History Blog

September 20

Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878–1968) Jonathan Hardy(1940–2012) ; Anne Meara–85 “Sophia Loren”(Sofia Scicolone)–80 Karen Sharpe–80 “Candy Spelling”(Carole Marer)–69 George Raymond Martin–66 Gary Cole–58 Joseph Lyle Taylor–50 Brad Beyer–41 Jon Bernthal–37 Charlie Weber–37 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts