History Blog

July 4

Happy Birthday Eva Marie Saint-88 LuiGina Lollobrigida-85 Marvin Neil Simon-85 Geraldo Rivera-69 John Waite-57 ; 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence ; 1802 The U.S. Military Academy opened at West Point, N.Y

July 3

Happy Birthday Betty Buckley-65 Karin Jan Smithers-63 Montel Williams-56 Thomas Gibson-50 Martha Yeardley Smith-48 ; 1930 – Congress created the Veterans Administation.

July 2

Happy Birthday Robert Ito-81 Polly Holliday-75 Saul Rubinek-64 Johnny Weir-Voronov-28 Lindsay Lohan-26 ; 1964 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act meant to prohibit segregation in public places

July 1

Happy Birthday RIP Estée Lauder(1906-2004) ; Olivia de Havilland-96 Jamie Farr-78 Debbie Harry-67 Dan Aykroyd-60 Alan Ruck-56 Pamela Anderson-45 Missy Elliott-41 Liv Tyler-35 ; 1984 – The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.

June 30

Happy Birthday RIP  Lena Horne (1917-2010)  ; David Alan Grier-56 Vincent D’Onofrio-53 Mike Tyson-46 Brian Bloom-42 Fantasia Barrino-28 Michael Phelps-27 ; 1971 – The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the government could not prevent The New York Times or the Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers.

June 29

Happy Birthday Richard Lewis-65 Fred Grandy-64 Dan Dierdorf-63 Colin Hay-59 Sharon Lawrence-51 Bret McKenzie-36; 2007 – The Apple iPhone went on sale and smartphone craze begins for millions!

June 28

Happy Birthday Melvin Kaminsky(Mel Brooks)-86 John Biener-75 Bruce Davison-66 Kathy Bates-64 Alice Krige-54 John Cusack-46 Mary Stuart Masterson-46 Mike White-42 Danielle Brisebois-43 Jack “Steve” Burton-42 ; 1969 – Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.

June 27

Happy Birthday  Ross Perot-82 Vera Wang-63 Julia Duffy Hinds-61 Isabelle Adjani-57 Jeffrey J.J. Abrams-46 Christian Kane-38 Tobias Tobey Maguire-37 ; 1967 – The world’s first ATM is installed in Enfield Town, England, United Kingdom.

June 26

Happy Birthday Eleanor Parker-90 Mick Jones-57 Chris Isaak-56 Mark McKinney-53 Chris O’Donnell-42 Sean Hayes-42 Jason Schwartzman-32 ; 1919 The New York Daily News was first published.

June 25

Happy Birthday June Lockhart-87 Carly Simon-67 Jimmie Walker-65 Sonia Sotomayor-58 Ricky Gervais-51 Georgios Panayiotou(George Michael)-49 Jason Lewis-41 Linda Cardellini-37 ; 1951 – The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.