Happy Birthday RIP Dolores Costello(1903–1979) Hiram “Hank” Williams(1923–1953) Roderick “Roddy” McDowall(1928–1998) Anne Bancroft(Anna Italiano 1931–2005) Paul Benedict(1938–2008) “Lupe Ontiveros”(Guadalupe Moreno 1942–2012) Johnathan Ritter(1948–2003) ; John “Fee” Waybill–71 Cassandra Peterson(“Elvira”)–70 Rita Rudner–68 Wendy Worthington–67 Bryan Singer–56 Kyle Chandler–56 Jeffrey Matthew Settle–52 Nathan “Nate” Berkus–50 Griffith Feuerstein(“Griff Furst”)–40 ; 1972 – The comedy series “M.A.S.H.” standing for “Mobile Army Surgical Hospital” premiered on CBS

Happy Birthday RIP Peter Falk(1927–2011) “Lauren Bacall”(Betty Perske 1924–2014) Riley “B.B.” King(1925–2015) ; Edward Begley Jr.–72 Philip “Mickey” Rourke Jr–69 David Copperfield(Kotkin)–65 Jennifer Tilly(Chan)–63 Richard Marx–58 Molly Shannon–57 Marco Muñiz(“Marc Anthony”)–53 Amy Poehler–50 Ian Harding–35 Nicholas Jonas–29 ; 1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City ; 1972 – “The Bob Newhart Show” premiered on CBS

Happy Birthday RIP Amy Winehouse(1983–2011) ; Walter Koenig–85 Davenie “Joey” Heatherton–77 Nigel “Sam” Neill–74 Alexis “Faith” Ford–57 Tyler Perry–52 Kimberly Williams-Paisley–50 Andrew Lincoln(Clutterbuck)–48 Jesse James–32 ; 1985 – The Golden Girls, a television sitcom, premieres on NBC! #Iconoclastic

Happy Birthday RIP Reta Shaw(1912–1982) Emilie Claudette Chauchoin(“Colbert” 1903–1996) Melvin Tormé (1925–1999) Nell Carter(Hardy 1948–2003) Richard Kiel(1939–2014) ; “Barbara Bain”(Millicent Fogel)–90 “Eileen Fulton”(Margaret McLarty)–88 Winnifred Jacqueline Bisset–77 Peter Cetera–77 Jean Smart–70 Geraldine “Geri” Jewell–65 Dominic Fumusa–52 Fiona Apple Maggart–44 Bennett “Ben” Savage–41 Jason Cook–41 ; 1956 – The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use hard disk storage (versus only memory)

Happy Birthday RIP Maurice Chevalier(1888–1972) James “Jesse” Owens(1913–1980) “Barry White” (Barrence Carter 1944–2003) Paul Walker IV(1973–2013) Ian Holm Cuthbert (1932–2020) ; Linda Gray–84 Joseph Pantoliano–70 Peter Scolari–66 Louis Szekely(“CK”)–54 William Joshua Hopkins–51 Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan–43 Jennifer Hudson–40 Alfie Allen–35 ; 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit ; 1959 – Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color. One of the first western format tv shows. Side note: Lone Ranger was the fist of the genre in 1949 nearly 10 year prior. It aired om Sept 15 1949.

Happy Birthday RIP Herbert Lom(Schluderpacheru 1917–2012) ; Henry Earl Holliman–93 Brian De Palma–81 Amy Madigan–71 Roxann Dawson(Caballero)–63 John Hawkes(Perkins)–62 Virginia Madsen–60 Elizabeth Daily(Guttman)–60 Christina “Kristy” McNichol–59 Richard “Moby” Hall–56 Joseph Harry Connick Jr.–54 Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges–44 ; 2001 – Al Qaida suicide hijackers crashed two jet airliners into the World Trade Center in New York City causing both 110-story twin towers to collapse killing nearly 3,000 people. #NeverForget #NeverAgain

Happy Birthday Arnold Palmer(1929–2016) Karl Lagerfeldt(1933–2019) ; Phillip Baker–Hall–90 Jose Feliciano Garcia–76 Anthony Joseph Pereira(“Joe Perry”)–71 Harold “Harry” Groener–70 Amy Irving–68 Colin Firth–61 Guy Ritchie–53 James Duval–49 Matthew Ryan Phillippe–47 ; 1955 – “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS (the second of the Western genre for Television, first being the “Lone Ranger”)

Happy Birthday RIP Otis Redding, Jr(1941–1967) Clifford Robertson III(1923–2011) ; Chaim Topol–86 Joseph Theismann–72 Thomas Wopat–70 Hugh Grant–61 Adam Sandler–55 Goran Višnjić–49 Michael Bublé–46 ; 1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington ; 1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)

Happy Birthday RIP May McAvoy(1899–1984) Richard “Peter” Sellers(1925–1980) Virginia Hensley(“Patsy Cline” 1932–1963) Frank Cady(1915–2012) Isaac “Sid” Caesar(1922–2014) ; Bernard “Bernie” Sanders–80 Julian Richings–66 Aimee Mann–61 David Lee Smith–58 Kimberly Peirce–54 Martin Freeman–50 David Arquette–50 Alecia “Pink” Moore–42 Jonathan Taylor Thomas(Weiss)–40 Steven “Jake” Sandvig–35 ; 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape ; 1966 – The first Star Trek original series premieres on NBC television starring William Shatner

Happy Birthday RIP John Pierpont “Jack” Morgan, Jr.(1867–1943) Charles Holley(“Buddy Holly” 1936–1959) William Jermaine Stewart(1957–1997) ; Gloria Gaynor(Fowles)–78 Julie Kavner–71 Christine “Chrissie” Hynde–70 Michael Emerson–67 Corbin Bernsen–67 Diane Farr–52 Thomas Everett Scott–51 Oliver Hudson–45 Devon Sawa–43 ; 1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers’ compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)