History Blog

August 19

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene Roddenberry(1921–1991) Katherine “Marie” Wilson(1916–1972) Matthew Perry(1969–2023) ; Diana Muldaur–86 Jill St. John (Oppenheim)–84 William Jefferson Blythe III(Bill Clinton)–78 Mary “Tipper” Gore–76 Jonathan Frakes–72 Peter Gallagher–69 John Stamos–61 Kyra Sedgwick–59 Kevin Dillon–59 ; 1839 – Dageurreotype (photo process) goes public ; 1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ; 1929 – The comedy “Amos ‘n’ Andy” made its network radio debut on NBC Radio ; 2004 – Internet search engine Google went public.