Happy Birthday RIP “Jack Benny”(Benjamin Kubelsky 1894–1974) Edward Platt(1916–1974) Victor Morrow(Morozoff 1929–1982) Gregory Hines(1946–2003) Florence Henderson(1934–2016) Hugh Downs(1920–2020) ; Michael Bloomberg–82 Raymond Teller–76 Alan Hunter–67 “Meg Tilly”(Margaret Chan)–64 Simon Beckingham(“Pegg”)–54 Alfred “Freddie” Highmore–32 ; 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polkbecomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. ; 1991– Silence of the Lambs opens and later is first thriller/horror film to win “big five” Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role(Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress in a Leading Role(Jodie Foster), Best Director(Jonathan Demme), Best Screenplay(Ted Tally)
February 13
Happy Birthday RIP “Tennessee” Ernest Ford(1919–1991) Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager(1923–2020) George Segal Jr(1934–2021) Gerald “Jerry” Springer(1944–2023); Marilyn “Kim” Novak–91 “Stockard Channing”(Susan Stockard)–80 Peter Gabriel–74 Neal McDonough–58 Robert “Robbie” Williams–50 Mena Süvari–45 Daniel Portman–32 ; 1960 – Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
February 12
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Darwin(1809–1882) Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) Forrest Tucker(1919–1986) Lyon “Lorne” Greene(1915–1987) “Franco Zeffirelli”(Gianfranco Corsi 1923–2019) ; Joe Don Baker–88 Judith Blume(Sussman)–86 Frederick “Michael” Ironside–74 Michael McDonald–72 Joanna Kerns(DeVarona)–71 James “Zach” Grenier–70 Arsenio Hall–68 Josh Brolin–56 Darren Aronofsky–55 Jesse Spencer–45 Enver Gjokaj –44 Christina Ricci–44 ; 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York ; 1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri
February 11
Happy Birthday RIP Thomas Alva Edison(1847-1931) Éva Gábor(1919–1995) Leslie Nielsen(1926–2010) Burton “Burt” Reynolds Jr(1936–2018) ; Tatiana Blacker(“Tina Louise”)–90 Sheryl Crow–62 Jennifer Aniston–55 Brandy Norwood–45 Matthew Lawrence–44 Natalie Dormer–42 Taylor Lautner–32 ; 1938 – BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot”
February 10
Happy Birthday RIP James “Jimmy” Durante(1893–1980) Jerrald “Jerry” Goldsmith(1929–2004) ; Robert Wagner Jr–94 Roberta Flack–87 Mark Spitz–74 George Stephanopoulos–63 Laura Dern–57 Elizabeth Banks(Mitchell)–50 Thomas Schilling–42 Emma Roberts–33 ; 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City ; 1940 – Tom and Jerry make their debut with “Puss Gets the Boot” cartoon.
February 9
Happy Birthday RIP Carmen Miranda(Maria Miranda da Cunha 1909–1955) ; Carole King(Klein)–82 Joseph “Joe” Pesci–81 Maria “Mia” Villiers-Farrow–79 Judith Light(Licht)–75 James Jackson Bullock–69 Colin Egglesfield–51 Zhāng Zǐyi(章子怡)–45 Thomas Hiddleston–43 David Gallagher–39 Rose Arbuthnot-Leslie–37 ; 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources ; 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers
February 8
Happy Birthday RIP Julia “Lana” Turner (1921–1995) Audrey Meadows Allen (Cotter 1922–1996) John “Jack” Lemmon III (1925–2001) James Byron Dean.(1931–1955) Gary Coleman (1968–2010) ; John Williams–92 Edward “Ted” Koppel–84 Nicholas “Nick” Nolte–83 Robert Klein–82 Brooke Adams–75 Mary Steenburgen–71 John Grisham Jr–69 Ethan Phillips–69 Vincent Neil Wharton–63 Mary McCormack–55 Seth Green–50 Liam McIntyre–42 James “Jim” Verraros–41 ; 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce ; 1960 – The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame near Hollywood and Gower
February 7
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Dickens(1812–1870) Harry Sinclair Lewis(1885–1951) Clarence “Buster” Crabbe II(1908–1983) Edward “Eddie” Bracken(1915–2002) Miguel Ferrer(1955–2017) ; James Spader–64 Troyal Garth Brooks–62 Edward “Eddie” Izzard–62 Christopher Rock III–59 Robyn Lively–52 Christopher Ashton Kutcher–46 ; 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented ; 1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
February 6
Happy Birthday RIP George “Babe” Ruth Jr (1895–1948) Robert “Bob” Marley (1945–1981) Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) Natalie Cole (1950–2015) Sári “Zsa Zsa” Gábor (1917–2016) Elmore “Rip” Torn Jr (1931–2019) ; “Mamie Van Doren”(Joan Olander)–93 Michael “Mike” Farrell–85 Thomas “Tom” Brokaw–84 Fabiano Forte(“Fabian”)–81 Kathy Najimy–67 William “Axl” Rose–62 Richard “Rick” Astley–58 Joshua Stewart–47 Alice Eve–42 ; 1952 – Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (Windsor) becomes queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her father, George VI.
February 5
Happy Birthday RIP Richmond “John” Carradine(1906–1988) “Red Buttons”(Aaron Chwatt 1919–2006) Henry “Hank” Aaron (1934–2020) Thomas “Tom” Wilkinson(1948–2023) ; David Selby–83 Barbara Hershey(Herzstein)–76 Timothy “Tim” Meadows–63 Jennifer Jason Leigh(Morrow)–62 Laura Linney–60 Thomas Christopher Parnell–57 Robert “Bobby” Brown–55 Paul Vandervort–39 Darren Criss–37 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists studio (UA) later bought by MGM