History Blog

September 18

Happy Birthday RIP Greta Garbo(Gustafsson 1905–1990) John Lebzelter(“Jack Warden” 1920–2006) James Gandolfini(1961–2013) ; Michael Gubitosi(“Robert Blake”)–80 Francis Avallone(“Frankie Avalon”)–74 Fred Willard–74 Beth Grant–64 Jada Pinkett Smith–42 Lance Armstrong(Gunderson)–42 James Marsden–40 Daniel “Jason” Sudeikis–38 ; 1851 – The first edition of The New York Times was published as “The New-York Daily Times”

September 17

Happy Birthday RIP Hiram “Hank” Williams(1923–1953) Roderick “Roddy” McDowall(1928–1998) Anne Bancroft(Italiano 1931–2005) Paul Benedict(1938–2008) “Lupe Ontiveros”(Guadalupe Marino 1942–2012) John Ritter(1948–2003) ; John “Fee” Waybill–63 Cassandra Peterson(“Elvira”)–62 Rita Rudner–60 Wendy Worthington–59 Bryan Singer–48 Kyle Chandler–48 Jeffrey Matthew Settle–44 Nathan Berkus–42 Griffith Feuerstein(“Furst”)–32; 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)–89 Riley “B.B.” King–88 Edward Begley Jr.–64 Philip “Mickey” Rourke–61 David Copperfield(Kotkin)–57 Jennifer Tilly(Chan)–55 Richard Marx–50 Molly Shannon–49 Marco Antonio Muñiz(“Marc Anthony”)–45 Amy Poehler–42 Ian Harding–27 Nichols Jonas–21 ; 1972 – “The Bob Newhart Show” premiered on CBS

September 15

Happy Birthday RIP Agatha Christie(1890–1976) Vina Fay Wray(1907–2004) Julius “Nipsey” Russell(1918–2005) John “Jackie” Cooper(1922–2011) Roy Brocksmith(1945–2001) Wendie Jo Sperber(1958–2005) ; Norman Crosby–86 Tommy Lee Jones–67 William “Oliver” Stone–67 Joshua Charles–42 Edward “Tom” Hardy–36 Prince Henry Charles Albert David Windsor–29 Heidi Montag–27 ; 1963 – four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the deadliest act of the civil rights era

September 14

Happy Birthday RIP Amy Winehouse (1983–2011) ; Walter Koenig–77 Jon “Bowzer” Bauman–66 Nigel “Sam” Neill–66 Alexis “Faith” Ford–49 Emmitt “Tyler” Perry–44 Kimberly Williams-Paisley–42 Jesse James–24 ; 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 13

Happy Birthday RIP Melvin Tormé (1925–1999) Nell Carter(Hardy 1948–2003) Emilie Claudette Chauchoin(“Colbert” 1903–1996) ; “Barbara Bain”(Millicent Fogel)–82 “Eileen Fulton”(Margaret McLarty)–80 Richard Kiel–74 Winnifred Jacqueline Bisset–69 Peter Cetera–69 Jean Smart–62  Geraldine “Geri” Jewell–57 Dominic Fumusa–44 Louise Lombard(Perkins)–43 Fiona Apple Maggart–36 Bennett “Ben” Savage–33 ; 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(Carter 1944–2003) ;  Ian Holm Cuthbert–82 Linda Gray–73 Joseph Pantoliano–62 Peter Scolari–58 Jason Statham–46 Louis Szekely(“CK”)–46 William Joshua Hopkins–43 Paul Walker–40 Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan–35 Jennifer Hudson–32 ; 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit

September 11

Happy Birthday  RIP Herbert Lom(Schluderpacheru 1917–2012) ; Henry Earl Holliman–85 Brian De Palma–73 Amy Madigan–63 John Hawkes(Perkins)–54 Virginia Madsen–52 Christina “Kristy” McNichol–51 Richard “Moby” Hall–48 Joseph “Harry” Connick Jr.–46 Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges–36 ; 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

September 10

Happy Birthday Arnold Palmer–84 Karl Lagerfeldt–80 Jose Feliciano Garcia–68 Bill O’Reilly Jr–64 Anthony Joseph Pereira(“Joe Perry”)–63 Harry Groener–62 Amy Irving–60 Colin Firth–53 Guy Ritchie–45 James Duval–41 Matthew Ryan Phillippe–39 ; 1955 – “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS

September 9

Happy Birthday RIP Clifford Robertson(1923–2011) ; Chaim Topol–78 Joseph Theismann–64 Thomas Wopat–62 Hugh Grant–53 Adam Sandler–47 Goran Višnjić–41 Michael Bublé–38 ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America