History Blog

July 5

Happy Birthday RIP Phineas Taylor “P.T.” Barnum(1810–1891) Alton “Ben” Powers(1950–2015) Katherine Helmond(1929–2019) Shirley Knight Hopkins 1936–2020) ; Hugh Cregg III(“Huey Lewis”)–70 Edith “Edie” Falco–57 Kathryn Erbe–55 Ryan Hansen–39; 1946 – The bikini goes on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris France