Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) ; Norman Lloyd–100 Morley Safer–83 Bonnie Raitt–65 Mary Hart(Harum)–64 Christie Hefner–62 Alfre Woodard–62 “Chi Chi LaRue”(Larry Paciotti)–55 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–53 Gordon Ramsay–48 Parker Posey–46 Gretchen Mol–42 Tara Reid–39 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray
November 7
Happy Birthday RIP Dana “Plato” Strain(1964–1999) ; “Joni Mitchell”(Roberta Anderson)–71 Earl Boen–69 Judy Tenuta–58 Christopher Knight–57 Pierre David Guetta–47 Michelle Clunie–45 Jason and Jeremy London–42 ; 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
November 6
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Henry Dow(1851–1902) ; Sally Field–68 Glenn Frey–66 Maria Shriver–59 Ethan Hawke–44 Rebecca Romijn–42 ; 1860 – Former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the U.S. presidency.
November 5
Happy Birthday RIP “Roy Rogers”(Leonard Slye 1911–1998) Vivien Leigh Hartley(1913–1967) Herbert Edelman(1933–1996) ; Elke Sommer(von Schletz)–74 Art Garfunkel–73 Samuel Shepard Rogers–71 Bryan Adams–55 Katherine Matilda Swinton–54 Scott Sowers–51 Tatum O’Neal–51 Armin Shimerman–50 Famke Janssen–50 Samuel Rockwell–46 Samuel “Page” Elliot–38 Paul Kevin Jonas–27 ; 1935 – Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly.”
November 4
Happy Birthday RIP William “Will” Rogers(1879–1935) Arthur Carney(1918–2003) Walter Cronkite Jr(1916–2009) ; Doris Roberts(Green)–89 Loretta Swit–77 Laura Bush(Welch)–68 Marjorie “Markie” Post–64 Kathleen Griffin–54 Ralph Macchio–53 Jeffrey Probst–53 Matthew McConaughey–45 Sean Combs–45 Travis Van Winkle–32 ; 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA. ; 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first man of African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
November 3
Happy Birthday RIP Charles Bronson(Buchinsky 1921–2003) Michael Evans(1949–2006) ; Michael Dukakis–81 Kenneth Berry–81 Tom Savini–68 Roseanne Barr–62 Kate Capshaw(Kathleen Nail)–61 Dennis Miller–61 “Adam Ant”(Stuart Goddard)–60 Kathy Kinney–60 Hans “Dolph” Lundgren–57 ; 1911 – The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant.
November 2
Happy Birthday RIP Burton Lancaster(1913–1994) ; “Stefanie Powers”(Stefania Federkiewicz)–72 Kate Linder–67 Kathryn Dawn “k.d.” Lang–53 David Schwimmer–48 Sean Kanan(Perelman)–48 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes Jr–39 Randolph Harrison–37 ; 1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the United States presidential election, 1920.
November 1
Happy Birthday RIP Marcia Wallace(1942–2013) ; Barbara Bosson–75 Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.–72 Lyle Lovett–57 Peter Ostrum–57 Rachel Ticotin–56 Timothy Cook–54 Antonia “Toni” Collette–42 Jennifer “Jenny” McCarthy–42 Penn Badgley–28 ; 1512 – Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the public ; 1604 – William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London. ; 1897 – The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
October 31
Happy Birthday RIP “Michael Landon”(Eugene Orowitz 1936–1991) John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal(“Lee Grant”)–89 Dan Rather Jr–83 Saul “Ron” Rifkin–75 Sally Kirkland–73 David Ogden Stiers–72 Graham “Stephen” Rea–68 Margaret Jane Pauley–64 Peter Jackson–53 Dermot Mulroney–51 Robert Schneider–50 Robert Van Winkle(“Vanilla Ice”)–47 Adam Bouska–31 Sean Lockhart–28 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
October 30
Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) Jane Randolph(Roermer 1915–2009) Edward Lauter II(1938–2013) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–75 Henry Winkler–69 Harry Hamlin–63 Juliet Stevenson–58 Kevin Pollak–57 Jack Plotnick–46 Nitara “Nia” Long–44 Matthew Morrison–36 Shaun Sipos–33 ; 1944 – Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp