History Blog

June 11

Happy Birthday RIP Raymon Cramton(“Chad Everett” 1937–2012) Jerome Silberman(“Gene Wilder” 1933–2016) ; Johnny Brown–84 Christina Crawford–82 Adrienne Barbeau–76 Peter Bergman–68 James “Hugh” Laurie–62 Peter Dinklage–52 Joshua Jackson Carter–43 Shia LaBeouf–35 Eugene Simon–29 ; 1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey