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–74 John De Lancie –73 Frances Conroy–68 Tracy Scoggins–68 Christopher Noth–67 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–66 James Kimmel–54 Steven Zahn–54 Gerard Butler–52 Jordan Bridges–48 Michael Copon–39 Kit Williamson–36 ; 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