History Blog

February 12

Happy Birthday Franco Zeffirelli-89  Judy Blume-74 Michael Ironside-62  Michael McDonald-60 Joanna Kerns-59 Arsenio Hall-57 Darren Aronofsky-43 Josh Brolin-44 Christina Ricci-32 ; 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)  Tina Louise-78 Burt Reynolds-76 Sheryl Crow-50 Jennifer Aniston-43 Brandy Norwood-33  Taylor Lautner-20

February 10

Happy Birthday RIP Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) Robert Wagner-82 Roberta Flack-73 Mark Spitz-62 Laura Dern-45 Elizabeth Banks-38 ; 1763 France ceded Canada to England under the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War.

February 9

Happy Birthday Carole King-70 Joe Pesci-69 Mia Farrow-67 Judith Light-63  Jim J Bullock-57 David Gallagher-27 ; 1964 The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on “The Ed  Sullivan Show”

February 8

Happy Birthday RIP James Dean (1931–1955) Ted Koppel-72 Nick Nolte-71 Robert Klein-70 Brooke Adams-63 Mary Steenburgen -59 Seth Green-38 Liam McIntyre-30 Jim Verraros-29 ; 1971 NASDAQ, the world’s first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day.

February 7

Happy Birthday James Spader-52 Garth Brooks-50 Eddie Izzard-50 Chris Rock-47 Robyn Lively-40 Ashton Kutcher-34 ; 1812 Charles Dickens is born (200th Birthday)

February 6

Happy Birthday Zsa Zsa Gabor-95 Rip Torn-81 Mike Farrell-73 Tom Brokaw-72 Fabian Forte-69 Natalie Cole-62 Kathy Najimy-55 Axl Rose-50 Rick Astley-46 ; 1899 A peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate.

February 5

Happy Birthday Hank Aaron-78 Barbara Hershey-64 Tom Wilkinson-64 Tim Meadows-51 Jennifer Jason Leigh-50 Laura Linney-48 Bobby Brown-43 ; 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.

February 4

Happy Birthday Conrad Bain-89 David Brenner-76 John Schuck-72 Alice Cooper-64  Oscar De La Hoya-39 ; 1913 Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama

February 3

Happy Birthday Fran Tarkenton-72 Blythe Danner-69 Morgan Fairchild-62 Nathan Lane-56 Michele Greene-50 ; Today 1913 The 16th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.