Pennsylvania History And More

11/20/2015

On This Day In History!! November 20:

1866: Pierre Lalemont patents the rotary crank bicycle.

1888: Willard Bundy patents the timecard clock.

1914: United States State Department starts requiring photographs for Passports.

1919: The first Municipally owned airport in the United States opens in Tucson, Arizona.

1975: Ronald Reagan announces his candidacy for Republican nomination for United States President.

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSEPH BIDEN JR!! NOVEMBER 20, 1942

Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (/ˈdʒoʊsɨf rɒbɨˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, jointly elected twice with President Barack Obama, and in office since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden repr…

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DICK SMOTHERS!! NOVEMBER 20, 1939

Richard Remick "Dick" Smothers (born November 20, 1939) is an American actor, comedian, composer and musician. He is best known for being half of the musical comedy team the Smothers Brothers, with his older brother Tom.

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD DAWSON!! NOVEMBER 20, 1932

Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; November 20, 1932 – June 2, 2012) was a British-American actor and comedian, and a game show host and panelist in the United States.

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANKLIN COVER!! NOVEMBER 20, 1928

Franklin Edward Cover (November 20, 1928 – February 5, 2006) was an American actor best known for starring in the sitcom The Jeffersons. His character, Tom Willis, was half of one of the first in*******al marriages to be seen on prime-time television.[1]

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ESTELLE PARSONS!! NOVEMBER 20, 1927 

Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American stage, film and television actress, Today Show television presenter, and occasional stage director.[1]

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYE BALLARD!! NOVEMBER 20, 1925

Ballard was born Catherine Gloria Balotta in Cleveland, Ohio, one of four children born to Italian immigrant parents, Lena (née Nacarato) and Vincenzo (later Vincent James) Balotta. Her siblings are Orlando, Jean, and Rosalie.[citation needed]

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT F. KENNEDY!! NOVEMBER 20, 1925

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), commonly known by his initials RFK, was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as a Senator for New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. He was previously the 64th U.S. Attorney General from 1961 to 1964, ser…

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALISTAIR COOKE!! NOVEMBER 20, 1908 

Alistair Cooke KBE (20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British journalist, television personality and broadcaster.[1] Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and Alistair Cooke's America, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre f…

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRAN ALLISON!! NOVEMBER 20, 1907

Frances Helen "Fran" Allison (November 20, 1907 – June 13, 1989) was an American television and radio comedian, personality and singer. She is best known for her starring role on the weekday NBC-TV puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie, which ran from 1947 to 1957, occasionally returning to the air unti…

11/20/2015

JOHN THOMAS CROXTON!! NOVEMBER 20, 1836

John Thomas Croxton (November 20, 1836 – April 16, 1874) was an attorney, a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a postbellum U.S. diplomat.

11/20/2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRICK HENRY JONES!! NOVEMBER 20, 1830

Patrick Henry Jones (November 20, 1830 – July 23, 1900) was an American lawyer, public servant and postmaster of New York City during the mid-to late 19th century. In 1878, he was involved in the Alexander T. Stewart bodysnatching case when he was contacted by the kidnappers to act as an intermediar…