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–88 Nancy Stoll(“Mink Stole”)–74 Chaim Weitz(“Gene Simmons”)–72 Declan MacManus(“Elvis Costello”)–67 Timothy Burton–63 William Ray Cyrus–60 Blair Underwood–57 Rachael Ray–53 Claudia Schiffer–51 Alexander Skarsgård–45 Blake Lively(Brown)–34 ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior ; 1939 “The Wizard of Oz” is released nationally