History Blog

July 16

Happy Birthday RIP Barbara Stanwyck(Ruby Stevens 1907–1990) Ginger Rogers(Virginia McMath 1911–1995) ; Phoebe Cates-49 John William Ferrell-45 Corey Feldman-41 Jesse Jane(Cindy(Taylor)-32 Kyle Kaplan-22 ; 1790 – The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the U.S. government

July 15

Happy Birthday Alex Karras-77 Linda Ronstadt-66 Arianna Huffington-62 Terry O’Quinn-60 Albert Upton(Willie Aames)-52 Forest Whitaker-51 Scott Foley-40 ; 1606 – The painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands.

July 14

Happy Birthday Nancy Olson-84 Polly Bergen-82 Rosevelt Grier-80 Vincent Pastore-66 Jane Lynch-52 Jackie Earle Haley-51 Matthew Fox-46 Melissa Fisher(Missy Gold)-42 Chad Faust-32 Sean Flynn(Sean Amir)-23 ; 1789 – French Revolution: citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.

July 13

Happy Birthday Sir Patrick Stewart-72 Harrison Ford-70 Richard “Cheech” Marin-66 Edith Bernstein(Didi Conn)-61 Thelma Louise Mandrell-58 Cameron Crowe-55 Robert Gonzalez(Robert Gant)-44 Deborah Cox-38 Terrence Steven McQueen II-24 ; 1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads “Hollywoodland ” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.

July 12

Happy Birthday Bill Cosby-75  Christine “McVie” Perfect-69 Milton “Richard” Simmons-64 Cheryl “Ladd” Stoppelmoor-61 John “Topher” Grace-34 ; 1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their  ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.

July 11

Happy Birthday Tab Hunter(Arthur Kelm)-81 Patricia “Bonnie” Pointer-62 Leon Spinks-59 Sela Ward-56 Suzanne “Vega” Peck-53 Greg Grunberg-46 Justin Chambers-42 Michael Rosenbaum-40 ; 1798 The U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of Congress.

July 10

Happy Birthday RIP Fred Gwynne(1926 -1993) ; Ron Glass-67 Arlo Guthrie-65 Alejandro “Alec” Mapa-47 Gale Harold-43 Sofia Vergara-40 Jessica Simpson-32 ; 1964 – The album “A Hard Day’s Night” by the Beatles was released

July 9

Happy Birthday Brian Dennehy-74 Richard Roundtree-70 Dean Koontz-67 O.J. Simpson-65 Chris Cooper-61 John Tesh-60 Jimmy Smits-57 Tom Hanks-56 Kelly McGillis-55 Courtney Love Harrison-48 Scott Grimes-41 Fred Savage-36 ; 1816 – Argentina declared independence from Spain (Argentine Republic Independence Day)

July 8

Happy Birthday Jerry Vale(Gennaro Luigi Vitaliano)-80 Steve Lawrence(Sidney Leibowitz)-77 Jeffrey Tambor-68 Wolfgang Puck Topfschnig-49 Anjelica Huston-61 Kevin Bacon-54  Toby Keith Covel-51 Billy Crudup-44 Beck Campbell-42 Milo Ventimiglia-35 ; 1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.

July 7

Happy Birthday Carl “Doc” Severinsen-85 Richard Starkey(Ringo Starr)-72 Shelley Duvall-63 Barry “Cassidy” Reese-30 ; 1898 – The United States annexed Hawaii.