History Blog

January 28

Happy Birthday RIP “Soupy Sales”(Milton Supman 1926–2009) ; “Alan Alda”(Alphonso D’Abruzzo)–82 Susan Howard(Jeri Mooney)–74 Mikhail Baryshnikov(Михаил Барышников)–70 Barbi Benton(Barbara Klein)–68 Sarah McLachlan–50 Joseph “Joey” Fatone Jr.–41 Nickolas “Nick” Carter–38 Elijah Wood–37 ; 1915 – The Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress ; 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today