History Blog

June 15

Happy Birthday RIP Waylon Jennings(1937–2002) ; Jorge Rivero(Rosas)–86 Steve Walsh–73 Xi Jinping–71 James Belushi–70 Julie Hagerty–69 Eileen Davidson–65 Helen Hunt–61 Courteney Cox-Arquette–60 Leah Remini–54 Neil Patrick Harris–51 James “Greg” Vaughan Jr–51 ; 1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber ; 1916 – United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter ; 1934 – The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded