Daily History Blog

January 22

Happy Birthday Piper Laurie-80 John Hurt-72 Steve Perry-63 Linda Blai-53 , RIP Bill Bixby(1934-1993) ; 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion.

January 21

Happy Birthday Jack Nicklaus-72 Placido Domingo-71 Mac Davis-70 Billy Ocean-62 Robby Benson-56 Geena Davis-56 ; 1915 The first Kiwanis Club was founded, in Detroit.

January 20

Happy Birthday Arte Johnson-82 Buzz Aldrin-82 David Lynch-66 Bill Maher-56 Lorenzo Lamas-54 Melissa Rivers-44 Skeet Ulrich-42 ; RIP George Burns (1896-1996) ; Etta James dies at 73.

January 19

Happy Birthday Jean Stapleton-89 Tippi Hedren-82 Dolly Parton-66 Desi Arnaz Jr-59 Katey Sagal-58 William Ragsdale-51 Jodie Sweetin-30 ; 1943 Rock singer Janis Joplin was born, RIP

January 17

Happy Birthday Betty White-90 James Earl Jones-81 Maury Povich-73 Muhammad Ali-70 Steve Harvey-55 Susanna Hoffs-53 Jim Carrey-50 Michelle Obama-48 Naveen Andrews-43 ; 1893, Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.

January 16

Happy Birthday A.J. Foyt-77 John Carpenter-74 Debbie Allen-62 Sade(Helen Adu) -53 Dameon Clarke-40 Kate Moss-38 , RIP Aaliyah Dana Haughton (1979-2001)

January 15

Happy Birthday Lisa Lisa Velez-45 Charles ”Chad” Lowe-44 , RIP Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) ; 1967, the first Super Bowl was played as the Green Bay Packers of the NFL defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL ; 2001 Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia, made its debut.

January 14

Happy Birthday Jack Jones-74 Faye Dunaway-71 Steven Soderbergh-49 Emily Watson-44 Jason Bateman-43 ; 1952 NBC’s “Today” show premiered.

January 13

Happy Birthday Frances Sternhagen-82 Rip Taylor-78 Richard Moll-69 Julia Louis-Dreyfus-51 Patrick Dempsey-46 Orlando Bloom-35 ; 1990, Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation’s first elected black governor as he took the oath of office in Richmond.

January 12

Happy Birthday Kirstie Alley-61 Howard Stern-58 Oliver Platt-52 Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com is 48 Andrew Lawrence-24 ; 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal