History Blog

September 18

Happy Birthday RIP Greta Garbo(Gustafsson 1905–1990) John Lebzelter(“Jack Warden” 1920–2006) James Gandolfini(1961–2013) June Foray(Forer 1917–2017) Frederick Willard(1933–2020) ; Michael Gubitosi(“Robert Blake”)–88 Francis Avallone(“Frankie Avalon”)–81 Beth Grant–72 Holly Robinson Peete–57 Aisha Tyler–51 Jada Pinkett Smith–50 Lance Armstrong(Gunderson)–50 James Marsden–48 Daniel “Jason” Sudeikis–46 ; 1851 – The first edition of The New York Times was published as “The New-York Daily Times” ; 1947 – The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the USA armed forces. #AirForce #History