History Blog

August 19

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene Roddenberry(1921–1991) Katherine “Marie” Wilson(1916–1972) ; Diana Muldaur–84 Jill St. John (Oppenheim)–82 William Jefferson Blythe III(Bill Clinton)–76 Mary “Tipper” Gore–74 Jonathan Frakes–70 Peter Gallagher–67 John Stamos–59 Kyra Sedgwick–57 Kevin Dillon–57 Matthew Perry–53 ; 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. 1839 – Dageurreotype (photo process) goes public