Happy Birthday RIP Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) ; Elizabeth Howland–74 Gladys Knight–71 Rudolph Giuliani–71 John Fogerty–70 Brandon Cruz(Williams)–53 Kylie Minogue–47 Justin Kirk–46 Jesse Bradford Watrouse–36 Carey Mulligan–30 Joseph Cross–29 ; 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent Price Jr(1911–1993) ; Christopher Lee–93 Heinz “Henry” Kissinger–92 Lee Meriwether–80 Louis Gossett Jr–79 “Siouxsie Sioux”(Susan Ballion)–58 Peri Gilpin(Oldham)–54 Adam Carolla–51 Todd Bridges–50 Edward McClintock–48 Joseph Fiennes–45 Paul Bettany–44 Christopher Colfer–25 ; 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–76 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–67 Philip Michael Thomas–66 Pamela Grier–66 Randall Hank Williams–66 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–53 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–53 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–51 Helena Bonham Carter–49 Matthew Stone–44 Lauryn Hill–40 ; 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was $40.94

Happy Birthday RIP Claude Akins(1926–1994) Dixie Carter(1939–2010) ; Ian McKellen–76 Leslie Uggams–72 Frank Oznowicz(“Oz”)–71 Karen Valentine–68 Concetta Sellecchia(“Connie Sellecca”)–60 Michael Myers–52 Anne Heche–46 James “Jamie” Kennedy–45 Octavia Spencer–44 Lauryn Hill–40 Cillian Murphy–39 ; 1968 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated ; 1977 –The science-fiction movie “Star Wars” was released.

Happy Birthday RIP Queen Victoria(Alexandrina Hanover 1819–1901) ; “Bob Dylan”(Robert Zimmerman)–73 Gary Burghoff–71 Patti LaBelle(Holte)–70 Priscilla Wagner-Presley–69 Jim Broadbent–65 Alfred Molina–61 Kristin Scott Thomas–54 John C. Reilly–49 Eric Close–47 Steven Daigle–41 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction

Happy Birthday RIP Douglas Fairbanks(Ullman 1883–1939) Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers(1910–1986) Rose Mary “Rosemary” Clooney(1928–2002) ; Dame Joan Collins–82 Charles Kimbrough–79 Lea DeLaria–57 Drew Carey–57 Jewel Kilcher–41 Kelly Monaco–39 ; 1934 – notorious bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana ; 1995 – The first version of the Java programming language is released (core for majority of electronics devices including #Android)

Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907–1989) Harvey Milk(1930–1978) ; Thomas Boone Pickens–87 Bernard Shaw–75 Barbara Parkins–73 Bernard “Bernie” Taupin–65 Steven Morrissey–56 Brooke Smith–48 Naomi Campbell–45 Chris Salvatore–30 ; 1980 – Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917–1993) Mary “Peggy” Cass(1924–1999) ; Richard Hatch–70 Jonathan Hyde–67 Gerard “Leo” Sayer–67 Alan Franken–64 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T”)–63 Edward “Judge” Reinhold Jr–58 ; 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–69 Jane Wiedlin–57 Matt McCoy–57 Bronson Pinchot–56 Anthony Goldwyn–55 Owen Teale–54 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–49 Timothy Olyphant–47 Jack Gleeson–23 ; 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”)–71 Peter Townshend–70 Beverly Grace Jones–67 Joseph “Dusty” Hill–66 Andrew Fuller–35 ; 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery and incest and treason ; 1911 – Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior