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–73 John De Lancie –72 Frances Conroy–67 Tracy Scoggins–67 Christopher Noth–66 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–65 James Kimmel–53 Steven Zahn–53 Gerard Butler–51 Jordan Bridges–47 Michael Copon–38 Kit Williamson–35 ; 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