History Blog

September 20

Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878–1968) Jonathan Hardy(1940–2012) ; Anne Meara–84 “Sophia Loren”(Sofia Scicolone)–79 Karen Sharpe–79 “Candy Spelling”(Carole Marer)–68 Gary Cole–57 Joseph Lyle Taylor–49 Brad Beyer–40 Jon Bernthal–36 Charlie Weber–35 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts