History Blog

December 9

Happy Birthday RIP Emmett Kelly(1898–1979) Margaret Hamilton(1902–1985) “Redd Foxx”(John Sanford 1922–1991) Douglas Fairbanks Jr.(1909–2000) Richard “Dick” Van Patten(1928–2015)“Kirk Douglas”(Issur Demsky 1916–2020) Buck Henry Zuckerman 1930–2020) ; Dame Judith Dench–87 Lloyd “Beau” Bridges III–80 Richard “Dick” Butkus–79 Michael Dorn–69 John Malkovich–68 Donald “Donny” Osmond–64 Mario Cantone–62 Felicity Huffman–59 Lori Greiner–52 Jesse Metcalfe–43 Simon Helberg–41 ; 1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal ; 1960 – The first episode of “Coronation Street”, the world’s longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom(still in production today)