History Blog

March 7

Happy Birthday Willard Scott Jr.-78 Danielo J. Travanti-72 Michael Eisner-70 Taylor Dayne(Leslie Wunderman)-50 Wanda Sykes-48 John Peter Sarsgaard-41; 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

Match 6

Happy Birthday RIP Ed McMahon(1923-2009)  Alan Greenspan-86 David Gilmour-66 Rob Reiner-65 Tom Arnold-53 Shaquille O’Neal-40 ; 1834 The city of Toronto was incorporated.

March 5

Happy Birthday Dean Stockwell-76 Eddy Grant-64 Marsha Warfield-58 Penn Jillette-57 Kevin Connolly-38 Eva Mendes-37

Match 4

Happy Birthday Emilio Estefan-59 Adrian Zmed-58 Steven Weber-51 Summer Cummings-45 Chaz Bono-43 Andrea Bowen-22 ; 1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.

March 3

Happy Birthday Jennifer Warnes-65 Miranda Richardson-54 Glen Friedman-50 Julie Bowen-42 Matt Marsden-39 David Faustino-38 ; 1847 Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

March 2

Happy Birthday Mikhail Gorbachev-81 John Irving-70 Gates McFadden-63 Laraine Newman-60 Jon Bon Jovi-50 Bryce Howard-31 ; 1917 Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship.

March 1

Happy Birthday Robert Clary-86 Harry Belafonte-85 Robert Conrad-77 Alan Thicke-65 Catherine Bach-58 Ron Howard-58 Tim Daly-56 Justin Bieber-18 ; 1790 Congress authorized the first U.S. census

February 29 – Leap Day

Happy Birthday RIP Dinah Shore (1916–1994)  Tony Robbins-51 Antonio Sabato Jr.-40 ; 1916 – Child labor in South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old!

February 28

Happy Birthday  Charles Durning-89 Gavin MacLeod-81 Mario Andretti-72 Bernadette Peters-64 Gilbert Gottfried-57 John Turturro-55 Cindy Wilson-55 Robert Sean Leonard-43 Ali Larter-36 ; 1827 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. was incorporated.

February 27

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)  Joanne Woodward-82 Ralph Nader-78 Howard Hesseman-72 Adam Baldwin-50 Grant Show-50 Chelsea Clinton-32 Josh Groban-31 ; 1801 The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.