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Category Archives: History

January 10

Happy Birthday RIP Ray Bolger(Bulcao 1904–1987) Roy Disney(1930–2009) Salvatore “Sal” Mineo(1939–1976) James “Jim” Croce(1943–1973) ; Sir Roderick “Rod” David Stewart–77 Donald Fagen–74 George Foreman–73 “Pat Benatar”(Patricia Andrzejewski)–69 Antonio Cupo–44 Hrithek “Roshan” Nagrath–38 Alejandro “Alex” Meraz–37 ; 1946 – The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented

January 9

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr(1925–1989) Richard Milhous Nixon(1913–1994) Robert “Bob” Denver(1935–2005) Judith Krantz(Tarcher 1928–2019) ; Joan Báez–81 James “Jimmy” Page–78 “Crystal Gayle”(Brenda Webb)–71 Jonathan “J.K.” Simmons–67 Nestor Haddaway–57 Joely Richardson–57 Alexander “A.J.” McLean–44 Catherine Middleton-Windsor Duchess of Cambridge–40 ; 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process (used to create first photograph circa 1837) ; 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld

January 8

Happy Birthday RIP José Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón(1912–1992) Elvis Aaron Presley(1935–1977) David Bowie(Jones 1947–2016) Stephen Hawking(1942–2018) ; Larry Storch–99 Charles Osgood Wood III–89 Shirley Bassey–85 Robert “Bob” Eubanks–74 Michelle Forbes(Guajardo)–57 Sarah Polley–43 Rachel Nichols–42 Freddie Stroma(Frederic Sjostrom)–35 ; 1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York ; 1828 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized

January 7

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Addams(1912–1988) Thelma “Butterfly” McQueen(1911–1995) William Peter Blatty(1928–2017) Dustin Diamond(1977 – 2021); “Terry Moore”(Helen Koford)–93 Kenneth “Kenny” Loggins–74 Erin Gray–72 David Caruso–66 Katherine “Katie” Couric–65 Nicolas Cage(Coppola)–58 Jeremy Renner–51 ; 1782 – The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens ; 1927 – The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, England.

January 6

Happy Birthday RIP Gretchen “Loretta” Young(1913–2000) “Danny Thomas”(Amos Yakhoob Kairouz 1914–1991) Victor Tayback(1930–1990) Bonnie Franklin(1944–2013) ; Rowan Atkinson–67 Scott Bryce–64 Kathy Sledge-63 Daniel Pintauro–46 Edward Redmayne–40 Kathryn “Kate” McKinnon Berthold–38 ; 1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan by Tonya Harding ; 2021 – The deadly insurrection at the US Capital attempting to overturn a free and faired election at the direction of Donald Trump!

January 5

Happy Birthday RIP “Jane Wyman”(Sarah Mayfield 1917–2007) “Jeane Dixon”(Lydia Pinckert 1904–1997) Walter Mondale 1928–2021) ; Robert Duvall–91 Diane Keaton(Hall)–76 Theodore “Ted” Lange–74 Pamela Sue Martin–69 “Marilyn Manson”(Brian Warner)–53 Bradley Cooper–47 ; 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays ; 1944 – The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper

January 4

Happy Birthday RIP Sorrell Booke(1930–1994) Denise Matthews(“Vanity” 1959–2016) ; Barbara Rush–95 “Dyan Cannon”(Samile Friesen)–85 Bernard Sumner(Dicken)–66 Ann Magnuson–66 Matthew Frewer–64 John Michael Stipe–62 David Foley–59 Dorothy “Dot-Marie” Jones–58 Julia Ormond–57 August Diehl–46 ; 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York, New York

January 3

Happy Birthday RIP John Ronald Reuel Tolkien(1892–1973) “Pola Negri”(Barbara Chalupiec 1897–1987) “Victor” Borge Rosenbaum (1909–2000) Barbara Stuart(McNeese 1930–2011) Salvatore “Robert” Loggia(1930–2015) ; Dabney Coleman–90 Victoria Principale–72 “Bruce LaBruce”(Justin Stewart)–58 Alisen Down–46 Greta Thunberg–19 ; 1938 – The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt ; 1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated

January 2

Happy Birthday RIP Joan Winnifrith(“Anna Lee” 1913–2004) Isaak Ozimov(1920–1992) ; James Marshall(Goldblatt)–55 Cuba Gooding Jr.–54 Patrick Huard–53 Dax Shepard–47 Catherine “Kate” Bosworth–39 ; 1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo

January 1

Happy Birthday RIP John Edgar Hoover(1895–1972) Matthew ‘Stymie’ Beard Jr.(1925–1981) “Carole Landis”(Francis Ridste 1919–1948) Verne Troyer(1969–2018) ; Frank Langella Jr–84 Joseph Saddler(“Grandmaster Flash”)–64 William Jonas Armstrong–41 ; 1890 – The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California by Members of Pasadena’s Valley Hunt Club presented the first of this annual parade ; 1892 – Ellis Island in New York City opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States ; 1983 – APRANET (DARPA) officially begins using TCP/IP instead of NCP, thus creating the Internet. Compuserve offered some services in 1979 before the internet was public. The first ISP was created in 1989.