History Blog

November 8

Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) Morley Safer(1931–2016) ; Norman Lloyd(Perlmutter)–103 Bonnie Raitt–68 Mary Hart(Harum)–67 Christie Hefner–65 Alfre Woodard–65 “Chi Chi LaRue”(Larry Paciotti)–58 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–56 Gordon Ramsay–51 Parker Posey–49 Gretchen Mol–45 Tara Reid–42 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray