History Blog

October 22

Happy Birthday RIP “Curly Howard”(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) Joan Fontaine(Beauvoir de Havilland 1917–2013) Annette Funicello(1942–2013) ; Sir Derek Jacobi–84 Christopher Lloyd–84 David “Tony” Roberts–83 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–79 Deepak Chopra–76 Jeffrey Goldblum–70 Robert Odenkirk–60 Brian Boitano–59 Ned “Carlos” Mencia–55 “Spike Jonze”(Adam Spiegel)–53 Michael Fishman–41 Zachary Hanson–37 Kyle Gallner–36 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. ; 1883 – The Metropolitan Opera (“The Met”) House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust. It was direct competition for Academy of Music which folded 3 years after the Met opened.