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–90 Thomas Skerritt–87 Nancy Stoll(“Mink Stole”)–73 Chaim Weitz(“Gene Simmons”)–71 Declan MacManus(“Elvis Costello”)–66 Timothy Burton–62 William Ray Cyrus–59 Blair Underwood–56 Rachael Ray–52 Claudia Schiffer–50 Alexander Skarsgård–44 ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior ; 1939 “The Wizard of Oz” is released nationally