Thursday, November 30, 2017

November 30

Happy Birthday RIP "Mark Twain"(Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835–1910) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1874–1965) Gordon Parks(1912–2006) Richard "Dick" Clark Jr(1929–2012) Martin E. Brooks(Baum 1925–2015) Robert Guillaume(Williams 1927–2017) Sir Ridley Scott–80 Mandel "Mandy" Patinkin–65 "Billy Idol"(William Broad)–62 "Stacey Q" Swain–59 Benjamin Stiller–52 "Clay Aiken"(Clayton Grissom)–39 Kaley Cuoco–32 ; 1982 – Michael Jackson's second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history

Monday, November 27, 2017

November 27

Happy Birthday RIP Bruce Lee(李小龍 1940–1973) Edward “Eddie” Rabbitt(1941–1998) Johnny “Jimi” Hendrix(1942–1970) James Avery(1945–2013) ; Heidemarie Jiline “Jil” Sander–74 William “Bill” Nye–62 William Fichtner–61 Caroline Kennedy–60 Robin Givens–53 Michael Vartan–49 Jaleel White–41 ; 1910 – New York’s Penn Station opened ; 1924 – 1st Macys Thanksgiving Parade in NYC. ; 1978 – In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White #History

Sunday, November 26, 2017

November 26

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Monroe Schulz(1922–2000) Robert Goulet(1933–2007) Marian Mercer(1935–2011) ; Richard "Rich" Little–79 "Tina Turner"(Anna Mae Bullock)–78 Mark Margolis–78 Daniel Davis72 Ryan Currier(Robbins)–45 Adam Harrington–45 Peter Facinelli–44 Natasha Bedingfield–36 ; 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

November 22

Happy Birthday RIP "Rodney Dangerfield"(Jacob Cohen 1921–2004) ; Robert Vaughn(1932–2016) ; Billie Jean King(Moffit)–74 Jamie Leigh Curtis–59 Mariel Hemingway–56 Stephen Geoffreys(Miller)–53 Boris Becker–50 Mark Ruffalo–50 Scarlett Johansson–33 ; 1963 – President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas Texas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested that day

Sunday, November 19, 2017

November 19

Happy Birthday RIP Gene Tierney(1920–1991) Thomas Dorsey(1905–1956) ; "Larry King"(Lawrence Zeiger)–84 Richard "Dick" Cavett–81 Robert "Ted" Turner III–79 Richard "Calvin" Klein–75 Robert Beltran–64 Ann Curry–61 Allison Janney–58 Margaret "Meg" Ryan(Hyra)–56 Alicia "Jodie" Foster–55 Theresa "Terry" Farrell–54 Jack Dorsey–41 ; 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania

Friday, November 17, 2017

November 17

Happy Birthday RIP "Rock Hudson"(Roy Scherer Jr 1925–1985) ; Gordon Lightfoot–79 Martin Scorsese–75 Mary "Lauren" Hutton–74 Daniel DeVito Jr–73 Lorne Michaels(Lipowitz)–73 "RuPaul"(Andre Charles)–57 Rachel McAdams–39 Clarke Isaac Hanson–37 ; 1973 – President Nixon told 400 Associated Press editors meeting in Orlando, Fla., that "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook." #Watergate

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

November 15

Happy Birthday RIP Georgia O'Keeffe(1887–1986) John Kerr(1931–2013) Joseph Wapner(1919–2017) Yitzhak Edward Asner–88 Petula Clark–85 Joanna Barnes–83 Samuel Waterston–77 Anni-Frid Lyngstad–72 Alexander O'Neal–64 Margaret Reed–61 Jonathan Lee Miller–45 Sean Murray–40 ; 1926 – The National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) debuted with a radio network of 24 stations

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

November 14

Happy Birthday RIP Oscar-Claude Monet(1840–1926) Constance Ockelman("Veronica Lake" 1922–1973) Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr.(1927–1996) Robert Keith Richey Jr.("Brian Keith" 1921–1997) ; Peter Norton–74 Prince Charles Philip Mountbatten-Windsor–69 Yiànnis Hryssomàllis–63 Daniel Bernard Sweeney–56 Harland Williams–55 Patrick Warburton–53 Joshua Duhamel–45 Russell Tovey–36 ; 1851 – Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was published

Saturday, November 11, 2017

November 11

Happy Birthday RIP Jonathan Winters Jr(1925–2013) Vincent Schiavelli(1948–2005) ; Barbara Levy Boxer–77 Stanley Tucci Jr–57 "Demi Moore"(Demetria Guynes)–55 Calista Flockhart–53 Philip McKeon–53 Carson Kressley–48 Leonardo DiCaprio–43 John "Scoot" McNairy–40 ; 1919 – Woodrow Wilson commemorates the first Armistice Day (Later to be called Veteran's Day) "Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory" ; 1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System is established

Friday, November 10, 2017

November 10

Happy Birthday RIP Richard Burton(Jenkins 1925–1984) Roy Scheider(1932–2008) Russell Johnson(1924–2014) ; "Jack Scalia"(Giacomo Tedesco)–67 "Sinbad"(David Adkins)–61 Laura Mackenzie Phillips–58 Thomas Davidson–54 Jonas Åkerlund–52 Tracy Morgan–49 Ellen Pompeo–48 Walton Goggins Jr–46 Heather Matarazzo–35 ; 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas under authority of the Continental Congress. ; 1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0

Wednesday, November 08, 2017

November 9

Happy Birthday RIP Carl Sagan(1934–1996) "Hedy Lamarr"(Hedwig Kiesler 1913–2000) ; Dorrel "Whitey" Herzog–86 Louis Ferrigno–66 Robert Duncan McNeill–53 Eric Dane–45 Nicholas Lachey–44 ; 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal ; 1967 – First issue of Rolling Stone Magazine is published

November 8

Happy Birthday RIP Abraham Stoker(1847–1912) Esther Rolle(1920–1998) Morley Safer(1931–2016) ; Norman Lloyd(Perlmutter)–103 Bonnie Raitt–68 Mary Hart(Harum)–67 Christie Hefner–65 Alfre Woodard–65 "Chi Chi LaRue"(Larry Paciotti)–58 Leif Garrett(Per Nervik)–56 Gordon Ramsay–51 Parker Posey–49 Gretchen Mol–45 Tara Reid–42 ; 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray

Monday, November 06, 2017

November 6

Happy Birthday RIP Charles Henry Dow(1851–1902) Jonathan Charasuchin("Harris" 1914 2002) Glenn Frey(19482016) ; Sally Field–71 Maria Shriver–62 Ethan Hawke–47 Rebecca Romijn–45 Emily Stone–29 ; 1947 – "Meet The Press" makes its television debut 

Friday, November 03, 2017

November 3

Happy Birthday RIP Walker Evans(1903–1975) Charles Bronson(Buchinsky 1921–2003) Michael Evans(1949–2006) ; Michael Dukakis–84 Kenneth Berry–84 Thomas Savini–71 Roseanne Barr–65 Kate Capshaw(Kathleen Nail)–64 Dennis Miller–64 “Adam Ant”(Stuart Goddard)–63 Kathy Kinney–63 Hans “Dolph” Lundgren–60 ; 1911 – The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant to compete with the Ford Model T ; 1954 – The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name

Thursday, November 02, 2017

November 2

Happy Birthday RIP Burton Lancaster(1913–1994) ; "Stefanie Powers"(Stefania Paul)–75 Kate Linder–70 Kathryn Dawn "k.d." Lang–56 David Schwimmer–51 Sean Kanan(Perelman)–51 Cornell “Nelly” Haynes Jr–42 Randolph "Randy" Harrison–40 ; 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

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

November 1

Happy Birthday RIP Marcia Wallace(1942–2013) ; Barbara Bosson–78 Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.–75 Lyle Lovett–60 Peter Ostrum–60 Rachel Ticotin–59 Timothy Cook–57 Antonia "Toni" Collette–45 Jennifer "Jenny" McCarthy–45 Penn Badgley–31 ; 1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London ; 1800 – John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House)