History Blog

February 19

Happy Birthday RIP Lee Marvin(1924–1987) Johann “Falco” Hölzel (1957–1998) ; William “Smokey” Robinson–73 Jeff Daniels–58 Ray Winstone–56 Prince Andrew Windsor–53 Seal Samuel–50 Justine Bateman–47 Benicio del Toro Sánchez–46 Haylie Duff–28 ; 1878 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph.

February 18

Happy Birthday RIP John Hughes(1950–2009) Jack Palance(Volodymyr Palahniuk 1919–2006) ; George Kennedy–88 Yoko Ono( 小野 洋子)–80 Cybill Shepherd–63 Judy “Juice” Newton–61 John Travolta–59 Vanna White(Rosich)–56 Matt Dillon–49 Molly Ringwald–45 ; 1930 – Photographic evidence of Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.

February 17

Happy Birthday John “Barry” Humphries(“Dame Edna”)–79 Mary Ann Mobley–74 Rene Russo–59 Lou Diamond Phillips(Upchurch)–51 Michael Jordan–50 Denise Richards–42 Jeremiah “Jerry” O’Connell–39 Joseph Gordon-Levitt–32 Paris Hilton–32 ; 1933 – Newsweek magazine was first published ; 1992 – Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.

February 16

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Romero(1907–1994) Chris Farley(1964–1997) Harvey Korman(1927–2008) ; Melissa Manchester–62 Joyce Frankenberg(“Jane Seymour”)–62 Matt Groening–59 Janice Dickinson–58 Christopher McDonald–58 Jane Richman(“Jane Child”)–46 Alexandrea “Alex” Borstein–42 ; 1764 – The city of St. Louis Missouri was established and incorporated.

February 15

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Romero(1907–1994) Chris Farley(1964–1997) Harvey Korman(1927–2008) ; Melissa Manchester–62 Joyce Frankenberg(“Jane Seymour”)–62 Matt Groening–59 Janice Dickinson–58 Christopher McDonald–58 Jane Richman(“Jane Child”)–46 Alexandrea “Alex” Borstein–42 ; 1764 – The city of St. Louis Missouri was established and incorporated.

February 14

Happy Birthday RIP Jack Benny(Benjamin Kubelsky 1894–1974) Edward Platt(1916–1974) Vic Morrow(1929–1982) Gregory Hines(1946–2003) ; Hugh Downs–92 Florence Henderson–79 Michael Bloomberg–71 Raymond Teller–65 Alan Hunter–56 Meg Tilly(Margaret Chan)–53 Alfred “Freddie” Highmore–21 ; 1929 – Saint Valentine’s Day massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.

February 13

Happy Birthday Charles “Chuck” Yeager–90 George Segal–79 Marilyn “Kim” Novak–80 Gerald “Jerry” Springer–69 Stockard Channing(Susan Stockard)–69 Peter Gabriel–63 Robert “Robbie” Williams–39 Mena Suvari–34 ; 1931 – New Delhi becomes the capital of India.

February 12

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Darwin(1809–1882) Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) Lyon “Lorne” Greene(1915–1987) ; Franco Zeffirelli(Gianfranco Corsi)–90 Joe Don Baker–77 Judy Blume(Judith Sussman)–75 Frederick “Michael” Ironside–63 Michael McDonald–61 Joanna Kerns(Joanne DeVarona)–60 Arsenio Hall–58 Josh Brolin–45 Darren Aronofsky–44 Jesse Spencer–34 Christina Ricci–33 ; 1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York. 

February 11

Happy Birthday RIP Thomas Alva Edison(1847-1931) Éva Gábor(1919–1995) Leslie Nielsen(1926–2010) ; Tatiana Blacker(“Tina Louise”)–79 Burton Reynolds–77 Sheryl Crow–51 Jennifer Aniston–44 Brandy Norwood–34 Matthew Lawrence–33 Taylor Lautner–21 ; 1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo”.

February 10

Happy Birthday RIP Alan Hale(Rufus MacKahan 1892–1950) Jimmy Durante(1893–1980) Jerry Goldsmith(1929–2004) ; Robert Wagner–83 Roberta Flack–74 Mark Spitz–63 Laura Dern–46  Nichcalo “Jazzmun” Crayton–44 Elizabeth Banks(Mitchell)–39 Brent Everett(Dustin Germaine)–29 ; 1840 – Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha