 Ali MacGraw-74 David Eisenhower-65 Barry Sonnenfeld-59 Matt Lanter-29 ; 1970 President Richard Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and TV.

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Chavez(1927-1993) ; Richard Chamberlain-78 Shirley Jones-78 Herb Alpert-77 Christopher Walken-69 Gabe Kaplan-67 Al Gore-64 Rhea Perlman-64 Ewan McGregor-41 ; 1917 The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.

Happy Birthday Peter Marshall-86 John Astin-82 Warren Beatty-75 Eric Clapton-67 Paul Reiser-55 Tracy Chapman-48 Celine Dion-44 Norah Jones-33 ; 1964 The TV game show “Jeopardy!” premiered on NBC.

Happy Birthday RIP Pearl Bailey(1918-1990)  Judith Guest-76 Eric Idle-69 Evangelos Papathanassiou-69 Marina Sirtis-57 Elle Macpherson-49 Amy Sedaris-51 Lucy Ryan Lawless-44 ; 1886 – Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

Happy Birthday Dianne Wiest-64 Reba McEntire-57 Vince Vaughn-43 Julia Stiles-31 Stefani Germanotta(Lady GaGa)-26 ; 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.

Happy Birthday RIP Gloria Swanson (1899-1983)  Quentin Tarantino-49 Mariah Carey-43 Stacey “Fergie” Ferguson-37 ; 1794 President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy.

Happy Birthday Leonard Nimoy-81 Alan Arkin-78 James Caan-72 Nancy Pelosi-72 Diana Ross-68 Steven Tyler-64 Vicki Lawrence-63 Martin Short-62 Leeza Gibbons-55 T.R. Knight-39 ; 1911 Playwright Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Miss.

Happy Birthday Gloria Steinem-78 Aretha Franklin-70 Paul Michael Glaser-69 Sir Elton John(Reginald Dwight)-65 Mary Gross-59 Marcia Cross-50 Sarah Jessica Parker-47 Danica Patrick-30 ; 1913 The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP Harry Houdini (1874-1926)  Bob Mackie-73 Tommy Hilfiger-61 Louie Anderson-59 Robert Carradine-58 Donna Pescow-58 Kelly LeBrock-52 Star Jones-50 Lara Flynn Boyle-42 ; 1955 “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.