History Blog

January 8

Happy Birthday Charles Osgood-79 Bob Eubanks-74 Stephen Hawking-70 David Bowie-65 Michelle Forbes-47 Sean Paul-39 Sarah Polley-33 ; 1982 AT&T settled the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.

January 7

Happy Birthday William Peter Blatty-84 Kenny Loggins-64 Erin Gray-62 David Caruso-56 Katie Couric-55 Nicolas Cage-48 Dustin Diamond-35

January 6

Happy Birthday Bonnie Franklin-68 Rowan Atkinson-57 Scott Bryce-54  Danny Pintauro-36 Eddie Redmayne-30  RIP Danny Thomas (1914,1991) ; 1912 New Mexico became the 47th state.

January 5

Happy Birthday Walter Mondale-84 Robert Duvall-81 Diane Keaton-66 Ted Lange-64 Pamela Sue Martin-59 Marilyn Manson-43 ; 1914, Henry Ford, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day.

January 4

Happy Birthday Barbara Rush-85 Dyan Cannon-75 Bernard Sumner-58 Ann Magnuson-55 Matt Frewer-53 Michael Stipe-52 Dave Foley-49 Julia Ormond-47 August Diehl-36 Aaron Schwartz-31

January 3

Happy Birthday Robert Loggia-82 Dabney Coleman-80 Stephen Stills-66 Victoria Principal-62 Mel Gibson-56 ; 1959, President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state.

January 02

Happy Birthday Cuba Gooding Jr.-44 Patrick Huard-43 Dax Shepard-37 Kate Bosworth-29 ; 1974 President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph.

January 1

Happy Birthday Frank Langella-73 Dedee Pfeiffer-47 Verne Troyer-42 RIP J. Edgar Hoover(1895-1972) ; 1892 The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened ; 1983 APRANET officially uses TCPIP, creating Internet.

December 31

Happy Birthday Anthony Hopkins-74 Andy Summers-69 Ben Kingsley-68 Diane Von Furstenberg-65 Tim Matheson-63 Donna Summer-63 Bebe Neuwirth-53 Val Kilmer-52 ; 1857 Britain’s Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.

December 30

Happy Birthday James Burrows-71 Davy Jones-66 Tracey Ullman-52 Meredith Vieira-58 Matt Lauer-54 Sean Hannity-50 Jason Behr-38 Tiger Woods-36 ; 1940 California’s first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened