Happy Birthday RIP Dana “Plato” Strain(1964–1999) William Booth(1949–2006) ; “Joni Mitchell”(Roberta Anderson)–74 Earl Boen–72 Judy Tenuta–61 Christopher Knight–60 Pierre David Guetta–50 Michelle Clunie–48 Jason and Jeremy London–45 ; 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
November 6
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Henry Dow(1851–1902) Jonathan Charasuchin(“Harris” 1914 –2002) Glenn Frey(1948–2016) ; Sally Field–72 Maria Shriver–63 Ethan Hawke–48 Rebecca Romijn–46 Emily Stone–30 ; 1947 – “Meet The Press” makes its television debut
November 5
Happy Birthday RIP “Roy Rogers”(Leonard Slye 1911–1998) Vivien Leigh Hartley(1913–1967) Natalie Schafer(1900–1991) Herbert Edelman(1933–1996) ; Elke Sommer(von Schletz)–78 Arthur Garfunkel–77 Samuel Shepard Rogers–75 Armin Shimerman–69 Bryan Adams–59 Katherine Matilda Swinton–58 Tatum O’Neal–55 Famke Janssen–54 Samuel Rockwell–50 Samuel “Page” Elliot–42 Paul Kevin Jonas Jr–31 ; 1935 – Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly” #History
November 4
Happy Birthday RIP William “Will” Rogers(1879–1935) Arthur Carney(1918–2003) Walter Cronkite Jr(1916–2009) Doris Roberts(Green 1925–2016) ; Loretta Swit–81 Laura Bush(Welch)–72 Berlin da Tolbertt–69 Marjorie “Markie” Post–68 Kathleen Griffin–58 Ralph Macchio–57 Jeffrey Probst–57 Matthew McConaughey–49 Sean Combs–49 Travis Van Winkle–36 ; 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA. ; 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first man of African-American descent to be elected President of the United States
November 2
Happy Birthday RIP Burton Lancaster(1913–1994) ; “Stefanie Powers”(Stefania Paul)–76 Kate Linder–71 Kathryn Dawn “k.d.” Lang–57 David Schwimmer–52 Sean Kanan(Perelman)–52 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes Jr–44 Randolph “Randy” Harrison–41 ; 1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the United States presidential election, 1920
November 1
Happy Birthday RIP Marcia Wallace(1942–2013) ; Barbara Bosson–79 Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.–76 Lyle Lovett–61 Peter Ostrum–61 Rachel Ticotin–60 Timothy Cook–58 Antonia “Toni” Collette–46 Jennifer “Jenny” McCarthy–46 Penn Badgley–32 ; 1604 – William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London ; 1800 – John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House)
October 31
Happy Birthday RIP “Michael Landon”(Eugene Orowitz 1936–1991) John Candy (1950–1994) David Ogden Stiers(1942–2018); Lyova Rosenthal(“Lee Grant”)–93 Daniel Rather Jr–87 Saul “Ron” Rifkin–79 Sally Kirkland–77 Graham “Stephen” Rea–72 Dierdre Hall–71 Margaret Jane Pauley–68 Peter Jackson–57 Dermot Mulroney–55 Robert Schneider–55 Robert Van Winkle(“Vanilla Ice”)–51 Sean Lockhart–32 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States ; 1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed
October 29
Happy Birthday Baby Peggy Montgomery–100 Richard Dreyfuss–71 Lucy Kate Jackson–70 Daniel Castellaneta–61 Joely Fisher–51 Rufus Sewell–51 Christopher Wiehl–48 Winona Ryder(Horowitz)–47 Brendan Fehr–41 Benjamin Foster–38 ; 1929 – Black Tuesday: stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out financially.
October 28
Happy Birthday RIP Edith Posener(“Head” 1897–1981) ; Dame Joan Plowright–89 Charles Daniels–82 Jane Alexander(Quigley)–79 Telma Hopkins–70 Annie Potts–66 William Henry Gates III–63 Julia Roberts–51 Bradley Paisley–46 Joaquin Phoenix(Bottom)–44 Peter “Finn” Wittrock–34 ; 1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become later known as Harvard University ; 1886 – the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland with the first ticker tape parade (office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets)
October 26
Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) John “Jackie” Coogan(1914–1984) Robert “Bob” Hoskins(1942–2014) ; Jacquelyn Smith–73 Patrick Sajdak–72 Hillary Diane Rodham-Clinton–71 Lauren Tewess–65 Mark “Dylan” McDermott–57 Ivan “Cary” Elwes–56 Thomas Cavanagh–54 Keith Urban–51 Anthony Rapp–47 Seth MacFarlane–45 ; 1921 – The Chicago Theatre originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre promoted as the “Wonder Theatre of the World” opened with its first performance “The Sign on the Door ” starring Norma Talmadge