Friday, June 16, 2017
June 16
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
June 14
Happy Birthday RIP Burle Ives(1909–1995) ; "Marla Gibbs"(Margaret Bradley)–86 "Eddie Mekka"(Edward Mekjian)–65 "Boy" George O'Dowd–56 Traylor Howard–51 Stefanie "Steffi" Graf–48 Sutan Amrull("Raja")–43 Daniel Newman–37 Kevin McHale–29 ; 1775 – The United States Army (the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress) was founded ; 1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
June 13
Happy Birthday RIP Paul Lynde(1926–1982) ; Siegfried Fischbacher–78 Malcolm McDowell(Taylor)–74 John Stellan Skarsgård–66 Richard Thomas–66 Timothy Dick–64 Alexandra "Ally" Sheedy–55 Stephen Glover("Steve O")–43 Christopher Evans–36 Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen–31 ; 1966 – the Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda vs. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police
Monday, June 12, 2017
June 12
Sunday, June 11, 2017
June 11
Happy Birthday RIP Raymon Cramton("Chad Everett" 1937–2012) Jerome Silberman("Gene Wilder" 1933–2016) ; Johnny Brown–80 Christina Crawford–78 Adrienne Barbeau–72 Peter Bergman–64 James "Hugh" Laurie–58 Peter Dinklage–48 Joshua Jackson Carter–39 Shia LaBeouf–31 ; 1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey
Saturday, June 10, 2017
June 10
Friday, June 09, 2017
June 9
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
June 8
Happy Birthday RIP Joan Rivers(Molinsky 1933–2014) ; Gerald "Jerry" Stiller–90 Nancy Sinatra–77 William "Boz" Scaggs–73 Kathy Baker–67 "Bonnie Tyler"(Gaynor Hopkins)–66 Keenen Ivory Wayans–59 Bernard White–58 Nicholas Rhodes(Bates)–55 Frank Grillo–52 Kevin Farley–52 Julianna Margulies–51 Daniel Futterman–50 Mark Feuerstein–46 Kanye West–40 Jessica Weixler–36 ; 1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures ; 1953 – The Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
June 7
Happy Birthday RIP "Dean Martin"(Dino Crocetti 1917–1995) Jessica Tandy(1909–1994) Prince Nelson(1958–2016) ; Thomas Jones(Woodward)–77 "Jenny Jones"(Janina Stronski)–71 William "Liam" Neeson–65 Colleen Camp–64 William Forsythe–62 Karl-Heinz Urban–45 William "Bill" Hader–39 Michael Cera–29 "Iggy Azalea"(Amethyst Kelly)–27 ; 1909 – "Mary Pickford"(Gladys Smith) makes her screen debut at the age of 16 in "The Violin Maker of Cremona" ; 1982 – Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits
June 6
Monday, June 05, 2017
June 5
Sunday, June 04, 2017
June 4
Saturday, June 03, 2017
June 3
Friday, June 02, 2017
June 2
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
June 1
Happy Birthday RIP "Frank Morgan"(Francis Wuppermann 1890–1949) "Marilyn Monroe"(Norma Jeane Mortenson 1926–1962) Cleavon Little(1939–1992) Andy Griffith(1926–2012) ; Charles "Pat" Boone–83 Morgan Freeman–80 Rene Auberjonois–77 Brian Cox–71 John Price("Pryce")–70 Lisa Hartman–61 Heidi Klum–44 Alanis Morissette–43 Amy Schumer–36 ; 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns ; 1967 – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released ; 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
May 31
Happy Birthday RIP Walter "Walt" Whitman(1819–1892) Denholm Elliott(1922–1992) Dominic "Don" Ameche(Amici 1908–1993) ; Clinton Eastwood Jr–87 Sharon Gless–74 Joseph "Joe" Namath–74 Thomas Berenger(Moore)–68 Christopher Elliott–57 Lea Thompson–56 Corey Hart–55 Brooke Shields–52 Colin Farrell–41 ; 1929 – The first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, "The Karnival Kid", is released ; 2005 – Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat, the Watergate scandal's whistleblower
Monday, May 29, 2017
May 30
Happy Birthday RIP Mel Blanc(Melvin Blank 1908–1989) Benjamin "Benny" Goodman(1909–1986) ; Ruta Kilmonis("Lee")–82 Stephen Tobolowsky–66 Colm Meaney–64 Theodore "Ted" McGinley–59 Ralph Carter–56 Mark Sheppard–53 "Wynonna Judd"(Christina Ciminella)–53 Idina Menzel–46 Omri Katz–41 ; 1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race