Happy Birthday RIP Leonidas “Lon” Chaney(1883–1930) Gordon Jump(1932–2003) ; “Jane Powell”(Suzanne Bruce)–85 Mary “Debbie” Reynolds–82 Elizabeth “Ali” MacGraw–75 Barry Sonnenfeld–61 Susan Boyle–53 Rachel Maddow–41 Sam Huntington–32 Matt Lanter–31 Hillary Scott–28 ; 1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois ; 1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General’s warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Chavez(1927–1993) Anne “Liz” Claiborne(1929–2007) ; George Richard Chamberlain–80 Shirley Jones–80 Herbert Alpert–79 Ronald “Christopher” Walken–71 Gabriel Kaplan–69 Albert Gore Jr.–66 Rhea Perlman–66 William McNamara–49 Ewan McGregor–43 Evan Williams–42 ; 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent van Gogh(1853–1890) ; “Peter Marshall”(Ralph LaCock)–88 John Astin–84 Henry Warren Beaty–77 Eric Clapton–69 Paul Reiser–57 Ian Ziering–50 Tracy Chapman–50 Céline Dion–46 Mark Consuelos–43 Geetali Norah Jones Shankar–35 Jason Dohring–32 ; 1964 – The TV game show “Jeopardy!” premiered on NBC

Happy Birthday RIP Pearl Bailey(1918–1990) ; Judith Guest–78 Evangelos “Vangelis” Papathanassiou–71 Eric Idle–71 Marina Sirtis–59 “Perry Farrell”(Peretz Bernstein)–55 Amy Sedaris–53 “Elle Macpherson”(Eleanor Gow)–50 Michel Hazanavicius–47 “Lucy Lawless”(Lucille Ryan)–46 ; 1882 – The Knights of Columbus are established. ; 1971 – A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers

Happy Birthday Dianne Wiest–66 Reba McEntire–59 Bart Conner–56 Vince Vaughn–45 Julia Stiles–33 Stefani Germanotta(“Lady Gaga”)–28 ; 1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial melt down.

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Frederick Henry Royce(1863–1933) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe(1886–1969) Gloria Swanson(Svensson 1899 –1983); Art Evans–72 Quentin Tarantino–51 David Koz–51 Mariah Carey–45 Kevin Corrigan–45 Nathan Fillion–43 Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson–39 ; 1794 – President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy. 

Happy Birthday RIP Thomas “Tennessee” Williams III(1911–1983) ; Leonard Nimoy–83 Alan Arkin–80 James Caan–74 Nancy Pelosi–74 Diana Ross–70 Steven Tyler(Tallarico)–66 Vicki Lawrence(Axelrad)–65 Martin Short–64 Leeza Gibbons–57 Jennifer Grey–54 Theodore “T.R.” Knight–41 Larry Page–41 Keira Knightley–29 ; 1979 – Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C. 

Happy Birthday RIP Howard Cosell(Cohen 1918–1995) ; Eugene Shalit–89 Gloria Steinem–80 Aretha Franklin–72 Paul Manfred Glaser–71 Sir “Elton John”(Reginald Dwight)–67 Bonnie Bedelia Culkin–66 Mary Gross–61 Marcia Cross–51 Sarah Jessica Parker–49 Sean Faris–40 Lee Pace–35 Danica Patrick–32 ; 1913 – The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP “Harry Houdini”(Erich Weiss 1874–1926) Terence Steve McQueen(1930–1980) Norman Feld(“Fell” 1924–1998) ; Robert “Bob” Mackie–74 Thomas Hilfiger–63 Louie Anderson–61 Robert Carradine–60 Donna Pescow–60 Steve Ballmer–58 Kelly LeBrock–54 Gabriele Kerner(“Nena”)–54 Starlet “Star” Jones–52 Lara Flynn Boyle–44 James Parsons–41 ; 1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground “Rapid Transit Railroad” that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Happy Birthday RIP “Joan Crawford”(Lucille LeSueur 1906–1977) ; “Marty Allen”(Morton Alpern)–92 Richard Otcasek–65 “Chaka Khan”(Yvette Stevens)–61 Kenneth Cole–60 Amanda Plummer–57 Catherine Keener–55 Marc Cherry–52 Hope Davis–50 Richard Grieco Jr–49 Keri Russell–38 “Perez Hilton”(Mario Lavandeira Jr)–36 ; 1857 – Elisha Otis’s first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.