History Blog

September 19

Happy Birthday RIP Frances Farmer(1913–1970) “Mama Cass Elliot”(Ellen Cohen 1941–1974) ; Rosemary Harris–87 “Adam West”(William Anderson)–84 Randolph Mantooth–69 Jeremy Irons–66 “Twiggy”(Leslie Hornby)–65 Joan Blunden(“Lunden”)–64 Cheryl O’Teari–52 Kimberly Richards–50 James “Jimmy” Fallon Jr.–40 Alison Sweeney–38 Kevin Zegers–30 ; 1970 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show” debuted on CBS.

September 18

Happy Birthday RIP Greta Garbo(Gustafsson 1905–1990) John Lebzelter(“Jack Warden” 1920–2006) James Gandolfini(1961–2013) ; Michael Gubitosi(“Robert Blake”)–81 Francis Avallone(“Frankie Avalon”)–75 Fred Willard–75 Beth Grant–65 Aisha Tyler–44 Jada Pinkett Smith–43 Lance Armstrong(Gunderson)–43 James Marsden–41 Daniel “Jason” Sudeikis–39 ; 1851 – The first edition of The New York Times was published as “The New-York Daily Times”

September 17

Happy Birthday RIP Dolores Costello(1903–1979) Hiram “Hank” Williams(1923–1953) Roderick “Roddy” McDowall(1928–1998) Anne Bancroft(Italiano 1931–2005) Paul Benedict(1938–2008) “Lupe Ontiveros”(Guadalupe Moreno 1942–2012) Johnathan Ritter(1948–2003) ; John “Fee” Waybill–64 Cassandra Peterson(“Elvira”)–63 Rita Rudner–61 Wendy Worthington–60 Bryan Singer–49 Kyle Chandler–49 Jeffrey Matthew Settle–45 Nathan “Nate” Berkus–43 Griffith Feuerstein(“Griff Furst”)–33 ; 1972 – The comedy series “M.A.S.H.” standing for “Mobile Army Surgical Hospital” premiered on CBS.

September 16

Happy Birthday RIP Peter Falk(1927–2011) “Lauren Bacall”(Betty Perske 1924–2014) ; Riley “B.B.” King–89 Edward Begley Jr.–65 Philip “Mickey” Rourke–62 David Copperfield(Kotkin)–58 Jennifer Tilly(Chan)–56 Richard Marx–51 Molly Shannon–50 Marco Antonio Muñiz(“Marc Anthony”)–46 Amy Poehler–43 Ian Harding–28 Nichols Jonas–22 ; 1972 – “The Bob Newhart Show” premiered on CBS.

September 15

Happy Birthday RIP Amy Winehouse(1983–2011) ; Walter Koenig–78 Jon “Bowzer” Bauman–67 Nigel “Sam” Neill–67 Alexis “Faith” Ford–50 Emmitt “Tyler” Perry–45 Kimberly Payne Williams–43 Jesse James–25 ; 1959 – the Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface.

September 14

Happy Birthday RIP Amy Winehouse(1983–2011) ; Walter Koenig–78 Jon “Bowzer” Bauman–67 Nigel “Sam” Neill–67 Alexis “Faith” Ford–50 Emmitt “Tyler” Perry–45 Kimberly Payne Williams–43 Jesse James–25 ; 1959 – The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.

September 13

Happy Birthday RIP Reta Shaw(1912–1982) Melvin Tormé (1925–1999) Nell Carter(Hardy 1948–2003) Emilie Claudette Chauchoin(“Colbert” 1903–1996) Richard Kiel(1939–2014) ; “Barbara Bain”(Millicent Fogel)–83 “Eileen Fulton”(Margaret McLarty)–81 Winnifred Jacqueline Bisset–70 Peter Cetera–70 Jean Smart–63 Geraldine “Geri” Jewell–58 Dominic Fumusa–45 Louise Lombard(Perkins)–44 Fiona Apple Maggart–37 Bennett “Ben” Savage–34 ; 1993 – Bill Clinton witnesses at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shaking hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

September 12

Happy Birthday RIP Maurice Chevalier(1888–1972) James “Jesse” Owens(1913–1980) “Barry White”(Barrence Carter 1944–2003) Paul Walker(1973–2013) ; Ian Holm Cuthbert–83 Linda Gray–74 Joseph Pantoliano–63 Peter Scolari–59 Jason Statham–47 Louis Szekely(“CK”)–47 William Joshua Hopkins–44 Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan–36 Jennifer Hudson–33 ; 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit.

September 11

Happy Birthday RIP Herbert Lom(Schluderpacheru 1917–2012) ; Henry Earl Holliman–86 Brian De Palma–74 Amy Madigan–64 John Hawkes(Perkins)–55 Anne Ramsay–54 Virginia Madsen–53 Christina “Kristy” McNichol–52 Richard “Moby” Hall–49 Joseph Harry Connick Jr.–47 Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges–37 ; 2001 – Al Qaida suicide hijackers crashed two jet airliners into the World Trade Center in New York, causing both 110-story twin towers to collapse killing nearly 3,000 people. #NeverForget

September 10

Happy Birthday Arnold Palmer–85 Karl Lagerfeldt–81 Jose Feliciano Garcia–69 William “Bill” O’Reilly Jr–65 Anthony Joseph Pereira(“Joe Perry”)–64 Harold “Harry” Groener–63 Amy Irving–61 Colin Firth–54 Guy Ritchie–46 James Duval–42 Matthew Ryan Phillippe–40 ; 1955 – “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS.