Happy Birthday RIP Jane Austen(1775–1817) ; Lesley Stahl–72 Harry “Ben” Cross–66 Billy Gibbons–64 Sam Robards–52 Benjamin Bratt–50 Jonathan Scarfe–38 Scott Bailey–35 Theo James(Taptiklis)–29 Anna Popplewell–25 ; 1773 – The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.

Happy Birthday RIP Jean Paul Getty(1892–1976) ; Thomas “Tim” Conway–80 Donnie Johnson–64 Marta DuBois–61 Garrett Wang–45 Michael Shanks–43 Stuart Townsend–41 Adam Brody–34 Camilla Luddington–30 ; 1939 – “Gone with the Wind” receives its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia

Happy Birthday RIP Lee Remick (1935–1991) ; Anna Marie “Patty” Duke–67 Joyce Vincent Wilson(“Dawn”)–65 Theodore “Ted” Raimi–48 Matthew McNulty–31 ; 2000 – The FTC unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.

Happy Birthday Richard “Dick” Van Dyke–88 Arthur “Christopher” Plummer–84 John Davidson–72 Theodore “Ted” Nugent–65 Morris Day–57 Steve Buscemi–56 “Jamie Foxx”(Eric Bishop)–46 Taylor Swift–24 ; 1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. Effective two days after today. 

Happy Birthday RIP “Buck Jones”(Charles Gebhart 1891–1942) Francis “Frank” Sinatra(1915–1998) Edward “Ed” Koch(1924–2013) Brandon Teena(1972–1993) http://bit.ly/5GJXp2 ; Robert “Bob” Barker–90 Connie Francis(Concetta Franconero)–76 Dionne Warwick(Marie Warrick)–73 William “Bill” Nighy–63 Cathleen “Cathy” Rigby–61 Sheila “E” Escovedo–56 Jennifer Connelly–43 Shelton Hank Williams–41 ; 1911 – Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.

Happy Birthday “Rita Moreno”(Rosita Alverio)–82 Donna Mills(Miller)–71 John Kerry–70 Lynda Day George(Lynda Louise Day)–69 Terry “Teri” Garr–65 Robert “Ben” Browder–51 Monica “Monique” Imes–46 Jason “Rusty” Joiner–41 ; 1946 – UNICEF (the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) was established.

Happy Birthday RIP Harold Gould(Goldstein 1923–2010) Michael Clarke Duncan(1957–2012) ; Fionnghuala Flanagan–72 Susan Dey(Smith)–61 Paul Hardcastle–56 Kenneth Branagh–53 Virenia “Nia” Peeples–52 Raven-Symoné Pearman–28 ; 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

Happy Birthday RIP Margaret Hamilton(1902–1985) Douglas Fairbanks Jr.(1909–2000) “Redd Foxx”(John Sanford 1922–1991) ; “Kirk Douglas”(Issur Danielovitch)–97 Richard “Dick” Van Patten–85 Buck Henry Zuckerman–83 Dame Judith Dench–79 Lloyd “Beau” Bridges III–72 Richard “Dick” Butkus–71 Michael Dorn–61 John Malkovich–60 Donald “Donny” Osmond–56 Felicity Huffman–51 Jesse Metcalfe–35 Simon Helberg–33 ; 1793 – New York City’s first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

Happy Birthday RIP Sammy Davis Jr(1925–1990) Clerow “Flip” Wilson(1933–1998) John “David” Carradine(1936–2009) Jim Morrison(1943–1971) Sam Kinison(1953–1992) ; Gregg Allman–66 Kimila Basinger–60 Teri Hatcher–49 Sinéad O’Connor–47 Ian Somerhalder–35 “Nicki Minaj”(Onika Maraj)–31 ; 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.

Happy Birthday RIP Tadeusz Konopka(“Ted Knight” 19231–1986) ; “Ellen Burstyn”(Edna Gillooly)–81 Tom Waits–64 Larry Bird–57 Priscilla Barnes–55 Christopher Thomas Howell–47 Shiri Appleby–35 Emily Browning–25 ; 1941 – Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, drawing the United States into World War II. More than 2,300 Americans were killed.