History Blog

October 29

Happy Birthday Richard Dreyfuss–66 Lucy Kate Jackson–65 Joely Fisher–46 Rufus Sewell–46 Christopher Wiehl–43 Winona Ryder(Horowitz)–42 Brendan Fehr–36 Ben Foster–33 ; 1929 – Black Tuesday: stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out

October 28

Happy Birthday Joan Plowright–84 Charlie Daniels–77 Jane Alexander(Quigley)–74 Telma Hopkins–65 William Bruce Jenner–64 Annie Potts–61 William Gates III–58 Julia Roberts–46 Brad Paisley–41 Joaquin Phoenix(Bottom)–39 ; 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 RIP Caroline “Carrie” Snodgress(1945–2004) ; Ruby “Nanette” Fabares–93 Ruby “Dee” Wallace–89 John Cleese–74 Robert Picardo–60 Simon LeBon–55 Marla Maples–50 Kelly Osbourne–29 Patrick Fugit–29 ; 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway (IRT) line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States ; 1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded

October 26

Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) ; Bob Hoskins–71 Jacquelyn Smith–68 Pat Sajdak–67 Hillary Rodham Clinton–66 Mark “Dylan” McDermott–52 Ivan “Cary” Elwes–51 Keith Urban–46 Anthony Rapp–42 Seth MacFarlane–40 ; 1921 – The Chicago Theatre opens

October 25

Happy Birthday RIP Pablo Picasso y Lopez(1881–1973) Sarah Cannon(“Minnie Pearl” 1912–1996) William Bertanzetti(“Billy Barty” 1924–2000) ; Marian Ross–85 Helen Reddy–72 John Anderson–69 Nancy Cartwright–56 Adam Pascal–43 Joshua Henderson–32 “Katy Perry”(Katheryn Hudson)–29 Ciara Harris–28 ; 1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange is created

October 24

Happy Birthday RIP Bob Kane(Robert Kahn 1915–1998) ; Frederick Murray Abraham–74 Kevin Kline–66 John Kassir–56 Monica Arnold–33 Jemima Rooper–32 Oliver Jackson-Cohen–27 ; 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 William “Hayden” Rorke(1910–1987) Johnny Carson(1925–2005) John Michael Crichton(1942–2008) ; Ang Lee( 李安 )–59 Weird Alfred Yankovic–54 Sam Raimi–54 Ryan Reynolds–37  ; 2001 – Apple introduced the iPod digital music player

October 22

Happy Birthday RIP “Curly Howard”(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) ; Joan Fontaine(de Havilland)–96 Sir Derek Jacobi–75 Christopher Lloyd–75 David “Tony” Roberts–74 Annette Funicello–71 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–70 Deepak Chopra–67 Jeff Goldblum–61 Ned “Carlos” Mencia–46 Brian Boitano–50 “Spike Jonze”(Adam Spiegel)–44 Michael Fishman–32 John Boyd–32 Zachary Hanson–28 Kyle Gallner–27 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter

October 21

Happy Birthday RIP John “Dizzy” Gillespie(1917–1993) ; Joyce Randolph(Sirola)–89 Manfred Mann(Lubowitz)–73 Judy Sheindlin(Blum)–71 Carrie Fisher–57 Kensaku Watanabe–54 Sasha Roiz–42 Jade Jagger–42 Jeremy Miller–37 William Estes Nipper–35 Aaron Tveit–30 ; 1879 – Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.

October 20

Happy Birthday RIP Bela Lugosi(Blaskó 1882–1956) John Dewey(1859–1952) Joyce Brothers(Bauer 1927–2013) ; William Christopher–81 Thomas Petty–63 Thomas Newman–58 Viggo Mortensen–55 Calvin Broadus(“Snoop Dogg”)–42 Sam Witwer–36 John Krasinski–34 Adam Butcher–25 ; 1803 – The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase