History Blog

October 31

Happy Birthday RIP John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal(Lee Grant)-85 Dan Rather-81 Saul “Ron” Rifkin-73 Sally Kirkland-71 David Ogden Stiers-70 Graham “Stephen” Rea-66 Margaret Jane Pauley-62 Peter Jackson-51 Dermot Mulroney-49 Rob Schneider-48 Robert Van Winkle(Vanilla Ice)-45 Adam Bouska-29 Sean Lockhart-26

October 30 #History

Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–73 Henry Winkler–67 Timothy B. Schmit–65 Harry Hamlin–61 Kevin Pollak–55 Jack Plotnick–44 Matthew Morrison-34 Shaun Sipos–31

October 29 — Happy Birthday to the Internet!

The first message on the ARPANET was sent by UCLA student programmer Charley Kline, at 10:30 pm on 29 October 1969, from Boelter Hall 3420.[16] Kline transmitted from the university’s SDS Sigma 7 Host computer to the Stanford Research Institute’s SDS 940 Host computer. The message text was the word login; the l and the o letters were transmitted, but the system then crashed. Hence, the literal first message over the ARPANET was lo. About an hour later, having recovered from the crash, the SDS Sigma 7 computer effected a full login.     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET 

October 29

Happy Birthday Richard Dreyfuss-65 Lucy Kate Jackson-64 Joely Fisher-45 Rufus Sewell-45 Winona Ryder(Horowitz)-41 Brendan Fehr-35 ; 1929, Black Tuesday: stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out.

October 28 #History

Happy Birthday Joan Plowright–83 Charlie Daniels–76 Jane Alexander(Jane Quigley)–73 William Bruce Jenner–63 Telma Hopkins–64 Annie Potts–60 Bill Gates(William Gates III)–57 Julia Roberts–45 Brad Paisley–40 Joaquin Phoenix(Joaquin Rafael Bottom)–38 ; 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.

October 27

Happy Birthday Nanette Fabray(Fabares)-92 Ruby Dee Ann Wallace-88 John -73 Robert Picardo-59 Simon Le Bon-55 Marla Maples-49 Kelly Osbourne-28 ; 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway (IRT) line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States.

October 26

Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) ; Bob Hoskins–70 Jacquelyn Ellen Smith–67 Pat Sajdak–66 Hillary Rodham Clinton–65 Mark Anthony “Dylan” McDermott–51 Ivan Simon Cary Elwes–50 Keith Urban–45 Anthony Rapp–41 Seth MacFarlane–39 ; 1921 – The Chicago Theatre opens.

October 25

Happy Birthday RIP Pablo Picasso(1881–1973) Sarah Cannon(Minnie Pearl 1912–1996) ; Marion Ross-84 Helen Reddy-71 Jon Anderson-68 Nancy Cartwright-55 Josh Henderson-31 Katy Perry(Katheryn Hudson)-28 Ciara Harris-27 ; 1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.  

October 24

Happy Birthday RIP Bob Kane(Robert Kahn 1915–1998) ; Fahrid Murray Abraham-73 Kevin Kline-65 John Kassir-55 Monica Arnold-32 Lincoln Lewis-25 ; 1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from California to President Abraham Lincoln ; 1926 – Harry Houdini’s last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan

October 23

Happy Birthday RIP Johnny Carson(1925–2005) John Michael Crichton(1942–2008) ; Ang Lee( 李安 )-58 Weird Alfred Yankovic-53 Sam Raimi-53 Ryan Reynolds-36  ; 2001 Apple introduced the iPod digital music player