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–75 John De Lancie –74 Frances Conroy–69 Tracy Scoggins–69 Aldo Caporuscio(“Nova”)–66 Christopher Noth–65 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–67 James Kimmel–55 Steven Zahn–55 Gerard Butler–53 Jordan Bridges–49 Michael Copon–40 Kit Williamson–37 ; 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