History Blog

November 8

Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) Morley Safer(1931–2016) ; Norman Lloyd(Perlmutter)–106 Bonnie Raitt–71 Mary Hart(Harum)–70 Christie Hefner–68 Alfre Woodard–68 “Chi Chi LaRue”(Larry Paciotti)–61 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–59 Gordon Ramsay–54 Parker Posey–52 Gretchen Mol–48 Tara Reid–45 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray