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) ; Thomas Sean Connery–89 Regis Philbin–88 Thomas Skerritt–86 Nancy Stoll(“Mink Stole”)–72 Chaim Weitz(“Gene Simmons”)–70 Declan MacManus(“Elvis Costello”)–65 Timothy Burton–61 William Ray Cyrus–58 Blair Underwood–55 Rachael Ray–51 Claudia Schiffer–49 Alexander Skarsgård–43 ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior ; 1939 “The Wizard of Oz” is released