History Blog

June 22

Happy Birthday Dianne Feinstein-79 Kris Kristofferson-76 Alexander Brit Hume-69 David L. Landau-65 Mary Louise “Meryl” Streep-63 Lindsay Wagner-63 Graham Greene-60 Cyndi Lauper-59 Tim Russ-56 Carson Daly-39 Donald Faison-36 ; 1870 – Congress created the Department of Justice.

June 21

Happy Birthday RIP Ernistine Jane Russell(1921–2011) ; Bernie Kopell-79 Mary Loretta “Mariette” Hartley-72 Meredith Baxter-65 Michael Gross-65 Doug Savant-48 Larry Wachowski-47 Jim Breuer-45 Juliette Lewis-39 Prince William Windsor-30 Benjamin Walker-30

June 20

Happy Birthday Martin Landau-84 Olympia Dukakis-81 Lionel Richie-63 Morna Anne Murray-67 Robert “Bob” Vila-66 Christina “Tina” Sinatra-64 John Goodman-60 Nicole Kidman-45 Peter Paige-43 Joshua Lucas Maurer-41 ; 1948 – Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut.

June 19

Happy Birthday Virginia ”Gena” Rowlands-82 Phylicia Ayers-Allen-64 Ann Wilson-62 Mary Kathleen Turner-58 Paula Abdul-50 Jean Dujardin-40 ; 1934 – The Communications Act establishes the United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

June 18

Happy Birthday James Paul McCartney-70 Roger Ebert-70 Isabella Rossellini-60 Carol Kane-60 Alana De La Garza-36 Blake Shelton-36 David Giuntoli-32 ; 1948 – Columbia Records unveiled its new long-playing, 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record.

June 17

Happy Birthday Barry Manilow Pincus-69 Thomas Haden Church( Thomas McMillen)-62 Joe Piscopo-61 Mark Linn-Baker-58 Greg Kinnear-49 Jason Patric Miller-46  Orville “Will” Forte-42 Scott Adkins-36 ; 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.

June 16

Happy Birthday Eddie Levert-70 Joan Van Ark-69 Laurie Metcalf-57 Ian Buchanan-55 James Patrick Stuart-44 Daniel Brühl Domingo-34; 1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison

June 15

Happy Birthday Mario Cuomo-80 Steve Walsh-61 James Belushi-58 Julie Hagerty-57 Helen Hunt-49 Courteney Cox-48 Neil Patrick Harris-39  James “Greg” Vaughan Jr.-39 ; 1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.

June 14

Happy Birthday Marla Gibbs(Margaret Bradley)-81 Donald Trump-66 Eddie Mekka(Rudolph Mekjian)-60 Boy George O’Dowd-51 Traylor Howard-46 Steffi Graf-43 Kevin McHale-24 ; 1775 The United States Army(the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress) was founded.

June 13

Happy Birthday RIP Paul Lynde(1926–1982) ; Siegfried Fischbacher-73 Malcolm McDowell(Taylor)-69 Richard Thomas-61 John Stellan Skarsgård-61 Timothy Alan Dick(Tim Allen)-59 Alexandra “Ally” Sheedy-50 Steve “O” Glover-38 Chris Evans-31 Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen-26 ; 1966 The Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police.