History Blog

January 17

Happy Birthday RIP Karl Lämmle(1867–1939) Andrew “Andy” Kaufman(1949–1984) Nancy Parsons(1942–2001) Sheree North(Dawn Crang 1932–2005) Eartha “Kitt”(Keith 1927–2008) “Muhammad Ali”(Cassius Clay Jr 1942–2016) Betty Ludden White 1922–2021) ; James Earl Jones–91 Maurice “Maury” Povich–83 Paul Young–66 Broderick “Steve” Harvey–65 Susanna Hoffs–63 James Carrey–60 Michelle Obama–58 Naveen Andrews–53 Robert Ritchie(“Kid Rock”)–51 Diogo Morgado–41 ; 1893 – Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate