Happy Birthday RIP “Ginger Rogers”(Virginia McMath 1911–1995) “Barbara Stanwyck”(Ruby Stevens 1907–1990) ; Stewart Copeland–72 Phoebe Cates–61 John William Ferrell–57 Corey Feldman–53 Jayma Mays–45 James David Maslow–34 ; 1790 – The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the U.S. government.

Happy Birthday RIP Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn(1606–1669) Nan Martin(1927–2010) Alexander “Alex” Karras(1935–2012) Jan Michael Vincent(1945–2019) ; Patrick “Wayne” Morrison–85 Linda Ronstadt–78 “Arianna Huffington”(Ariadne Stassinopoulos)–74 Terrance Quinn–72 “Willie Aames”(Albert Upton)–64 Forest Whitaker III–63 Bridget Nielsen–61 Scott Foley–52 Diane Heidkrüger(“Kruger”)–48 ; 2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day ; 2006 – Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world

Happy Birthday RIP George Tobias(1901–1980) Sid Haig (1939–2019) ; Nancy Olson–96 Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier–92 Vincent Pastore–78 Jane Lynch–64 Matthew Fox–58 Melissa Fisher(“Missy Gold”)–54 Alisha Wainwright–35; 1789 – French Revolution: Bastille Day ; 1943 – In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American

Happy Birthday Happy Birthday RIP Robert “Bob” Crane(1928–1978) Gerald Levert(1966–2006) ; Sir Patrick Stewart–84 Harrison Ford–82 Richard “Cheech” Marin–78 Edith Bernstein(“Didi Conn”)–73 Thelma Louise Mandrell–70 Cameron Crowe–67 Robert Gonzalez(“Gant”)–56 Deborah Cox–50 Steven Chadwick McQueen–36 Colton Haynes–36 ; 1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads “Hollywoodland” but the four last letters (land) are dropped after the renovation in 1949 so it reads simply Hollywood.

Happy Birthday RIP “Louis B. Mayer”(Lazar Meir 1884–1957) Mendel Berlinger(“Milton Berle” 1908–2002) Jon “Jay” Thomas Terrell(1948–2017) “Christine McVie”(Anne Perfect 1943–2022) ; Milton “Richard” Simmons–76 Cheryl “Ladd” Stoppelmoor–73 Brian Grazer–73 Cheyenne Jackson–49 Christopher “Topher” Grace–46 ; 1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London.

Happy Birthday RIP Yuli Bryner(1920–1985) “Tab Hunter”(Arthur Kelm 1931–2018) Patricia “Bonnie” Pointer (1950–2020) Leon Spinks(1953–2021); Giorgio Armani–90 Thomas “Tom” Holland–81 Bruce McGill–74 Sela Ward–68 Suzanne Vega–65 Gregory Grunberg–58 Justin Chambers–54 Michael Rosenbaum–52 Kimberly “Lil Kim” Jones–50 ; 1798 – The U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of Congress ; 1922 – The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles formerly known as the ‘Daisy Dell’ in Bolton Canyon

Happy Birthday RIP Frederick Gwynne(1926–1993) David Brinkley(1920–2003) Ronald Glass(1945–2016) ; Granville “Robert” Pine–83 Arlo Guthrie–77 Alejandro “Alec” Mapa–59 Gale Harold III–55 Sofía Vergara–52 Adrian Grenier–48 Jessica Simpson–44 ; 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act

Happy Birthday RIP Brian Dennehy(1938–2020) Richard Roundtree(1942–2023) Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson(1947–2014) ; Suzanne “Rogers” Crmpler–81 Dean Koontz–79 Christopher Cooper–73 Jonathon Tesh–72 Jimmy Smits–69 Thomas “Tom” Hanks–68 Richard Timothy Kring–67 Kelly McGillis–67 James Kerr–65 Courtney “Love” Harrison–60 Scott Grimes–53 Fredrick Savage–48 Kelly Mantle–48 ; 1962 – Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles ; 1981 – Donkey Kong, a video game created by Nintendo, is released. The game marks the debut of Nintendo’s future mascot, Mario.

Happy Birthday RIP “Jerry Vale”(Genaro Vitaliano 1930–2014) Martin Feldman(1933–1982) “Steve Lawrence”(Sidney Leibowitz 1935–2024) Toby Keith Covel(1961–2024) ; Jeffrey Tambor–80 Wolfgang “Puck” Topfschnig–75 Anjelica Huston–73 Kevin Bacon–66 Lee Tergesen–59 William “Billy” Crudup–56 Beck Campbell–54 Kathleen Robertson–51 Milo Ventimiglia–47 ; 1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published

Happy Birthday Carl “Doc” Severinsen–97 Richard Starkey(“Ringo Starr”)–84 Shelley Duvall–75 William “Billy” Campbell–65 Christian Camargo(Minnick)–53 Troy Garity–51 Barry Reese (“Cassidy”)–42 ; 1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri which is Just outside Kansas City Missouri.  It was sliced on a machine called the Rohwedder Bread Slicer. Invented by Iowa inventor, Otto Rohwedder