History Blog

October 9

Happy Birthday RIP John Winston Lennon(1940–1980) Barbara March (1953–2019) ; Clyde Jackson Browne–74 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)–70 Anthony Shalhoub–69 John O’Hurley–68 Scott Bakula–68 Sean Lennon–47 Brandon Routh–43 ; 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut ; 1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California