History Blog

May 3

Happy Birthday RIP Lucile Langhanke(“Mary Astor” 1906–1987) James Brown(1933–2006) ; Alex Viespi(“Cord”)–84 Francis Castelluccio(“Frankie Valli”)–84 Chris Mulkey–70 Christopher Cross(Geppert)–67 Roberto “Bobby” Cannavale–48 ; 1802 – Washington, D.C., was incorporated ; 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States