Happy Birthday RIP Steve Jobs (1955–2011) Abe Vigoda-91 Joseph Lieberman-70 Barry Bostwick-67 George Thorogood-62 Paula Zahn-56 Billy Zane-46 Bonnie Somerville-38 ; 1863 Arizona was organized as a territory.
February 23
Happy Birthday RIP Majel Barrett (1932–2008) Peter Fonda-72 Patricia Richardson-61 Howard Jones-58 Kristin Davis-47 Emily Blunt-29 Dakota Fanning-18 ; 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh.
February 22
Happy Birthday Jonathan Demme-68 Julius Erving-62 Ellen Greene-61 Kyle MacLachlan-53 Jeri Ryan-44 Drew Barrymore-37 ; 1924 Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
February 21
Happy Birthday RIP Rue McClanahan(1934–2010) David Geffen-69 Anthony Daniels-66 Alan Rickman-66 Tyne Daly-66 Christine Ebersole-59 Kelsey Grammer-57 Jack Coleman-54 Christopher Atkins-51 William Baldwin-49 Jennifer Love Hewitt-33 Brendan Sexton-32 Ellen Page-25 ; 1885 The Washington Monument was dedicated.
February 20
Happy Birthday Gloria Vanderbilt-88 Sidney Poitier-85 Sandy Duncan-66 John Geils-66 Ivana Trump-63 Patty Hearst-58 Cindy Crawford-46 Andrew Shue-45 Lili Taylor-45 Rihanna(Robyn Fenty)-24 ; 1792 President George Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office.
February 19
Happy Birthday Smokey Robinson-72 Jeff Daniels-57 Prince Andrew Windsor-52 Justine Bateman-46 Benicio Del Toro-45 ; 1878 Thomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph.
February 18
Happy Birthday George Kennedy-87 Yoko Ono -79 Cybill Shepherd-62 Juice Newton-60 John Travolta-58 Vanna White-55 Matt Dillon-48 Molly Ringwald-44 ; 1930 Photographic evidence of Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.
February 17
Happy Birthday Dame Edna(Barry Humphries)-78 Mary Ann Mobley-73 Rene Russo-58 Lou Diamond Phillips-50 Michael Jordan-49 Denise Richards-41 Jerry O’Connell-38 Joseph Gordon-Levitt-31 Paris Hilton-31 Chord Overstreet -23 ; 1933 Newsweek magazine was first published. ; 1992 Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.
February 16
Happy Birthday RIP Sonny Bono (1935-1998) James Ingram-60 LeVar Burton-55 John McEnroe-53 Sarah Clarke-41 ; 1968 The nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Alabama
February 15
Happy Birthday RIP Harvey Korman(1927-2008) Melissa Manchester-61 Jane Seymour-61 Matt Groening-58 Janice Dickenson-57 Christopher McDonald-57 Jane Child-45 Alex Borstein-39 ; 1764 The city of St. Louis was established.