History Blog

December 26

Happy Birthday RIP Stephen “Steve” Allen(1921–2000) Irwin Kniberg(“Alan King” 1926–2004) ; Harvey Phillip Spector–78 Osborn “Ozzie” Smith–63 David Sedaris–61 Jared Leto(Bryant)–46 Richard “Reichen” Lehmkuhl–44 Chris Daughtry–38 Christopher “Kit” Harington–31 ; 1865 – James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for the coffee percolator ; 1933 – FM radio is patented by US patent office.