History Blog

December 26

Happy Birthday RIP Stephen “Steve” Allen(1921–2000) Irwin Kniberg(“Alan King” 1926–2004) ; Harvey Phillip Spector–81 Osborn “Ozzie” Smith–66 David Sedaris–64 Jared Leto(Bryant)–49 Richard “Reichen” Lehmkuhl–47 Chris Daughtry–41 Christopher “Kit” Harington–34 ; 1865 – James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for the coffee percolator ; 1933 – FM radio is patented by US patent office.