History Blog

October 8

Happy Birthday Rona Barrett(Burstein)–86 Paul Hogan–83 Cornelius “Chevy” Chase–79 Sarah Purcell–74 Susan “Sigourney” Weaver–73 Darrell Hammond–67 Stephanie Zimbalist–66 Dylan Neal–53 Matthew Damon–52 Nicholas Cannon–42 Peter “Bruno Mars” Hernandez–37 ; 1921 – KDKA TV located in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game ; 1967 – Guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Chavez, a Cuban Marxist revolutionary leader, and his men are captured in Bolivia