Happy Birthday RIP Carmen Miranda(Maria Miranda da Cunha 1909–1955) ; Carole King(Klein)–78 Joseph “Joe” Pesci–77 Maria “Mia” Villiers-Farrow–75 Judith Light(Licht)–71 James Jackson Bullock–65 Colin Egglesfield–47 Zhāng Zǐyi(章子怡)–41 Thomas Hiddleston–39 David Gallagher–35 Rose Arbuthnot-Lesliev–33 ; 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–80 Nicholas “Nick” Nolte–79 Robert Klein–78 Brooke Adams–71 Mary Steenburgen–67 John Grisham Jr–65 Ethan Phillips–65 Vincent Neil Wharton–59 Mary McCormack–51 Seth Green–46 Liam McIntyre–38 James “Jim” Verraros–37 ; 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–60 Troyal Garth Brooks–58 Edward “Eddie” Izzard–58 Christopher Rock III–55 Robyn Lively–48 Christopher Ashton Kutcher–42 ; 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)–89 Michael “Mike” Farrell–81 Thomas “Tom” Brokaw–80 Fabiano Forte(“Fabian”)–77 Kathy Najimy–63 William “Axl” Rose–58 Richard “Rick” Astley–54 Joshua Stewart–43 Alice Eve–38 ; 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–86 David Selby–79 Barbara Hershey(Herzstein)–72 Thomas “Tom” Wilkinson–72 Timothy “Tim” Meadows–59 Jennifer Jason Leigh(Morrow)–58 Laura Linney–56 Thomas Christopher Parnell–53 Robert “Bobby” Brown–51 Paul Vandervort–35 Darren Criss–33 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists
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–80 Vincent Furnier(“Alice Cooper”)–72 Masanori Takahashi(“Kitaro”)–67 Vincent Walsh–48 Oscar De La Hoya–48 Brandon “Bug” Hall–35 ; 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg
February 3
Happy Birthday RIP Norman Perceval Rockwell(1894–1978) Charles Victor Bruno(1938–1982) John Fiedler(1925–2005) Joey Bishop(Joseph Gottlieb 1918–2007) Dr. Henry Heimlich(1920–2016) ; Francis “Fran” Tarkenton–80 Blythe Danner–77 “Morgan Fairchild”(Patsy McClenny)–70 Joseph “Nathan” Lane–64 Maura Tierney–55 Isla Fisher–44 ; 1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax
February 2
Happy Birthday RIP Howard Johnson(1897–1972) Elaine Stritch (1925–2014) Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009) Carol Ann Susi (1952–2014); Thomas Smothers III–83 Graham Nash–78 Brent Spiner–71 Christie Brinkley(Hudson)–66 Adam Ferrara–54 Shakira Ripoll–43 ; 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated ; 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed
February 1
Happy Birthday RIP William Clark Gable(1901–1960) Boris Yeltsin(Борис Ельцин 1931–2007) “Rick James”(James Johnson Jr 1948–2004) Sherman Hemsley(1938–2012) Joseph “Joe” Sample(1939–2014) ; Stuart Whitman–92 Isaac Donald Everly–83 Garrett Morris–83 Sheryl Ann Fenn–55 Lisa Marie Presley–52 Brian Krause–51 Michael C. Hall–49 Ronnie Kroell–37 ; 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published ; 2004 – Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines #NippleGate
January 31
Happy Birthday RIP Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968) Jackie Robinson (1919–1972) Jean Simmons (1929–2010) Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) Carol Channing (1922–2019) ; Philip Glass–83 Harry Wayne Casey(“KC”)–69 Anthony LaPaglia–61 Kelly Lynch–61 Amelia “Minnie” Driver–50 Patricia Velasquez–49 “Portia de Rossi”(Amanda Rogers)–47 Kerry Washington–43 Justin Timberlake–39 Joel Courtney–24 ; 1865 – The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, abolishing slavery, submitting it to the states for ratification ; 1949 – The first TV daytime soap opera, “These Are My Children,” was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.