History Blog

May 13

Happy Birthday RIP “Bea Arthur”(Bernice Frankel 1922–2009) ; Beverley Owen(Ogg)–81 Harvey Keitel–79 “Stevie Wonder”(Stevland Judkins)–68 Dennis Rodman–57 Stephen Colbert–54 Brian Geraghty–43 Neil Hopkins–41 Iwan Rheon–33 Robert Pattinson–32 ; 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM ; 1958 – The trademark Velcro is registered for the product line that is basically a fabric type of zipper