Happy Birthday Rupert Murdoch-81 Sam Donaldson-78 Mark Metcalf-66 Bobby McFerrin Jr.-62 Jerry Zucker-62 Susan Richardson-60 Catharina Nina Hagen-57 Lady Chablis-54 Terrence Howard-43 Johnny Knoxville(Phillip Clapp)-41 Thora Birch-30

Happy Birthday Chuck Norris-72 Sharon Stone-54 Jasmine Guy-50 Prince Edward Windsor-48 Carrie Underwood-29 ; 1965 Neil Simon’s play “The Odd Couple” opened on Broadway in New York

Happy Birthday Charles Gibson-69 Juliette Binoche-48 Emmanuel Lewis-41 Kerr Smith-40 Brittney Snow-26 ; 1959 Mattel’s Barbie doll made its public at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

Happy Birthday George Micky Dolenz Jr.-67 John Kapelos-56 Gary Numan Webb-54 Lester Holt-53 Aidan Quinn-53 Debra Camryn Manheim-51 Freddie Prinze Jr.-36 James Van Der Beek Jr.-36 Nick Zano-34 ; 1917 The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.

Happy Birthday Willard Scott Jr.-78 Danielo J. Travanti-72 Michael Eisner-70 Taylor Dayne(Leslie Wunderman)-50 Wanda Sykes-48 John Peter Sarsgaard-41; 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

Happy Birthday RIP Ed McMahon(1923-2009)  Alan Greenspan-86 David Gilmour-66 Rob Reiner-65 Tom Arnold-53 Shaquille O’Neal-40 ; 1834 The city of Toronto was incorporated.

Happy Birthday Dean Stockwell-76 Eddy Grant-64 Marsha Warfield-58 Penn Jillette-57 Kevin Connolly-38 Eva Mendes-37

Happy Birthday Emilio Estefan-59 Adrian Zmed-58 Steven Weber-51 Summer Cummings-45 Chaz Bono-43 Andrea Bowen-22 ; 1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.

Happy Birthday Jennifer Warnes-65 Miranda Richardson-54 Glen Friedman-50 Julie Bowen-42 Matt Marsden-39 David Faustino-38 ; 1847 Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Happy Birthday Mikhail Gorbachev-81 John Irving-70 Gates McFadden-63 Laraine Newman-60 Jon Bon Jovi-50 Bryce Howard-31 ; 1917 Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship.