History Blog

August 24 2011

Happy Birthday Steve Guttenberg-53 Craig Kilborn-49 Marlee Matlin-46 Dave Chappelle-38 James D’Arcy-36 Chad Murray-30 Rupert Grint-23 ; 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in just over 19 hours

August 23 2011

Happy Birthday Vera Miles-81 Barbara Eden-77 Richard Sanders-71 Shelley Long-62 Rick Springfield-62 Chris Potter-51 Jay Mohr-41 Scott Caan-35 Kobe Bryant-33

August 22 2011

Happy Birthday Ray Bradbury-91 Valerie Harper-72 Cindy Williams-64 Tori Amos-48 Kristen Wiig-38 ; 1902, Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public.

August 21 2011

Happy Birthday Kenny Rogers-73 Kim Cattrall-55 Carrie-Anne Moss-41 Alicia Witt-36 Hayden Panettiere-22 ; 1959, President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.

August 20 2011

Happy Birthday Connie Chung-65 Robert Plant-63 Al Roker-57 Joan Allen-55 James Marsters-49 Amy Adams-37 ; 1920 NFL is founded in USA ; 1920 First commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.

August 19 2011

Happy Birthday Bill Clinton-65 Tipper Gore-63 Jonathan Frakes-59 Peter Gallagher-56 John Stamos-48 Kevin Dillon-46 Matthew Perry-42 ; 2004 Internet search engine Google went public.

August 16 2011

Happy Birthday Frank Gifford-81 Eydie Gorme-80 Julie Newmar-78 Lesley Ann Warren-65 James Cameron-57 Laura Innes-54 Angela Bassett-53 Madonna Ciccone-53 Steve Carell-49 ; 1977, Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42

August 15 2011

Happy Birthday Rose Marie-88 Mike Connors-86 Pat Priest-75 Linda Ellerbee-67 Debra Messing-43 Ben Affleck-39 ; 1948 The Republic of Korea (South Korea) was proclaimed.

August 14 2011

Happy Birthday David Crosby-70 Steve Martin-66 Susan Saint James-65 Danielle Steel-64 Magic Johnson-52 Susan Olsen-50 Halle Berry-45 ; 1947 Pakistan became independent of British rulership

August 13 2011

Happy Birthday Pat Harrington-82 Kevin Tighe-67 John Stocker-64 Danny Bonaduce-52 John Slattery-49 1942 Walt Disney’s animated feature “Bambi” premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.