History Blog

September 28

Happy Birthday RIP Ed Sullivan(1901-1974) ; Brigitte Bardot-78 Jeffrey Jones-66 Janeane Garofalo-48 Leilani Sarelle Figalan-46 Mira Sorvino-45 Naomi Watts-44 Daniel Bonjour-31 Hilary Duff-25 ; 1867 – Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.

September 27

Happy Birthday RIP Wil Sampson(1933-1987) Don Cornelius(1936-2012) ; Jane Meadows Cotter-92 Anthony Wilford Brimley-78 Liz Torres-65 Marvin Aday(Meat Loaf)-65 Shaun Cassidy-54 Gwyneth Palrow-Martin-40 Avril Lavigne-28 ; 1908 – The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.

September 26

Happy Birthday RIP Patrick O’Neal(1927–1994) Joyce Jameson(1932–1987); Anne Robinson-68 Olivia Newton-John-64 Linda Hamilton-56 Melissa Sue Anderson-50 James Caviezel-44 Mark Famiglietti-33 ; 1914 The Federal Trade Commission was established; 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates took place in Chicago as Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy squared off.

September 25

Happy Birthday RIP Christopher Reeve(1952–2004) ; Barbara Walters-83 Michael Douglas-68  Cheryl Tiegs-65 Anson William Heimlich-63 Mark Hamill-61 Heather Locklear-51 Will Smith-44 Catherine Zeta-Jones-43 Hal Harry Sparks III-43 ; 1493 – Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

September 24

Happy Birthday RIP Audra Lindley(1918–1997) Phil Hartmann(1948–1998) ; Antonia “Nia” Vardalos-50 Kevin Sorbo-54 Andrew Leeds-34 Justin Bruening-33 ; 1968 – 60 Minutes debuts on CBS. ; 1979 – Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.

September 23

Happy Birthday RIP Ray Charles(Ray Robinson 1930–2004) ; Mickey Rooney(Ninian Yule)-92 Julio Iglesias(Julio Iglesias de la Cueva)-69 Mary Kay Place-65 Bruce Springsteen-63 Alex Proyas-63 Rosalind Chao(Chao Jyalin)-55 Jason Alexander(Jason Greenspan)-53 ; 1846 The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

September 22

Happy Birthday RIP John Houseman(Jacques Haussmann 1902–1988) ; Tommy Lasorda-85 Antonia Basilotta(Toni Basil)-69 David Coverdale-61 Shari Belafonte-58 Debby Boone-56 Joan Jett(Joan Larkin)-54 Scott Baio-52 Laura Vandervoort-28 ; 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

September 21

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Gibson(James Bateman 1935–2009) ; Larry Hagman-81 Fannie Flagg(Patricia Neal)-71 Stephen King-65 Bill Murray-62 Ethan Coen-55 Rob Morrow-50 Faith Hill(Audrey Faith Perry)-45 Ricki Lake-44 Luke Wilson-41 Nicole Richie(Nicole Escovedo)-31 Maggie Grace Denig-29 ; 1937 – “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien was published.

September 20

Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878-1968) ; Anne Meara-83 Sophia Loren( Sofia Scicolone)-78 Gary Cole-56 Joseph Lyle Taylor-48 Brad Beyer-39 Jon Bernthal-35 Charlie Weber-34 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.in Springfield, Massachusetts

September 19

Happy Birthday RIP Cass Elliot(Ellen Cohen 1941–1974) ; Rosemary Harris-85 Adam West(William Anderson)-82 Randolph Mantooth-67 Jeremy Irons-64 Twiggy(Leslie Hornby)-63 Joan Blunden-62 Cheryl O’Teari-50 Jimmy Fallon-38 Alison Sweeney-36 ; 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show” debuted on CBS.