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Category Archives: History

August 27

Happy Birthday RIP Lyndon Johnson(1908–1973) “Martha Raye”(Margaret Reed 1916–1994) ; George W. Bailey–70 Barbara Goldbach–68 Paul Rubenfeld(“PeeWee Herman”)–62 Peter Storm–61 Diana Scarwid–59 “Downtown” Julie Brown–55 Thomas “Tom” Ford–53 Sarah Chalke–38 Aaron Paul Sturtevant–35 Blake Jenner–22 ; 1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.

August 26

Happy Birthday RIP Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu(“Mother Theresa” 1910–1997) Geraldine Ferraro(1935–2011) ; Valerie Simpson–68 Peter Brett Cullen–58 Wanda De Jesus–56 Christopher “Chris” Burke–49 Gunner Wright–41 Zemfira Ramazanova–38 Christopher Pine–34 Macaulay Culkin–34 “Cassie”(Casandra Ventura)–28 ; 1920 – the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effective by congress.

August 25

Happy Birthday RIP Melchor Ferrer(1917–2008) Louis “Leonard” Bernstein(1918–1990) ; Maurice Halperin(“Monty Hall”)–93 Thomas Sean Connery–84 Regis Philbin–83 Tom Skerritt–81 Nancy Stoll(“Mink Stole”)–67 Chaim Weitz(“Gene Simmons”)–64 Declan MacManus(“Elvis Costello”)–60 Timothy Burton–56 William Ray Cyrus–53 Blair Underwood–50 Rachael Ray–46 Claudia Schiffer–44 Alexander Skarsgård–38 ; 1916 – The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.

August 24

Happy Birthday RIP Margaret “Dorothy” Comingore(1913–1971) Millicent “Penny” Edwards(1928–1998) ; Ronee Blakley–69 Anne Archer–67 Stephen Fry–57 Steve Guttenberg–56 Craig Kilborn–52 Marlee Matlin–49 David Chappelle–41 Simon “James” D’Arcy–39 Chad Michael Murray–33 Rupert Grint–26 ; 1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri ; 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

August 23

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Kelly(1912–1996) River Phoenix(Bottom 1970–1993) ; Vera “Miles” Ralston–85 Barbara “Eden” Moorhead–83 Richard Sanders–74 Richard Springthorpe(“Rick Springfield”)–65 Shelley Long–65 Jon “Jay” Mohr–44 Scott Caan–38 Kobe Bryant–36 Trevor Wright–32 ; 1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.

August 22

Happy Birthday RIP Helene “Leni” Riefenstahl(1902–2003) Ray Bradbury(1920–2012) ; Valerie Harper–75 Cindy Williams–67 Myra “Tori” Amos–51 Richard Armitage–43 Kristen Wiig–41 ; 1902 – President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public.

August 21

Happy Birthday Kenneth Rogers–76 Kim Cattrall–58 Charles Peyton(“Jeff Stryker”)–52 Carrie-Anne Moss–44 Alicia Witt–39 Hayden Panettiere–25 ; 1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobile was founded ; 1959 – President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.

August 20

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Bergman(“Alan Reed” 1907–1977) Isaac Hayes(1942–2008) ; Donald King–83 Constance “Connie” Chung-Povich(宗毓華)–68 Robert Plant–66 Albert “Al” Roker–60 James Marsters–52 Drew Waters–41 Amy Adams–40 Benjamin Barnes–33 ; 1920 – First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.

August 19

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Roddenberry(1921–1991) ; Diana Muldaur–76 Jill St. John(Jill Oppenheim)–74 William Jefferson Blythe(Bill Clinton)–68 Mary “Tipper” Gore–66 Jonathan Frakes–62 Peter Gallagher–59 John Stamos–51 Kyra Sedgwick–49 Kevin Dillon–49 Matthew Perry–45 ; 1929 – The comedy “Amos ‘n’ Andy” made its network radio debut on NBC ; 2004 – Internet search engine Google went public.

August 18

Happy Birthday RIP “Shelley Winters”(Shirley Schrift 1920–2006) Patrick Swayze(1952–2009) ; Eleanor Rosalynn Carter–87 “Roman Polanski”(Rajmund  Liebling)–81 Charles Robert Redford Jr.–77 Martin Mull–71 Elayne Boosler–62 Denis Leary–57 Christian Slater–45 Edward Norton–45 Malcolm-Jamal Warner–44 Andrew Samberg–36 ; 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.