IN MEMORIAM: NOTABLE PEOPLE LOST IN 2025 This thread is a remembrance, through autographs, of 40 notable figures who died in 2025. Each post includes a repost of an obituary or TV news report. 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

IN MEMORIAM: NOTABLE PEOPLE LOST IN 2025 This thread is a remembrance, through autographs, of 40 notable figures who died in 2025. Each post includes a repost of an obituary or TV news report. 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

100 years ago today, December 29, 1925: The second Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History opened in New Haven, Connecticut. The French Gothic brick and dark brown sandstone building was designed by Charles Klauder. Today, it's one of the oldest and largest university natural history museums.

100 years ago today, December 27, 1925: Boston's new Fire Alarm Office opened at 59 Fenway in the Back Bay Fens. The Neoclassical structure was designed by architect Richard J. Shaw. Today, the building remains connected to the nation's oldest continuously operating telegraph fire alarm system.

200 years ago today, December 26, 1825: The Amber Religious Society dedicated a meeting house for Christian worship along Otisco Lake in the town of Otisco, New York. In 1918, the group reorganized as the Amber Congregational Church. The original building remains in use by the church today.

50 years ago today, December 25, 1975: The Arthur Marks film FRIDAY FOSTER, starring Pam Grier in the titular role, was released. It was the third major movie in Grier's run of Blaxploitation hits. She plays a photojournalist who uncovers and thwarts a plot to assassinate Black leaders.

100 years ago today, December 17, 1925: The Balto Monument, a statue of the heroic sled dog, was unveiled in New York City's Central Park. The Siberian Husky led his team of dogs for the final 55 miles of the Great Serum Run of 1925 that stopped a deadly diphtheria outbreak in Nome, Alaska.

50 years ago today, December 16, 1975: The debut episode of Norman Lear's television series ONE DAY AT A TIME aired on CBS. The sitcom was the first to feature a divorced mother as the protagonist. Bonnie Franklin played the lead role of Ann Romano. The show went on to run for nine seasons.

100 years ago today, December 14, 1925: Cornell University's Willard Straight Hall, one of the first student unions at an American university, was formally dedicated in Ithaca, New York. The six-story Collegiate Gothic building was designed by William Adams Delano. @cornelluniversity.bsky.social

100 years ago today, December 7, 1925: The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, originally the Biltmore Theatre, opened at 261 West 47th Street in the Broadway Theater District of New York City. The neo-Renaissance style building was designed by theater architect Herbert J. Krapp and built by Irwin Chanin.

100 years ago today, December 5, 1925: The Playhouse in Mamaroneck, New York, opened as a community movie theater and vaudeville house. The single-screen theater was converted into a four-screen venue in 1980. It closed in 2014, but reopened in 2022 as the eight-screen Mamaroneck Cinemas.

100 years ago today, November 25, 1925: The Capitol Theatre opened in the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, as a 1,600-seat movie house and vaudeville theater. It was multiplexed in the 1980s, but still retains much of its original historic fabric, both inside and out.📽️🎭

Conservative writer and commentator William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) was born 100 years ago today in New York City. He founded National Review magazine in 1955 and hosted the PBS show FIRING LINE from 1966 to 1999. The US Postal Service issued a Buckley stamp on Sept. 9, 2025.

100 years ago today, November 24, 1925: The Eugene O'Neill Theatre opened at 230 West 49th Street in New York City. Originally the Forrest Theatre, it was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and built by the Shubert brothers. Its original brick facade was replaced with stucco in the 1940s.

100 years ago today, November 21, 1925: The Oneida Football Club Monument was dedicated in Boston Common by surviving members of the 1860s team. A recent Massachusetts Historical Society forum explored the myths and controversies that have surrounded the monument.🏈⚽ Video: youtu.be/YLcWEEplHtM?...

Actress-singer-comedian Kaye Ballard (1925-2019) was born 100 years ago today in Cleveland, Ohio. She was known for her sharp comedic timing during her lengthy career on Broadway, TV and film. She starred in the 1954 Broadway musical THE GOLDEN APPLE and the 1960s TV sitcom THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW.

Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) was born 100 years ago today in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the U.S. Attorney General in his brother John F. Kennedy's administration. In 1964, he was elected U.S. Senator from New York. His assassination while running for president in 1968 shocked the nation.

50 years ago today, November 19, 1975: The cinema classic ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST was released. It's among three films to sweep the top five Oscars: Best Picture, Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman), Director (Miloš Forman), Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Actress (Louise Fletcher).

Actor Rock Hudson (1925-1985) was born 100 years ago today in Winnetka, Illinois. In 1965, he visited Scarsdale, New York, to shoot scenes for the John Frankenheimer film SECONDS. I wrote about the Scarsdale filming in 2015. The article is posted here: andybassny.substack.com/p/the-day-ro...

100 years ago today, November 11, 1925: The Colgate Inn opened in the Village of Hamilton, New York. The 40-room lodging establishment has been owned by Colgate University since it was saved from demolition in 1973. The Dutch Colonial Revival building faces the head of the Village Green.

50 years ago today, November 9, 1975: The first section of the Shining Sea Bikeway was dedicated on Massachusetts' Cape Cod. The rail trail was acquired by eminent domain after a six-year legal battle. The Shining Sea Bikeway - A Triumph of Citizen Action woodsholemuseum.org/oldpages/spr...

50 years ago today, November 7, 1975: The TV pilot THE NEW ORIGINAL WONDER WOMAN, starring Lynda Carter as the DC Comics superhero, aired on ABC. Its successful ratings led to the production of a series the following year. It went on to air for a total of 60 episodes over three seasons.

Actress Doris Roberts (1925-2016) was born 100 years ago today in St. Louis, Missouri. She's best known for playing Marie Barone, the mother on the sitcom EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (1996-2005). She won four of her five Emmys for the role. She began her acting career on the stage in the 1950s.

Author and journalist Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) was born 100 years ago today in Hartford, Connecticut. He was best known for his coverage of high-profile court cases, beginning with the 1983 trial for the murder of his daughter, Dominique Dunne. He was with Vanity Fair magazine for 25 years.

200 years ago today, October 26, 1825: The Erie Canal was ceremonially opened in Buffalo, New York. The 363-mile-long artificial waterway stretched from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo on Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It transformed Buffalo into a major hub.

100 years ago today, Oct. 24, 1925: Brown University officially dedicated Brown Field, its football stadium in Providence, Rhode Island. Its iconic South Stand façade features five tall Romanesque arches and decorative bear heads. With over 20,000 seats, it's the largest stadium in the Ocean State.

50 years ago today, Oct. 22, 1975: Carlton Fisk's long drive at 12:34 a.m. hit Fenway Park's left-field foul pole for a home run to force a 7th game against the Reds in the 1975 World Series. The footage of him waving the ball fair remains one of the most iconic series of images in sports history.

Singer Celia Cruz (1925-2003) was born 100 years ago today in Havana, Cuba. She was already a star when she left Cuba after the Cuban Revolution. In America, she became known as the "Queen of Salsa." She helped define the sound of the Afro-Cuban genre within Latin American music.

Political satirist Art Buchwald (1925-2007) was born 100 years ago today in Mount Vernon, NY. The syndicated columnist won the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982. His successful breach of contract lawsuit against Paramount Pictures exposed deceptive "Hollywood accounting."

50 years ago today, October 20, 1975: THE ROBERT MACNEIL REPORT debuted on New York PBS station WNET. In the beginning, Jim Lehrer appeared 3 days a week as Washington correspondent. Within a year, the program went national and Lehrer became co-anchor. The duo’s on-air partnership lasted 20 years.

100 years ago today, October 17, 1925: Boston's Wang Theatre opened as the Metropolitan Theatre. It was built as a movie palace within a 14-story office building. Its four-story Grand Lobby was modeled after the Palais Garnier in Paris, France. At 3,600 seats, it's the city's largest theater.

The circa 1825 Hyde Hall Covered Bridge at Glimmerglass State Park in Springfield, New York, was celebrated in a bicentennial ceremony on October 11, 2025. The 53-foot-long wooden bridge features a Burr Arch Truss design. The historic landmark is one of the oldest covered bridges in the nation.

100 years ago today, October 15, 1925: The Pittsburgh Pirates won their second World Series title by defeating the defending champion Washington Senators 9-7 in Game 7 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pirates became the first team in any sport to overcome a 3–1 series deficit. ⚾⚾

Equestrian show jumper Bill Steinkraus (1925-2017) was born 100 years ago today in Cleveland, Ohio. At the 1968 Olympic Games, he became the first American equestrian to win an individual Olympic gold medal. He rode for the U.S. Equestrian Team for 22 years, serving as team captain for 17 years.

100 years ago today, October 6, 1925: The Lincoln Exedra, a memorial to President Abraham Lincoln, was dedicated by the Lincoln Society in Peekskill, New York. The monument on South Street overlooks the spot where Lincoln stopped and spoke from aboard his Inaugural Train on February 19, 1861.

The late civil rights activists Paul and Orial Redd were commemorated with a street co-naming in the city of Rye, New York, on September 27, 2025. The Redds won a housing discrimination case in 1962 that led to the passage of fair housing laws in the state. Ceremony video👇 youtu.be/4voRFouwZI0?...

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Writer, poet and social reformer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was born to free Black parents 200 years ago today in Baltimore, Maryland. She was a leading campaigner for abolition, women's suffrage and temperance. She lived the latter part of her life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

100 years ago today, Sept. 21, 1925: The traffic tower in Meriden, Connecticut, innovative at the time, began operation in the intersection of Colony and Main Streets. It became a local landmark, remaining in service until 1967. Today, the retired tower is displayed 200 feet from its original site.

The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new stamp commemorating writer, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel (1928-2016). A dedication ceremony was held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on September 17, 2025. Wiesel made 180 appearances at the 92nd Street Y from 1967 to 2014.

Blues legend B.B. King (1925-2015) was born 100 years ago today near Itta Bena, Mississippi. The singer/musician is considered one of the most influential electric guitarists of the 20th century. Hailed as "The King of the Blues," he helped bring the genre into the mainstream. 🎸

September 15 is the annual Roberto Clemente Day in Major League Baseball. Commemorations of the Pittsburgh Pirates legend extend past the baseball world and well beyond Western Pennsylvania. Here are four Roberto Clemente murals in other parts of the Northeastern United States.

100 years ago today, Sept. 7, 1925: The Temple Building opened in Rochester, New York. The 14-story structure is unusual in that it was built as a combined church and office building. Today, it houses residential and commercial lofts, and the old church auditorium is now a multipurpose event venue.

Anne Jackson (1925-2016) was born 100 years ago today in Millvale, Pennsylvania. She and husband Eli Wallach comprised one of the most enduring acting duos, appearing together in numerous stage, film, and television productions from the 1940s to the 2000s. She excelled in both drama and comedy.

50 years ago today, August 18, 1975: Earl Averill, Bucky Harris, Billy Herman, Judy Johnson, and Ralph Kiner were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Harris, who had Parkinson's disease, did not attend and was represented at the ceremony by his son. 🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢

Arkansas governor and U.S. senator Dale Bumpers (1925-2016) was born 100 years ago today in Charleston, Arkansas. His proudest achievement was as Charleston city attorney when he convinced the school board to become the first in the former Confederacy to integrate after the Brown decision.

87 years ago today, August 8, 1938: Baseball’s New York Giants played a memorial game for their late manager John McGraw in his birthplace of Truxton, NY. It was a fund-raiser to build a monument for the Hall of Famer in the town. A historical marker about the game was dedicated on August 2, 2025.⚾

The late David Cassidy of THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY was commemorated in his childhood hometown of West Orange, New Jersey, with a historical marker dedication on July 30, 2025. His two children spoke at the event and unveiled the marker. It stands alongside the baseball field where he played as a kid.⚾🎸🎤

Nobel laureate Baruch S. Blumberg (1925-2011) was born 100 years ago today in Brooklyn, New York. He was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his 1967 discovery of the Hepatitis B virus and subsequent development of a diagnostic test and a preventative vaccine against it.