Happy Birthday Judith Krantz-84 Joan Baez-71 Crystal Gayle-61 J. K. Simmons-57 Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-30 ; 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
January 8
Happy Birthday Charles Osgood-79 Bob Eubanks-74 Stephen Hawking-70 David Bowie-65 Michelle Forbes-47 Sean Paul-39 Sarah Polley-33 ; 1982 AT&T settled the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.
January 6
Happy Birthday Bonnie Franklin-68 Rowan Atkinson-57 Scott Bryce-54 Danny Pintauro-36 Eddie Redmayne-30 RIP Danny Thomas (1914,1991) ; 1912 New Mexico became the 47th state.
January 5
Happy Birthday Walter Mondale-84 Robert Duvall-81 Diane Keaton-66 Ted Lange-64 Pamela Sue Martin-59 Marilyn Manson-43 ; 1914, Henry Ford, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day.
January 3
Happy Birthday Robert Loggia-82 Dabney Coleman-80 Stephen Stills-66 Victoria Principal-62 Mel Gibson-56 ; 1959, President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state.
January 02
Happy Birthday Cuba Gooding Jr.-44 Patrick Huard-43 Dax Shepard-37 Kate Bosworth-29 ; 1974 President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph.
December 31
Happy Birthday Anthony Hopkins-74 Andy Summers-69 Ben Kingsley-68 Diane Von Furstenberg-65 Tim Matheson-63 Donna Summer-63 Bebe Neuwirth-53 Val Kilmer-52 ; 1857 Britain’s Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.