History Blog

September 03 2011

Happy Birthday Eileen Brennan-79 Valerie Perrine-68 Holt McCallany-48 Adam Curry-47 Charlie Sheen-46 Nick Wechsler-33 ; 1976, the unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet’s surface.

September 02 2011

Happy Birthday Terry Bradshaw-63 Mark Harmon-60 Jimmy Connors-59 Keanu Reeves-47 Salma Hayek-45 ; 1789 The U.S. Treasury Department was established.

September 01 2011

Happy Birthday Lily Tomlin-72 Barry Gibb-65 Phil McGraw-61 Gloria Estefan-54 RIP Yvonne DeCarlo (1922-2007) ; 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan became the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada.

August 30 2011

Happy Birthday Bill Daily-84 Timothy Bottoms-60 Cameron Diaz-39 Lisa Ling-38 Eldon Henson-34 Andy Roddick-29 ; 1835 – Melbourne, Australia is founded.

August 29 2011

Happy Birthday William Friedkin-76 Elliott Gould-73 Robin Leach-70 Rebecca DeMornay­-52 Lea Michele-25 ; 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.

August 28 2011

Happy Birthday David Soul-68 Luis Guzmán-55 Jennifer Coolidge-50 David Fincher-49 Shania Twain-46 Jason Priestley-42 Jack Black-42 ; 1922 first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City.

August 25 2011

Happy Birthday Monty Hall-90 Sean Connery-81 Regis Philbin-80 Tom Skerritt-78 Elvis Costello-57 Tim Burton-53 Billy Ray Cyrus-50 Blair Underwood-47 Rachael Ray-43

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.