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–72 John De Lancie –71 Frances Conroy–66 Tracy Scoggins–66 Christopher Noth–65 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–64 James Kimmel–52 Steven Zahn–52 Gerard Butler–50 Jordan Bridges–46 Michael Copon–37 Kit Williamson–34 ; 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