History Blog

November 22

Happy Birthday RIP “Rodney Dangerfield”(Jacob Cohen 1921–2004) ; Robert Vaughn–82 Billie Jean King(Moffit)–71 Jamie Leigh Curtis–56 Mariel Hemingway–53 Stephen Geoffreys–50 Boris Becker–47 Mark Ruffalo–47 Scarlett Johansson–30 ; 1963 – President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas Texas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.

November 21

Happy Birthday RIP Corinne Griffith(Griffin 1894–1979) Stan Musial(1920–2013) Harold Ramis(1944–2014)  ; Margaret “Marlo” Thomas–77 Goldie Hawn–69 Lorna Luft–62 Colette “Nicollette” Sheridan–51 Björk Guðmundsdóttir–49 Robert “Rib” Hillis–44 “Chris Rockway”(Daniel Vomacka)–35 Jena Malone–30 ; 1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sounds.

November 20

Happy Birthday RIP Robert F. Kennedy(1925–1968) Franklin Cover(1928–2006) “Richard Dawson”(Colin Emm 1932–2012) ; Richard “Dick” Smothers–75 Joseph Biden Jr–72 Veronica Hamel–71 Joseph Walsh–67 “Bo Derek”(Mary Collins)–58 Joel McHale–43 David O’Donnell–40 ; 1966 – The musical “Cabaret,” with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway ; 1974 – The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.

November 19

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Tierney(1920–1991) Thomas Dorsey(1905–1956) ; “Larry King”(Lawrence Zeiger)–81 Richard “Dick” Cavett–78 Robert “Ted” Turner III–76 Richard “Calvin” Klein–72 Robert Beltran–61 Allison Janney–55 Margaret “Meg” Ryan(Hyra)–53 Ann Curry–58 Alicia “Jodie” Foster–52 Jack Dorsey–37 ; 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.

November 18

Happy Birthday RIP Louis Daguerre(1787–1851) Imogene Fernandez de Coca(1908–2001) ; Brenda Vaccaro–75 Linda Evans(Evanstad)–72 Kevin Nealon–61 John Parr–60 Kim Wilde(Smith)–54 Owen Wilson–46 Chloë Sevigny–40 Damon Wayans Jr–32 ; 1928 – The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York City ; 1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.  Mine was of course was a princess phone!

November 17

Happy Birthday RIP “Rock Hudson”(Roy Scherer Jr 1925–1985) ; Gordon Lightfoot–76 Martin Scorsese–72 Mary “Lauren” Hutton–71 Daniel DeVito Jr–70 Lorne Michaels(Lipowitz)–70 “RuPaul”(Andre Charles)–54 Rachel McAdams–36 Clarke Isaac Hanson–34 ; 1973 – President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, Fla., that “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” #LIAR

November 16

Happy Birthday RIP Oliver Burgess Meredith(1907–1997) ; David Leisure–64 Diana Krall–50 Lisa Bonet(Boney)–47 Martha Plimpton–44 Andrea “Missi” Pyle–42 Margolit “Maggie” Gyllenhaal–37 ; 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

November 15

Happy Birthday RIP Georgia O’Keeffe(1887–1986) ; Joseph Wapner–95 Edward Asner–85 Petula Clark–82 Joanna Barnes–80 Samuel Waterston–74 Anni-Frid Lyngstad–69 Alexander O’Neal–61 Margaret Reed–58 Jonathan Lee Miller–42 Sean Murray–37 ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. debuted with a radio network of 24 stations. 

November 14

Happy Birthday RIP Constance Ockelman(“Veronica Lake” 1922–1973) Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr.(1927–1996) Robert Keith Richey Jr.(“Brian Keith” 1921–1997) ; Peter Norton–71 Prince Charles Philip Mountbatten-Windsor–66 Condoleezza Rice–60 Yiànnis Hryssomàllis–60 Daniel Bernard Sweeney–53 Harland Williams–52 Patrick Warburton–50 Joshua Duhamel–42 Russell Tovey–33 ; 1851 – Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” was published.

November 13

Happy Birthday RIP Gertrude Olmstead(1897–1975) Richard Mulligan(1932–2000) William “Jack” Elam(1920–2003) ; Garry Marshall(Maschiarelli)–80 Joseph Mantegna Jr–67 Frances Conroy–61 Tracy Scoggins–61 Christopher Noth–60 “Whoopi Goldberg”(Caryn Johnson)–59 James Kimmel–47 Steven Zahn–47 Gerard Butler–45 Jordan Bridges–41 Michael Copon–32 Kit Williamson–29 ; 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. ; 1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.