History Blog

December 26

Happy Birthday RIP Stephen “Steve” Allen(1921–2000) Irwin Kniberg(“Alan King” 1926–2004) ; Harvey Phillip Spector–80 Osborn “Ozzie” Smith–65 David Sedaris–63 Jared Leto(Bryant)–48 Richard “Reichen” Lehmkuhl–46 Chris Daughtry–40 Christopher “Kit” Harington–33 ; 1865 – James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for the coffee percolator ; 1933 – FM radio is patented by US patent office.