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–89 Nancy Stoll(“Mink Stole”)–75 Chaim Weitz(“Gene Simmons”)–73 Declan MacManus(“Elvis Costello”)–68 Timothy Burton–64 William Ray Cyrus–61 Blair Underwood–58 Rachael Ray–54 Claudia Schiffer–52 Alexander Skarsgård–46 Blake Lively(Brown)–35 ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior ; 1939 “The Wizard of Oz” is released nationally