History Blog

August 3

Happy Birthday “Tony Bennett”(Anthony Benedette 1926–2013) ; “Martin Sheen”(Ramon Estevez)–84 Martha Stewart(Kostyra)–83 John Landis–74 Jay Waverly North Jr–73 Molly Hagan–63 Thomas Brady Jr–47 Tommy Dewey–46 Nicole Evangeline Lilly–45 ; 1923 – Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack ; 1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world’s first mass-produced personal computers