History Blog

June 8

Happy Birthday RIP Joan Rivers(Molinsky 1933–2014) ; Gerald “Jerry” Stiller–88 Nancy Sinatra–75 William “Boz” Scaggs–71 Kathy Baker–65 “Bonnie Tyler”(Gaynor Hopkins)–64 Keenen Ivory Wayans–57 Bernard White–56 Nicholas Rhodes(Bates)–53 Frank Grillo–52 Kevin Farley–50 Julianna Margulies–49 Daniel Futterman–48 Mark Feuerstein–44 Kanye West–38 Jessica Weixler–34 ; 1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures ; 1953 – The Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks.