Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907–1989) Harvey Milk(1930–1978) ; Thomas Boone Pickens–86 Bernard Shaw–74 Barbara Parkins–72 Bernie Taupin–64 Steven Morrissey–55 Brooke Smith–47 Naomi Campbell–44 Chris Salvatore–29 ; 1990 – Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917–1993) Mary “Peggy” Cass(1924–1999) ; Richard Hatch–69 Jonathan Hyde–66 Gerard “Leo” Sayer–66 Al Franken–63 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T”)–62 Edward “Judge” Reinhold Jr–57 ; 1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

Happy Birthday RIP James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) ; John “Joe” Cocker–70 Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–68 Jane Wiedlin–56 Matt McCoy–56 Bronson Pinchot–55 Tony Goldwyn–54 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–48 Timothy Olyphant–46 Jack Gleeson–22 ; 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) ; Peter Mayhew(“Chewbacca”)–70 Peter Townshend–69 Joseph “Dusty” Hill–65 Grace Jones(Mendoza)–62 Andrew Fuller–34 ; 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery and incest and treason ; 2001 – The first two Apple Stores opened in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California at Glendale Galleria.

Happy Birthday RIP Francesco “Frank” Capra(1897–1991) Perry Como(1912–2001) Pernell Roberts(1928–2010) Andrew “Andreas” Katsulas(1946–2006) ; “Bill Macy”(Wolf Garber)–92 Robert Morse–83 Reginald “Reggie” Jackson–68 George Strait–62 Chow Yun-Fat(周潤發)–59 Marta “Martika” Marrero–45 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey–44 ; 1642 – The Canadian city of Montreal was founded. 

Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Hopper(1936–2010) ; William “Bill” Paxton–59 Robert “Bob” Saget–58 Ray Charles Leonard–58 Craig Ferguson–53 Eithne Ní Bhraonáin(“Enya”)–53 Tabatha Coffey–45 ; 1954 – the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.

Happy Birthday RIP Wladziu Liberace(1919–1987) Henry Fonda(1905–1982) ; Danny Trejo–70 Pierce Brosnan–61 Mary Debra Winger–59 Kevin McDonald–53 Janet Jackson–48 Tracey Fisher(“Gold”)–45 David Boreanaz–45 Victoria “Tori” Spelling–41 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, the nickel.

Happy Birthday RIP Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) ; Madeleine Albright–77 Trinidad “Trini” Lopéz–77 Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri–62 Michael Oldfield–62 David Charvet(Guez)–42 David Krumholtz–36 ; 1862 – President Lincoln signs bill into law creating US Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed to USDA)

Happy Birthday RIP Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) ; Madeleine Albright–76 Trinidad “Trini” Lopéz–76 Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri–61 Michael Oldfield–60 David Charvet(Guez)–41 David Krumholtz–35 ; 1862 – Lincoln signs bill into law US Bureau of Agriculture is created (later renamed to USDA)

Happy Birthday RIP “Bea Arthur”(Bernice Frankel 1922–2009) ; Harvey Keitel–75 “Stevie Wonder”(Stevland Judkins)–64 Dennis Rodman–53 Stephen Colbert–50 Brian Geraghty–39 Neil Hopkins–37 Robert Pattinson–28 ; 1958 – Velcro is trademark registered.