History Blog

February 13

Happy Birthday RIP “Tennessee” Ernest Ford(1919–1991) ; Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager–97 Marilyn “Kim” Novak–87 George Segal Jr–86 Gerald “Jerry” Springer–76 “Stockard Channing”(Susan Stockard)–76 Peter Gabriel–70 Neal McDonough–54 Robert “Robbie” Williams–46 Mena Süvari–41 Daniel Portman–28 ; 1960 – Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.