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August 22

Happy Birthday RIP Ray Bradbury(1920-2012) ; Valerie Harper-73 Cindy Williams-65 Roland Orzabal-51 Myra “Tori” Amos-49 Richard Armitage-41 Kristen Wiig-39 ; 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public.

August 21

Happy Birthday Kenny Rogers-74 Kim Cattrall-56 Carrie-Anne Moss-42 Alicia Witt-37 Hayden Panettiere-23 ; 1959, President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.

August 20

Happy Birthday Don King-81 Connie Chung(Constance Yu-Hwa Chung-Povich)-66 Robert Plant-64 Al Roker-58 Joan Allen-56 James Marsters-50 Amy Adams-38 Brant Daugherty-27 ; 1920 First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.

August 19

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Roddenberry(1921–1991) ; Diana Muldaur-74 Jill St. John(Jill Oppenheim)-72 William Jefferson Blythe(Bill Clinton)-66 Mary “Tipper” Gore-64 Jonathan Frakes-60 Peter Gallagher-57 John Stamos-49 Kyra Sedgwick-47 Kevin Dillon-47 Matthew Perry-43 ; 1929 – The comedy “Amos ‘n’ Andy” made its network radio debut on NBC. ; 2004 Internet search engine Google went public.

August 18

Happy Birthday RIP Shelley Winters(Shirley Schrift 1920–2006) Patrick Swayze(1952–2009) ; Rosalynn Carter-85 Roman Polanski(Rajmund  Liebling)-79 Charles Robert Redford-75 Martin Mull-69 Elayne Boosler-60 Denis Leary-55 Christian Slater-43 Edward Norton-43 Malcolm-Jamal Warner-42 Andy Samberg-34 ; 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.

August 17

Happy Birthday Robert De Niro-69 Larry Ellison-68 Kevin Rowland-59 Belinda Carlisle-54 Sean Penn-52 Donnie Wahlberg-43 ; 1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.

August 16

Happy Birthday Frank Gifford-82 Eydie Gorme(Edith Garmezano)-81 Julie Newmar(Julia Newmeyer)-79 Lesley Ann Warren-66 Kathie Lee Gifford(Epstein)-59 James Cameron-58 Angela Bassett-54 Madonna Louise Ciccone-54 Timothy Hutton-52 Steve Carell-50 Cameron Gigandet-30 ; 1954 – Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc.

August 15

Happy Birthday RIP Julia Child(1912-2004) ; Rose Marie Mazetta-89 Mike Connors(Krekor Ohanian)-87 Pat Priest-76 Linda Ellerbee(Smith)-68 Tess Harper(Tessie Washam)-62 Željko Ivanek-55 Kierin Magenta Kirby-49 Melinda French Gates-48 Debra Messing-44 Ben Affleckbold-40 Joe Jonas-23 ; 1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood California.

August 14

Happy Birthday RIP Alice Ghostley(1924–2007) ; David Crosby-71 Steve Martin-67 Susan Saint James(Miller)-66 Danielle Steel-65 Gary Larson-62 Earvin “Magic” Johnson-53 Marcia Gay Harden-53 Susan Olsen-51 Maria Halle Berry-46 Catherine Bell-44 Christopher Gorham-38 ; 1935 – Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.

August 13

Happy Birthday RIP Alfred Hitchcock(1899-1980) Herb Ritts(1952–2002) ; Pat Harrington-83 Kevin Tighe(John Fishburn)-68 Dante “Danny” Bonaduce-53 John Slattery-50 James Carpinello-37 ; 1942 Walt Disney’s animated feature “Bambi” premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City