Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907–1989) Harvey Milk(1930–1978) Bernard Shaw(1940–2022) ; Frank Converse–86 Barbara Parkins–82 Bernard “Bernie” Taupin–74 Steven Morrissey–65 Brooke Smith–57 Naomi Campbell–54 ; 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) Jeffrey Dahmer(1960 – 1994) Mary “Peggy” Cass(1924–1999) Alice Drummond(1928–2016) Richard Hatch(1945–2017) ; Jonathan Hyde–76 Gerard “Leo” Sayer–76 Alan Franken–73 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T”)–72 Edward “Judge” Reinhold Jr–67 Kevin Quinn–27 ; 1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross ; 1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens ; 1981 – Transamerica Corp agrees to sell United Artists to MGM for $380 million after the box office failure of 1980 film “Heaven’s Gate” considered one of the worst films ever made. In contrast the 1978 film ”Deer Hunter” by the same director was one of the highest acclaimed pictures and Meryl Streep was first academy nomination for best actress.

Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919–1991) James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–78 Jane Wiedlin–66 Matt McCoy–66 Bronson Pinchot–65 Anthony Goldwyn–64 Owen Teale–63 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–58 Timothy Olyphant–56 Jack Gleeson–32 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for pants called 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) Joseph “Dusty” Hill(1949–2021); Peter Townshend–79 Beverly Grace Jones–76 Andrew “Drew” Fuller–44 ; 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 1922–2019) Robert Morse(1931–2022) ; Reginald “Reggie” Jackson–78 George Strait–72 Chow Yun-Fat(周潤發)–69 Marta “Martika” Marrero–55 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey–54 Allen Leech–43 ; 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 1956–2022) ; “Sugar ” Ray Leonard–68 Eithne Ní Bhraonáin(“Enya”)–63 Craig Ferguson–62 Frank “Hill” Harper–58 Tabatha Coffey–55 Derek Hough–39 ; 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 ; 1977 – Nolan Bushnell opened the first ShowBiz Pizza Place (later renamed Chuck E Cheese) in San Jose CA ; 1990 – The general assembly of World Health Organization eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.

Happy Birthday RIP Wladziu Liberace(1919–1987) Henry Fonda(1905–1982) ; Danny Trejo–80 Pierce Brosnan–71 Mary Debra Winger–69 Kevin McDonald–63 Janet Jackson–58 Tracey Fisher(“Gold”)–55 David Boreanaz–55 Victoria “Tori” Spelling–51 Thomas Brodie Sangster–34 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece called the nickel

Happy Birthday RIP James Mason(1909–1984) Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) Trinidad “Trini” Lopéz(1937–2020) Madeleine Albright(Marie Korbelová 1937–2022) ; Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri–72 Michael Oldfield–71 David Guez Charvet–52 Russell Hornsby–50 David Krumholtz–46 ; 1862 – President Lincoln signs a bill into law creating US Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed to USDA) ; 1905 – Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off ; 1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, “Plane Crazy” ; 1940 – McDonald’s opens its first restaurant in San Bernadino, California.

Happy Birthday RIP “Billie Dove”(Bertha Bohny 1903–1997) “Bobby Darin”(Walden Cassotto 1936–1973) ; George Lucas–80 Robert Zemeckis–72 David Byrne–72 “Tim Roth”(Timothy Smith)–63 Catherine “Cate” Blanchett–55 Sofia Coppola–53 Gabriel Mann–52 Mark Zuckerberg–40 ; 1935 – The Griffith Observatory opens as one of the first planetarium science centers in the US. ; 1973 – Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched

Happy Birthday RIP “Bea Arthur”(Bernice Frankel 1922–2009) Beverley Owen(Ogg 1937–2019) ; Harvey Keitel–85 “Stevie Wonder”(Stevland Judkins)–74 Dennis Rodman–63 Stephen Colbert–60 Brian Geraghty–49 Neil Hopkins–47 Iwan Rheon–39 Robert Pattinson–38 ; 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM ; 1958 – The trademark Velcro is registered for the product line that is basically a fabric zipper with tiny hooks made of plastic