History Blog

November 13

Happy Birthday RIP Gertrude Olmstead(1897–1975) Norman “Dack” Rambo(1941–1994) Richard Mulligan(1932–2000) William “Jack” Elam(1920–2003) Garry Marshall(Maschiarelli 1934–2016) ; Joseph Mantegna Jr–76 John De Lancie –75 Frances Conroy–70 Tracy Scoggins–70 Christopher Noth–69 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–68 Aldo Caporuscio(“Nova”)–67 James Kimmel–56 Steven Zahn–56 Gerard Butler–54 Jordan Bridges–50 Michael Copon–41 Kit Williamson–38 ; 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. ; 1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott