Happy Birthday RIP Clara “Ann” Sheridan(1915–1967) Eunice Waymon(“Nina Simone” 1933–2003) Eddi-Rue McClanahan(1934–2010) ; David Geffen–72 Alan Rickman–69 Anthony Daniels–69 Ellen Tyne Daly–69 Christine Ebersole–62 Allen Kelsey Grammer–60 John “Jack” Coleman–57 Christopher Atkins Bomann–54 William “Billy” Baldwin–52 Jennifer Love Hewitt–36 Brendan Sexton III–35 Ellen Page–28 Tuppence Middleton–28 ; 1878 – The first telephone directory was issued, by the District Telephone Co. of New Haven, Connecticut ; 1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue
February 20
Happy Birthday RIP Ansel Adams(1902–1984) Kurt Cobain(1967–1994) Robert Altman(1925–2006) ; Gloria Vanderbilt–91 Sir Sidney Poitier–88 Sandra “Sandy” Duncan–69 John W. Geils Jr–69 Ivana Trump(Zelníčková)–66 Patricia Hearst–61 Cynthia “Cindy” Crawford–49 Lili Taylor–48 Calpernia Addams–44 Brian Littrell–40 Robyn Rihanna Fenty–27 ; 1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington ; 1872 – In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens
February 19
Happy Birthday RIP Lee Marvin(1924–1987) Johann “Falco” Hölzel (1957–1998) ; William “Smokey” Robinson–75 Jeffrey Daniels–60 Raymond Winstone–58 Prince Andrew Windsor, Duke of York–55 Henry “Seal” Samuel–52 Justine Bateman–49 Benicio del Toro Sánchez–49 Haylie Duff–30 ; 1878 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph ; 1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist Movement in the United States as women’s organizations and consciousness raising groups spread. 恭喜發財
February 18
Happy Birthday RIP John Hughes Jr(1950–2009) “Jack Palance”(Volodymyr Palahniuk 1919–2006) ; George Kennedy–90 Yoko Ono( 小野 洋子)–82 Cybill Shepherd–65 Judy “Juice” Newton–63 John Travolta–61 Vanna White(Rosich)–58 Matthew Dillon–51 Molly Ringwald–47 ; 1930 – While studying photographs taken Clyde Tombaugh discovers planet Pluto.
February 17
Happy Birthday RIP Mary Ann Mobley(1937–2014) ; John Barry Humphries(“Dame Edna”)–81 Rene Russo–61 Lou Diamond Phillips(Upchurch)–53 Michael Jordan–52 Denise Richards–44 Jeremiah “Jerry” O’Connell–41 Joseph Gordon-Levitt–34 Paris Hilton–34 Chord Overstreet–26 ; 1933 – Newsweek magazine was first published
February 16
Happy Birthday RIP Edgar John Bergen(1903–1978) Eugene Hugh Beaumont(1909–1982) Salvatore “Sonny” Bono(1935–1998) ; James Ingram–63 Levardis “LeVar” Burton–58 John McEnroe Jr.–56 Sarah Clarke–43 Johnathan Tartaglia–37 ; 1968 – The nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Alabama.
February 15
Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Romero Jr(1907–1994) Christopher Farley(1964–1997) Harvey Korman(1927–2008) ; Melissa Manchester–64 Joyce Frankenberg(“Jane Seymour”)–64 Matthew Groening–61 Janice Dickinson–60 Christopher McDonald–60 Jane Richman(“Jane Child”)–48 Alexandrea “Alex” Borstein–44 ; 1764 – The city of St. Louis Missouri was established and incorporated ; 1985 – The iconic movie “Breakfast Club” was released and became legendary.
February 14
Happy Birthday RIP “Jack Benny”(Benjamin Kubelsky 1894–1974) Edward Platt(1916–1974) Victor Morrow(Morozoff 1929–1982) Gregory Hines(1946–2003) ; Hugh Downs–94 Florence Henderson–81 Michael Bloomberg–73 Raymond Teller–67 Alan Hunter–58 “Meg Tilly”(Margaret Chan)–55 Simon Beckingham(“Pegg”)–45 Alfred “Freddie” Highmore–23 ; 1929 – Saint Valentine’s Day massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.
February 13
Happy Birthday RIP “Tennessee” Ernest Ford(1919–1991) ; Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager–92 Marilyn “Kim” Novak–81 George Segal Jr–81 Gerald “Jerry” Springer–71 “Stockard Channing”(Susan Stockard)–71 Peter Gabriel–65 Neal McDonough–49 Robert “Robbie” Williams–41 Mena Süvari–36 ; 1880 – Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect (thermionic emission of electrons from a hot cathode into a vacuum tube)
February 12
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Darwin(1809–1882) Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) Forrest Tucker(1919–1986) Lyon “Lorne” Greene(1915–1987) ; “Franco Zeffirelli”(Gianfranco Corsi)–92 Joe Don Baker–79 Judith Blume(Sussman)–77 Frederick “Michael” Ironside–65 Michael McDonald–63 Joanna Kerns(DeVarona)–62 Zach Grenier–61 Arsenio Hall–59 Josh Brolin–47 Darren Aronofsky–46 Jesse Spencer–36 Christina Ricci–35 ; 1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York ; 1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.