History Blog

August 25

Happy Birthday RIP Melchoir Ferrer(1917–2008) Louis “Leonard” Bernstein(1918–1990) David Canary(1938–2015) Maurice Halperin(“Monty Hall” 1921–2017) Regis Philbin(1931–2020) Thomas Sean Connery(1930–2020) ; Thomas Skerritt–90 Nancy Stoll(“Mink Stole”)–76 Chaim Weitz(“Gene Simmons”)–74 Declan MacManus(“Elvis Costello”)–69 Timothy Burton–65 William Ray Cyrus–62 Blair Underwood–59 Rachael Ray–55 Claudia Schiffer–53 Alexander Skarsgård–47 Blake Lively(Brown)–36 ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior ; 1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” is released nationally