History Blog

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.

November 02 2011

Happy Birthday Stefanie Powers-69 Kate Linder-64 K.D. Lang-50 David Schwimmer-45 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes-36 ; 1889 North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states.

October 31 2011

Happy Birthday Dan Rather-80 Ron Rifkin-72 David Ogden Stiers-69 Jane Pauley-61 Peter Jackson-50 Dermot Mulroney-48 Rob Schneider-47 Adam Bouska-28 ; Happy Halloween