History Blog

August 23

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene Kelly(1912–1996) Edgar “Ted” Codd(1923–2003) River Phoenix(Bottom 1970–1993) ; Vera “Miles” Ralston–90 Barbara “Eden” Moorhead–88 Richard Sanders–79 Richard “Rick” Springthorpe(“Springfield”)–70 Shelley Long–70 Jon “Jay” Mohr–49 Scott Caan–43 Kobe Bryant–41 ; 1973 – A back robbery gone wrong in Stockholm Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term “Stockholm Syndrome”