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August 20 2011

Happy Birthday Connie Chung-65 Robert Plant-63 Al Roker-57 Joan Allen-55 James Marsters-49 Amy Adams-37 ; 1920 NFL is founded in USA ; 1920 First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.

August 19 2011

Happy Birthday Bill Clinton-65 Tipper Gore-63 Jonathan Frakes-59 Peter Gallagher-56 John Stamos-48 Kevin Dillon-46 Matthew Perry-42 ; 2004 Internet search engine Google went public.

August 16 2011

Happy Birthday Frank Gifford-81 Eydie Gorme-80 Julie Newmar-78 Lesley Ann Warren-65 James Cameron-57 Laura Innes-54 Angela Bassett-53 Madonna Ciccone-53 Steve Carell-49 ; 1977, Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42

August 15 2011

Happy Birthday Rose Marie-88 Mike Connors-86 Pat Priest-75 Linda Ellerbee-67 Debra Messing-43 Ben Affleck-39 ; 1948 The Republic of Korea (South Korea) was proclaimed.

August 14 2011

Happy Birthday David Crosby-70 Steve Martin-66 Susan Saint James-65 Danielle Steel-64 Magic Johnson-52 Susan Olsen-50 Halle Berry-45 ; 1947 Pakistan became independent of British rulership

August 13 2011

Happy Birthday Pat Harrington-82 Kevin Tighe-67 John Stocker-64 Danny Bonaduce-52 John Slattery-49 1942 Walt Disney’s animated feature “Bambi” premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

August 12 2011

Happy Birthday George Hamilton-72 Pat Metheny-57 Peter Krause-46 Rebecca Gayheart-39 Casey Affleck-36 ; 1851 Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine.

August 11 2011

Happy Birthday Brian De Palma-71 Eric Carmen-62 Hulk Hogan-58 Joe Jackson-57 Viola Davis-46 Ashley Jensen-43 Tyler Hoechlin-24 ; 1965, deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.

August 10 2011

Happy Birthday Rosanna Arquette-52 Antonio Banderas-51 Neneh Cherry-47 Justin Theroux-40 JoAnna Garcia-32 ; 1977 David Berkowitz, the suspect in the “Son of Sam” murders, was arrested.

August 09 2011

Happy Birthday Sam Elliott-67 Melanie Griffith-54 Amanda Bearse-53 Whitney Houston-48 Gillian Anderson-43 Eric Bana-43 ; 1974 Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States following the resignation of Richard M. Nixon