Happy Birthday RIP John F. Kennedy(1917–1963) Leslie “Bob” Hope(1903–2003) ; George Clifton James–96 Anthony Geary–70 Daniel “Danny” Elfman–64 Frank “Ted” Levine–60 Annette Bening-Beaty–59 Rupert Everett–58 Adrian Paul Hewett–58 Melissa Etheridge–56 Lisa Whelchel–54 David Burtka–42 Daniel Tosh–42 (Roderick) Laverne Cox–33 ; 1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”, the best-selling Christmas single in history

Happy Birthday RIP Ian Fleming(1908–1964) Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) Elizabeth Howland(1941–2015) ; Gladys Knight–73 John Fogerty–72 Brandon Cruz(Williams)–55 Kylie Minogue–49 Justin Kirk–48 Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger–39  Jesse Bradford Watrouse–38 Carey Mulligan–32 Joseph Cross–31 ; 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club ; 1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication

Happy Birthday RIP Hubert Humphrey Jr(1911–1978) Vincent Price Jr(1911–1993) Christopher Lee(1922–2015) ; Heinz “Henry” Kissinger–94 Lee Meriwether–82 Louis Gossett Jr–81 “Siouxsie Sioux”(Susan Ballion)–60 Peri Gilpin(Oldham)–56 Adam Carolla–53 Todd Bridges–52 Edward McClintock–50 Joseph Fiennes–47 Paul Bettany–46 Christopher Colfer–27 ; 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) Miles Davis(1926–1991) “Peggy Lee”(Norma Egstrom 1920–2002) James Aurness(1923–2011) ; Brent Musburger–78 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–69 Philip Michael Thomas–68 Pamela Grier–68 Randall Hank Williams–68 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–55 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–55 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–53 Helena Bonham Carter–51 Matthew Stone–46 Lauryn Hill–42 ; 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 =  21,012.42

Happy Birthday RIP Ernest Hemingway(1899–1961) Jesse Donald Knotts(1924–2006) Robin Williams(1951–2014) ; Janet Reno–77 “Cat Stevens”(Steven Georgiou)–67 Garretson “Garry” Trudeau–67 Taco Ockerse–60 Jonathan Lovitz–58 Ike Eisenmann–53 Joshua Hartnett–37 Rory Culkin–26 ; 1925 – In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100

Happy Birthday RIP Natalia Zakharenko(“Natalie Wood” 1938–1981) ; Kimberly Carnes–70 Carlos Santana–68 Sandra Oh–44 Simon Rex Cutright–41 ; 1969 – Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon.

Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Cole(1940–2009) Martin “Pat” Hingle(1924–2009) ; Brian May–68 Atom Yegoyan–55 Lisa Lampugnale–54 Campbell Scott–54 Anthony Edwards–53 Benedict Cumberbatch–39 Jared Padalecki–33 ; 1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.

Happy Birthday RIP Hume Cronyn Jr(1911–2003) Richard “Red” Skelton(1913–1997) Nelson Mandela(1918–2013) ; John Glenn–94 Craig Bruderlin(“James Brolin”)–75 Audrey Landers(Hamburg)–59 Wendy Williams–51 Mark Sinclair(“Vin Diesel”)–48 Kristen Bell–35 Christopher Chace Crawford–30 ; 1969 – After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies

Happy Birthday RIP James Cagney(1899–1986) “Art Linkletter”(Gordon Kelly 1912–2010) Phoebe “Snow”(Laub 1950–2011) Phyllis “Diller”(Driver 1917–2012) ; Donald Sutherland–80 Carol Diahann Johnson–80 Duchess Camilla Mountbatten(Shand)–68 Terence “Geezer” Butler–66 Lucie Arnaz–64 David Hasselhoff–63 Heather Langenkamp–51 Alex Winter–50 ; 1955 – Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California

Happy Birthday RIP “Ginger Rogers”(Virginia McMath 1911–1995) “Barbara Stanwyck”(Ruby Stevens 1907–1990) ; Stewart Copeland–62 Phoebe Cates–52 John William Ferrell–48 Corey Feldman–44 Jayma Mays–36 ; 1790 – The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the U.S. government.