Happy Birthday RIP “Tennessee” Ernest Ford(1919–1991) Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager(1923–2020) ; Marilyn “Kim” Novak–88 George Segal Jr–87 Gerald “Jerry” Springer–77 “Stockard Channing”(Susan Stockard)–77 Peter Gabriel–71 Neal McDonough–55 Robert “Robbie” Williams–47 Mena Süvari–42 Daniel Portman–29 ; 1960 – Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 12
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Darwin(1809–1882) Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) Forrest Tucker(1919–1986) Lyon “Lorne” Greene(1915–1987) “Franco Zeffirelli”(Gianfranco Corsi 1923–2019) ; Joe Don Baker–85 Judith Blume(Sussman)–83 Frederick “Michael” Ironside–71 Michael McDonald–69 Joanna Kerns(DeVarona)–68 James “Zach” Grenier–67 Arsenio Hall–65 Josh Brolin–53 Darren Aronofsky–52 Jesse Spencer–42 Enver Gjokaj –41 Christina Ricci–41 ; 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York ; 1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri
February 11
Happy Birthday RIP Thomas Alva Edison(1847-1931) Éva Gábor(1919–1995) Leslie Nielsen(1926–2010) Burton “Burt” Reynolds Jr(1936–2018) ; Tatiana Blacker(“Tina Louise”)–87 Sheryl Crow–59 Jennifer Aniston–52 Brandy Norwood–42 Matthew Lawrence–41 Natalie Dormer–39 Taylor Lautner–29 ; 1938 – BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot”
February 10
Happy Birthday RIP James “Jimmy” Durante(1893–1980) Jerrald “Jerry” Goldsmith(1929–2004) ; Robert Wagner Jr–91 Roberta Flack–84 Mark Spitz–71 George Stephanopoulos–60 Laura Dern–54 Elizabeth Banks(Mitchell)–47 Thomas Schilling–39 Emma Roberts–30 ; 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City ; 1940 – Tom and Jerry make their debut with “Puss Gets the Boot”
February 9
Happy Birthday RIP Carmen Miranda(Maria Miranda da Cunha 1909–1955) ; Carole King(Klein)–79 Joseph “Joe” Pesci–78 Maria “Mia” Villiers-Farrow–76 Judith Light(Licht)–72 James Jackson Bullock–66 Colin Egglesfield–48 Zhāng Zǐyi(章子怡)–42 Thomas Hiddleston–40 David Gallagher–36 Rose Arbuthnot-Lesliev–34 ; 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources ; 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers
February 8
Happy Birthday RIP Julia “Lana” Turner (1921–1995) Audrey Meadows (Cotter 1922–1996) John “Jack” Lemmon III (1925–2001) James Byron Dean.(1931–1955) Gary Coleman (1968–2010) ; Edward “Ted” Koppel–81 Nicholas “Nick” Nolte–80 Robert Klein–79 Brooke Adams–72 Mary Steenburgen–68 John Grisham Jr–66 Ethan Phillips–66 Vincent Neil Wharton–60 Mary McCormack–52 Seth Green–47 Liam McIntyre–39 James “Jim” Verraros–38 ; 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce ; 1960 – The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame near Hollywood and Gower
February 7
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Dickens(1812–1870) Harry Sinclair Lewis(1885–1951) Clarence “Buster” Crabbe II(1908–1983) Edward “Eddie” Bracken(1915–2002) Miguel Ferrer(1955–2017) ; James Spader–61 Troyal Garth Brooks–59 Edward “Eddie” Izzard–59 Christopher Rock III–56 Robyn Lively–49 Christopher Ashton Kutcher–43 ; 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented ; 1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
February 6
Happy Birthday RIP George “Babe” Ruth Jr (1895–1948) Robert “Bob” Marley (1945–1981) Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) Natalie Cole (1950–2015) Sári “Zsa Zsa” Gábor (1917–2016) Elmore “Rip” Torn Jr (1931–2019) ; “Mamie Van Doren”(Joan Olander)–90 Michael “Mike” Farrell–82 Thomas “Tom” Brokaw–81 Fabiano Forte(“Fabian”)–78 Kathy Najimy–64 William “Axl” Rose–59 Richard “Rick” Astley–55 Joshua Stewart–44 Alice Eve–39 ; 1952 – Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (Windsor) becomes queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her father, George VI.
February 5
Happy Birthday RIP Richmond “John” Carradine(1906–1988) “Red Buttons”(Aaron Chwatt 1919–2006) Henry “Hank” Aaron (1934–2020); David Selby–80 Barbara Hershey(Herzstein)–73 Thomas “Tom” Wilkinson–73 Timothy “Tim” Meadows–60 Jennifer Jason Leigh(Morrow)–59 Laura Linney–57 Thomas Christopher Parnell–54 Robert “Bobby” Brown–52 Paul Vandervort–36 Darren Criss–34 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists Corporation
February 4
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974) Rosa McCauley Parks (1913–2005) Bettye Goldstein(“Betty Friedan” 1921–2006) Conrad Bain (1923–2013) David Brenner (1936–2014) ; Conrad John Schuck–81 Vincent Furnier(“Alice Cooper”)–73 Masanori Takahashi(“Kitaro”)–68 Vincent Walsh–49 Oscar De La Hoya–48 Brandon “Bug” Hall–36 ; 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg