History Blog

January 9

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr(1925–1989) Richard Milhous Nixon(1913–1994) Robert “Bob” Denver(1935–2005) ; Judith Krantz(Tarcher)–91 Joan Báez–78 James “Jimmy” Page–75 “Crystal Gayle”(Brenda Webb)–68 Jonathan “J.K.” Simmons–64 Nestor Haddaway–54 Joely Richardson–54 Alexander “A.J.” McLean–41 Catherine Middleton-Windsor Duchess of Cambridge–37 ; 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process (used to create first photograph circa 1837) ; 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.