Happy Birthday RIP William “Hayden” Rorke(1910–1987) Johnny Carson(1925–2005) John Michael Crichton(1942–2008) ; Ang Lee( 李安 )–59 Weird Alfred Yankovic–54 Sam Raimi–54 Ryan Reynolds–37  ; 2001 – Apple introduced the iPod digital music player

Happy Birthday RIP “Curly Howard”(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) ; Joan Fontaine(de Havilland)–96 Sir Derek Jacobi–75 Christopher Lloyd–75 David “Tony” Roberts–74 Annette Funicello–71 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–70 Deepak Chopra–67 Jeff Goldblum–61 Ned “Carlos” Mencia–46 Brian Boitano–50 “Spike Jonze”(Adam Spiegel)–44 Michael Fishman–32 John Boyd–32 Zachary Hanson–28 Kyle Gallner–27 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter

Happy Birthday RIP John “Dizzy” Gillespie(1917–1993) ; Joyce Randolph(Sirola)–89 Manfred Mann(Lubowitz)–73 Judy Sheindlin(Blum)–71 Carrie Fisher–57 Kensaku Watanabe–54 Sasha Roiz–42 Jade Jagger–42 Jeremy Miller–37 William Estes Nipper–35 Aaron Tveit–30 ; 1879 – Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.

Happy Birthday RIP Bela Lugosi(Blaskó 1882–1956) John Dewey(1859–1952) Joyce Brothers(Bauer 1927–2013) ; William Christopher–81 Thomas Petty–63 Thomas Newman–58 Viggo Mortensen–55 Calvin Broadus(“Snoop Dogg”)–42 Sam Witwer–36 John Krasinski–34 Adam Butcher–25 ; 1803 – The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase

Happy Birthday RIP “LaWanda Page”(Alberta Peal 1920–2002) Harris Glenn Milstead(“Divine” 1945–1988) ; John Lithgow–68 Patricia Ireland–68 Jennifer Holliday–53 Amy Carter–46 Randolph “Trey” Parker-44 Chris Kattan–43 Desmond Harrington–37 ; 1987 – “Black Monday” the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or -22.6 percent in value, the largest one-day percentage drop (worse than 1929 at -12.82%)

Happy Birthday RIP George Campbell Scott(1927–1999) ; Charles “Chuck” Berry–87 Dawn Wells–75 Mike Ditka–74 Pam Dawber–62 Martina Navratilova–57 Erin Moran–53 Jean-Claude Van Damme(Varenberg)–53 Zachary Efron–26 ; 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day ; 1898 – United States takes possession of Puerto Rico

Happy Birthday RIP Edward Montgomery Clift(1920–1966)
“Rita Hayworth”(Margarita Cansino 1918–1987) Thomas Poston(1921–2007) ; Jim Seals–71 Michael McKean–66 Margaret “Margot” Kidder–65 George Wendt–65 Norman Macdonald–50 David “Ziggy” Marley–45 Marshall Mathers(“Eminem”)–41 David Matthew Macfadyen–39 Chris Lowell–29 Maximillian Irons–28 ; 1919 – RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America

Happy Birthday RIP Oscar Wilde(1854–1900) ; Angela Lansbury–88 Suzanne Somers(Mahoney)–67 Tim Robbins–55 Kim Wayans–52 Michael Balzary(“Flea”)–51 John Mayer–36 Brea Grant–32  ; 1923 – The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney

Happy Birthday RIP “Mark Lenard”(Leonard Rosenson 1924–1996) ; Lido “Lee” Iacocca–89 Linda Lavin–76 Carole Penny Marshall–71 Richard Carpenter–67 Sarah Ferguson–54 Emeril Lagasse–54 Dominic West–44 ; 1878 – The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation (later General Electric) in Schenectady ; 1951 – The first episode of I Love Lucy, an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, airs on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Happy Birthday RIP David Dwight Eisenhower(1890–1969) Lillian Gish(1893–1993) ; Charles Everett Koop–97 Sir Roger Moore–86 Ralph Lauren(Lifschitz)–74 Harry Anderson–61 Greg Evigan–60 Thomas Dolby(Robertson)–55 Isaac Mizrahi–52 Karyn White–48 Usher Raymond–35 Maximillion Thieriot–25 ; 1964 – civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize