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January 10

Happy Birthday RIP Ray Bolger(Bulcao 1904–1987) Roy Disney(1930–2009) Salvatore “Sal” Mineo(1939–1976) James “Jim” Croce(1943–1973) ; Roderick “Rod” Stewart–70 Donald Fagen–67 George Foreman–66 “Pat Benatar”(Patricia Andrzejewski)–62 Antonio Cupo–37 Alejandro “Alex” Meraz–30 ; 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil Company.

January 9

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence “Lee” Van Cleef Jr(1925–1989) Richard Milhaus Nixon(1913–1994) Robert “Bob” Denver(1935–2005) ; Judith Krantz(Tarcher)–87 Joan Báez–74 James “Jimmy” Page–71 “Crystal Gayle”(Brenda Webb)–64 Jonathan “J.K.” Simmons–60 Nestor Haddaway–50 Joely Richardson–50 Alexander “A.J.” McLean–37 Catherine Middleton-Windsor Duchess of Cambridge–33 ; 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone ; 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process (used to create first photograph circa 1837).

January 8

Happy Birthday RIP Elvis Aaron Presley(1935–1977) ; Charles Osgood Wood III–82 Robert “Bob” Eubanks–77 Stephen Hawking–73 David Bowie(Jones)–68 Michelle Forbes(Guajardo)–50 Sarah Polley–36 Rachel Nichols–35 Freddie Stroma(Frederic Sjostrom)–28 ; 1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York.

January 7

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Addams(1912–1988) Thelma “Butterfly” McQueen(1911–1995) ; William Peter Blatty–87 Jann Wenner–69 Kenneth “Kenny” Loggins–67 Erin Gray–65 David Caruso–59 Katherine “Katie” Couric–58 Nicolas Cage(Coppola)–51 Jeremy Renner–44 Dustin Diamond–38 ; 1782 – The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens ; 1927 – The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, England, United Kingdom.

January 6

Happy Birthday RIP Gretchen “Loretta” Young(1913–2000) “Danny Thomas”(Amos Yakhoob Kairouz 1914–1991) Victor Tayback(1930–1990) Bonnie Franklin(1944–2013) ; Rowan Atkinson–60 Scott Bryce–57 Kathy Sledge-56 Daniel Pintauro–39 Jérémie Renier–34 Max Pirkis–26 ; 1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan by Tonya Harding.

January 5

Happy Birthday RIP “Jane Wyman”(Sarah Mayfield 1917–2007) “Jeane Dixon”(Lydia Pinckert 1904–1997) ; Walter Mondale–87 Robert Duvall–84 Diane Keaton(Hall)–69 Ted Lange–67 Pamela Sue Martin–62 “Marilyn Manson”(Brian Warner)–46 Bradley Cooper–40 ; 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.

January 4

Happy Birthday RIP Sorrell Booke(1930–1994) ; Barbara Rush–88 “Dyan Cannon”(Samile Friesen)–78 Bernard Sumner(Dicken)–59 Ann Magnuson–59 Matthew Frewer–57 Denise Matthews(“Vanity”)–56 John Michael Stipe–55 David Foley–52 Dorothy “Dot” Jones–51 Julia Ormond–50 Adam Trese–46 August Diehl–39 Aaron Schwartz–34 ; 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York, New York.

January 3

Happy Birthday RIP John Ronald Reuel Tolkien(1892–1973) “Pola Negri”(Barbara Chalupiec 1897–1987); Salvatore “Robert” Loggia–85 Dabney Coleman–84 Victoria Principale–65 Brian Bruce(LaBruce)–51 Jason Marsden–30 ; 1938 – The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt ; 1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated.

January 2

Happy Birthday RIP Joan Winnifrith(“Anna Lee” 1913–2004) Isaak Ozimov(1920–1992) ; James Marshall(Goldblatt)–48 Cuba Gooding Jr.–47 Patrick Huard–46 Dax Shepard–40 Catherine “Kate” Bosworth–32 ; 1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.

January 1

Happy Birthday RIP John Edgar Hoover(1895–1972) “Carole Landis”(Francis Ridste 1919–1948) ; Frank Langella–77 Joseph Saddler(“Grandmaster Flash”)–57 Verne Troyer–46 William Jonas Armstrong–34 ; 1890 – The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, is held for first time ; 1892 – Ellis Island in New York City opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States ; 1983 – APRANET officially begins using TCP/IP, thus creating Internet.