History Blog

October 03 2011

Happy Birthday Gore Vidal-86 Chubby Checker-70 Roy Horn-67 Pamela Hensley-61 Jack Wagner-52 Neve Campbell-38 Gwen Stefani-41 ; 1955 “Captain Kangaroo” premiered on CBS

October 02 2011

Happy Birthday Rex Reed-73 Avery Brooks-63 Annie Leibovitz-62 Mike Rutherford-61 Sting (Gordon Sumner)-60 Kelly Ripa-41 Tiffany Darwish-40 ; 1950 The comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz was first published. ; 1959 “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS.

October 01 2011

Happy Birthday Jimmy Carter-87 Tom Bosley-84 Julie Andrews-76 Stephen Collins-64 Randy Quaid-61 Mark McGwire-48 Cindy Margolis-46 Kevin Griffin-43 ; 1908 Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825.

September 30 2011

Happy Birthday Angie Dickinson-80 Johnny Mathis-76 Marilyn McCoo-68 Barry Williams-57 Patrice Rushen-57 Fran Drescher-54 Eric Stoltz-50 Jenna Elfman-40 ; 1982 The situation comedy “Cheers” premiered on NBC.

September 28 2011

Happy Birthday Brigitte Bardot-77 Jeffrey Jones-65 Janeane Garofalo-47 Leilani Sarelle-45 Mira Sorvino-44 Naomi Watts-43 Hilary Duff-24 ; 1867 – Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.

September 27 2011

Happy Birthday Jayne Meadows-91 Wilford Brimley-77 Don Cornelius-75 Marvin Aday(Meat Loaf)-64 Liz Torres-64 Shaun Cassidy-53 Gwyneth Paltrow-39 Avril Lavigne-27

September 26 2011

Happy Birthday Anne Robinson-67 Olivia Newton-John-63 Linda Hamilton-55 Melissa Sue Anderson-49 James Caviezel-43 ; 1914 The Federal Trade Commission was established.

September 25 2011

Happy Birthday Barbara Walters-82 Michael Douglas-67 Cheryl Tiegs-64 Anson Williams-62 Mark Hamill-60 Heather Locklear-50 Will Smith-43 Catherine Zeta-Jones-42 ; 1956 The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable went into service.

September 24 2011

Happy Birthday Lou Dobbs-66 Nia Vardalos-49 (RIP Audra Lindley 1918-1997 RIP Phil Hartman 1948-1998 ) ; 1968 “60 Minutes” premiered on CBS.

September 21 2011

Happy Birthday Larry Hagman-80 Fannie Flagg-70 Stephen King-64 Bill Murray-61 Ethan Coen-54 Rob Morrow-49 Faith Hill-44 Luke Wilson-40 ; 1957 “Perry Mason,” starring Raymond Burr, premiered on CBS.