History Blog

October 8

Happy Birthday Rona Barrett(Burstein)–88 Paul Hogan–85 Cornelius “Chevy” Chase–81 Sarah Purcell–76 Susan “Sigourney” Weaver–75 Darrell Hammond–69 Stephanie Zimbalist–68 Dylan Neal–55 Matthew Damon–54 Nicholas Cannon–44 Peter “Bruno Mars” Hernandez–39 ; 1921 – KDKA TV located in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game ; 1967 – Guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara, a Cuban Marxist revolutionary leader, and his men are captured in Bolivia and executed the next day