History Blog

October 22

Happy Birthday RIP “Curly Howard”(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) Joan Fontaine(Beauvoir de Havilland 1917–2013) Annette Funicello(1942–2013) ; Sir Derek Jacobi–86 Christopher Lloyd–86 David “Tony” Roberts–85 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–81 Deepak Chopra–78 Jeffrey Goldblum–72 Robert Odenkirk–62 Brian Boitano–61 Ned “Carlos” Mencia–57 “Spike Jonze”(Adam Spiegel)–55 Michael Fishman–43 Zachary Hanson–39 Kyle Gallner–38 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. ; 1883 – The Metropolitan Opera (“The Met”) House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust. It was direct competition for Academy of Music which folded 3 years after the Met opened.