History Blog

October 31

Happy Birthday RIP “Michael Landon”(Eugene Orowitz 1936–1991) John Candy (1950–1994) David Ogden Stiers(1942–2018) ; Lyova Rosenthal(“Lee Grant”)–104 Daniel Rather Jr–93 Saul “Ron” Rifkin–85 Sally Kirkland–83 Graham “Stephen” Rea–78 Dierdre Hall–77 Margaret Jane Pauley–74 Peter Jackson–63 Dermot Mulroney–61 Robert Schneider–61 Robert Van Winkle(“Vanilla Ice”)–57 Sean Lockhart–38 Willow Smith–24 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across the United States ; 1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed