History Blog

November 5

Happy Birthday RIP “Roy Rogers”(Leonard Slye 1911–1998) Vivien Leigh Hartley(1913–1967) Herbert Edelman(1933–1996) ; Elke Sommer(von Schletz)–73 Art Garfunkel–72 Samuel Shepard Rogers–70 Bryan Adams–54 Katherine Matilda Swinton–53 Scott Sowers–50 Tatum O’Neal–50 Armin Shimerman–49 Famke Janssen–49 Sam Rockwell–45 Samuel “Page” Elliot–37 Paul Kevin Jonas–26 ; 1935 – Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly.”

November 4

Happy Birthday RIP Will Rogers(1879–1935) Art Carney(1918–2003) Walter Cronkite(1916–2009) ; Doris Roberts(Green)–88 Loretta Swit–76 Laura Bush–67 Marjorie “Markie” Post–63 Kathleen Griffin–53 Ralph Macchio–52 Jeff Probst–52 Matthew McConaughey–44 Sean Combs–44 Travis Van Winkle–31 ; 2008 – California voters approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage (Overturned in 2013 by #DOMA ruling)

November 3

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Bronson(Buchinsky 1921–2003) Mike Evans(1949–2006) ; Michael Dukakis–80 Ken Berry–80 Tom Savini–67 Roseanne Barr–61 Kate Capshaw(Kathleen Nail)–60 Dennis Miller–60 “Adam Ant”(Stuart Goddard)–59 Kathy Kinney–59 Hans “Dolph” Lundgren–56 ; 1911 – The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant

November 2

Happy Birthday RIP Burton Lancaster(1913–1994) ; Stefanie Powers(Stefania Federkiewicz)–71 Kate Linder–66 Kathryn Dawn “k.d.” Lang–52 David Schwimmer–47 Sean Kanan(Perelman)–47 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes–38 Randy Harrison–36 ; 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team

November 1

Happy Birthday RIP Marcia Wallace (1942–2013) ; Barbara Bosson–74 Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.–71 Lyle Lovett–56 Rachel Ticotin–55 Anthony Kiedis–51 Antonia “Toni” Collette–41 Jennifer “Jenny” McCarthy–41 Penn Badgley–27 ; 1512 – Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the public ; 1604 – William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London

October 31

Happy Birthday RIP John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal(“Lee Grant”)–86 Dan Rather–82 Saul “Ron” Rifkin–74 Sally Kirkland–72 David Ogden Stiers–71 Graham “Stephen” Rea–67 Margaret Jane Pauley–63 Peter Jackson–52 Dermot Mulroney–50 Rob Schneider–49 Robert Van Winkle(“Vanilla Ice”)–46 Adam Bouska–30 Sean Lockhart–27 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States

October 30

Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) Edward Lauter(1938–2013) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–74 Henry Winkler–68 Harry Hamlin–62 Juliet Stevenson–57 Kevin Pollak–56 Jack Plotnick–45 Nitara “Nia” Long–43 Matthew Morrison–35 Shaun Sipos–32 ; 1944 – Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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