Happy Birthday RIP “E.G. Marshall”(Everett Grunz 1914–1998) Roger Ebert(1942–2013) ; James Paul McCartney–77 Carolyn Kane–67 Isabella Rossellini–67 Kimberly Dickens–54 Blake Shelton–43 David Giuntoli–39 Kevin Bishop–39 Richard Madden–33 Jacob Anderson–29 ; 1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets of New York City ; 1948 – Columbia Records unveiled its new long-playing, 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
June 16
Happy Birthday RIP Arthur Jefferson(“Stan Laurel” 1890–1965) Harold “Jack” Albertson(1907–1981) ; Edward “Eddie” Levert–78 Joan Van Ark–76 Laurie Metcalf–64 Ian Buchanan–62 Clifton Collins Jr.–49 John Cho–47 Edward “Eddie” Cibrian–46 Daniel Brühl Domingo–41 ; 1812 – The City Bank of New York (later Citibank) opened for business ; 1960 – “Psycho,” directed by Alfred Hitchcock, premiered in New York
June 15
Happy Birthday RIP Waylon Jennings(1937–2002) ; Jorge Ribe(Rivero)–81 Steve Walsh–68 Xi Jinpingi–66 James Belushi–65 Julie Hagerty–64 Eileen Davison–60 Helen Hunt–56 Courteney Cox-Arquette–55 Leah Remini–49 Neil Patrick Harris–46 James “Greg” Vaughan Jr–46 ; 1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber ; 1934 – The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
June 14
Happy Birthday RIP Burle Ives(1909–1995) Eugene Klass(“Gene Barry” 1919–2009); “Marla Gibbs”(Margaret Bradley)–88 “Eddie Mekka”(Edward Mekjian)–67 “Boy” George O’Dowd–58 Traylor Howard–53 Stefanie “Steffi” Graf–50 Sutan Amrull(“Raja”)–45 Daniel Newman–38 Kevin McHale–31 ; 1775 – The United States Army (the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress) was founded ; 1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky
June 13
Happy Birthday RIP Paul Lynde(1926–1982) ; Siegfried Fischbacher–80 Malcolm McDowell(Taylor)–76 John Stellan Skarsgård–68 Richard Thomas–68 Timothy Allen Dick–66 Alexandra “Ally” Sheedy–57 Stephen Glover(“Steve O”)–45 Christopher Evans–38 Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen–33 ; 1966 – the Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda vs. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police
June 12
Happy Birthday RIP Ascher “Weegee” Fellig(1899–1968) Annelies “Anne” Frank(1929–1945) James “Jim” Nabors(1930–2017) ; David Thornton–66 Jenilee Harrison–61 John Scott Thompson–60 Frances O’Connor–52 Jason Mewes–45 Michael Muhney–44 David Franco–34 ; 1967 – The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional ; 1978 – David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam” killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
June 11
Happy Birthday RIP Raymon Cramton(“Chad Everett” 1937–2012) Jerome Silberman(“Gene Wilder” 1933–2016) ; Johnny Brown–82 Christina Crawford–80 Adrienne Barbeau–74 Peter Bergman–66 James “Hugh” Laurie–60 Peter Dinklage–50 Joshua Jackson Carter–41 Shia LaBeouf–33 Eugene Simon–27 ; 1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey
June 10
Happy Birthday RIP “Judy Garland”(Francis Gumm 1922–1969) ; Prince Philip(Mountbatten)–98 Frankie Faison–70 Gina Gershon–57 Vincent Perez–55 Elizabeth Hurley–54 Faith Evans–46 Dustin Lance Black(Garrison)–45 Shannon Snaith(“Shane West”)–41 Jonathan Bennett–38 ; 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson. ; 1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.
June 9
Happy Birthday RIP Cole Porter(1891–1964) Joseph Minieri(“Joe Santos” 1931–2016) ; Jacob Maza(“Jackie Mason”)–88 Michael Andrew Fox–58 Johnny Depp II–56 Gloria Reuben–55 Joshua Hamilton–50 Matthew Bellamy–41 Andrew Walker–40 Natalie Portman(Hershlag)–38 ; 1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in “The Wise Little Hen”
June 8
Happy Birthday RIP Joan Rivers(Molinsky 1933–2014) ; Gerald “Jerry” Stiller–92 Nancy Sinatra–79 William “Boz” Scaggs–75 Alan Scarfe–73 Kathy Baker–69 “Bonnie Tyler”(Gaynor Hopkins)–68 Keenen Ivory Wayans–61 Bernard White–60 Nicholas Rhodes(Bates)–57 Frank Grillo–54 Kevin Farley–54 Julianna Margulies–53 Daniel Futterman–52 Mark Feuerstein–48 Jessica Weixler–38 ; 1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures ; 1953 – The Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks