History Blog

November 8

Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) Morley Safer(1931–2016) ; Norman Lloyd(Perlmutter)–105 Bonnie Raitt–70 Mary Hart(Harum)–69 Christie Hefner–67 Alfre Woodard–67 “Chi Chi LaRue”(Larry Paciotti)–60 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–58 Gordon Ramsay–53 Parker Posey–51 Gretchen Mol–47 Tara Reid–44 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray