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–71 Frances Conroy–65 Tracy Scoggins–65 Christopher Noth–64 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–63 James Kimmel–51 Steven Zahn–51 Gerard Butler–47 Jordan Bridges–45 Michael Copon–36 Kit Williamson–33 ; 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