History Blog

September 8

Happy Birthday RIP May McAvoy(1899–1984) Richard “Peter” Sellers(1925–1980) Virginia Hensley(“Patsy Cline” 1932–1963) Isaac “Sid” Caesar(1922–2014) ; Bernard “Bernie” Sanders–76 Julian Richings–62 Aimee Mann–57 David Lee Smith–54 Kimberly Peirce–50 Martin Freeman–46 David Arquette–46 Alecia “Pink” Moore–38 Jonathan Taylor Thomas(Weiss)–36 Steven “Jake” Sandvig–31 ; 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape ; 1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC television