Happy Birthday RIP Hubert Humphrey Jr(1911–1978) Vincent Price Jr(1911–1993) Christopher Lee(1922–2015) ; Heinz “Henry” Kissinger–96 Lee Meriwether–84 Louis Gossett Jr–83 Bruce Weitz–76 “Siouxsie Sioux”(Susan Ballion)–62 Peri Gilpin(Oldham)–58 Adam Carolla–55 Todd Bridges–54 Edward McClintock–52 Joseph Fiennes–49 Paul Bettany–48 Christopher Colfer–29 ; 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage ; 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A

Happy Birthday RIP “John Wayne”(Marion Morrison 1907–1979) Peter Cushing(1913–1994)  “Jay Silverheels”(Harold Smith 1912–1980) “Peggy Lee”(Norma Egstrom 1920–2002) James Aurness(1923–2011) ; Brent Musburger–80 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–71 Philip Michael Thomas–70 Pamela Grier–70 Randall Hank Williams–70 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–57 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–57 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–55 Helena Bonham Carter–53 Matthew Stone–48 Lauryn Hill–44 ; 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was $40.94. Today it’s value = 25,585.69 as of closing bell Friday.

Happy Birthday RIP Queen Victoria(Alexandrina Hanover 1819–1901) ; “Bob Dylan”(Robert Zimmerman)–78 Gary Burghoff–76 Patricia “Patti” LaBelle(Holte-Edwards)–75 Priscilla Wagner-Presley–74 James “Jim” Broadbent–70 Alfred Molina–66 Kristin Scott Thomas–59 John C. Reilly–54 Eric Close–52 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction

Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907–1989) Harvey Milk(1930–1978) ; Frank Converse–81 Bernard Shaw–79 Barbara Parkins–77 Bernard “Bernie” Taupin–69 Steven Morrissey–60 Brooke Smith–52 Naomi Campbell–49 ; 1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up ; 1980 – Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917–1993) Mary “Peggy” Cass(1924–1999) Alice Drummond(1928–2016) Richard Hatch(1945–2017) ; Jonathan Hyde–71 Gerard “Leo” Sayer–71 Alan Franken–68 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T”)–67 Edward “Judge” Reinhold Jr–62 ; 1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross

Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919–1991) James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–73 Jane Wiedlin–61 Matt McCoy–61 Bronson Pinchot–60 Anthony Goldwyn–59 Owen Teale–58 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–53 Timothy Olyphant–51 Jack Gleeson–27 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.

Happy Birthday RIP Malcolm Little(“X” 1925–1965) André Roussimoff(“the Giant” 1946–1993) Jeffrey Hyman(“Joey Ramone” 1951–2001) Peter Mayhew(“Chewbacca” 1944–2019) ; Peter Townshend–74 Beverly Grace Jones–71 Joseph “Dusty” Hill–70 Andrew Fuller–39 ; 1911 – Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior ; 1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe’s rendition of “Happy Birthday”.

Happy Birthday RIP Francesco “Frank” Capra(1897–1991) Pierino “Perry” Como(1912–2001) Pernell Roberts Jr(1928–2010) Andrew “Andreas” Katsulas(1946–2006) ; “Bill Macy”(Wolf Garber)–97 Robert Morse–88 Reginald “Reggie” Jackson–74 George Strait–67 Chow Yun-Fat(周潤發)–64 Marta “Martika” Marrero–50 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey–49 Allen Leech–38 ; 1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State

Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Hopper(1936–2010) William “Bill” Paxton(1955–2017) Robert “Bob” Saget–63 “Sugar ” Ray Leonard–63 Eithne Ní Bhraonáin(“Enya”)–58 Craig Ferguson–57 Tabatha Coffey–50 Derek Hough–34 ; 1954 – the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.

Happy Birthday RIP Wladziu Liberace(1919–1987) Henry Fonda(1905–1982) ; Danny Trejo–75 Pierce Brosnan–66 Mary Debra Winger–64 Kevin McDonald–58 Janet Jackson–53 Tracey Fisher(“Gold”)–50 David Boreanaz–50 Victoria “Tori” Spelling–46 Thomas Brodie Sangster–29 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece called the nickel