History Blog

November 17 2011

Happy Birthday Gordon Lightfoot-73 Martin Scorsese-69 Lauren Hutton-68 Danny DeVito-67 RuPaul Charles-51 Isaac Hanson-31 ; 1962 Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., was dedicated.

November 16 2011

Happy Birthday David Leisure-61 Diana Krall-47 Lisa Bonet-44 Martha Plimpton-41 Maggie Gyllenhaal-34 ; 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

November 15 2011

Happy Birthday Joseph Wapner-92 Ed Asner-82 Sam Waterston-71 Frida Lyngstad-66 ; 1926 The National Broadcasting Company debuted with a radio network of 24 stations.

November 15 2011

Happy Birthday Joseph Wapner-92 Ed Asner-82 Sam Waterston-71 Frida Lyngstad-66 ; 1926 The National Broadcasting Company debuted with a radio network of 24 stations.

November 15 2011

Happy Birthday Joseph Wapner-92 Ed Asner-82 Sam Waterston-71 Frida Lyngstad-66 ; 1926 The National Broadcasting Company debuted with a radio network of 24 stations.

November 11 2011

Happy Birthday Jonathan Winters-86 Barbara Boxer-71 Stanley Tucci-51 Demi Moore-49 Calista Flockhart-47 Carson Kressley-42 Leonardo DiCaprio-37 ; 1965 Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain.

November 05 2011

Happy Birthday Elke Sommer-71 Art Garfunkel-70 Bryan Adams-52 Tilda Swinton-51 Tatum O’Neal-48 Famke Janssen-47 Sam Rockwell-43 ; 1935 Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly.”

November 04 2011

Happy Birthday Doris Roberts-81 Loretta Swit-74 Markie Post-61 Ralph Macchio-50 Matthew McConaughey-42 ; 2008, Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, as the country chose him as its first black chief executive.