Countries Usa Connecticut Bridgeport

Events in Bridgeport History

1840-02-12 Housatonic Railroad opens, running from Bridgeport, Connecticut, north to the Massachusetts state line

Barnum Museum

1893-02-18 The Barnum Museum opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut, dedicated to the life of P. T. Barnum

Circus Showman and Businessman P. T. Barnum

1913-11-17 1st US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1942-06-14 1st bazooka rocket gun produced (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
1946-02-16 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1949-12-29 1st UHF television station operating regular basis Bridgeport, Connecticut
1965-08-28 1st Subway sandwich shop opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1967-12-17 WEDW TV channel 49 in Bridgeport, Connecticut (PBS) begins broadcasting
1987-04-23 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Famous People from Bridgeport

1826-03-04 Theodore Judah, American civil engineer (1st transcontinental railroad), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1863)
1838-01-04 Charles Stratton [General Tom Thumb], famous short person (performed with P. T. Barnum), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1883)
1850-09-01 Jim O'Rourke, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL HR leader 1880 Boston Red Caps; NY Giants) and manager (Buffalo Bisons 1881-84, Washington Sens 1893), born in East Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1919)
1903-07-21 Roy Neuberger, American financier and art patron (Neuberger Museum of Art), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2010)

Edwin Land (1909-1991)

1909-05-07 American inventor of instant photography and co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut

1910-10-25 William Higinbotham, American physicist (member of team who developed first nuclear bomb), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1994)
1912-02-21 Arline Judge, American actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1974)
1915-03-06 Leonard Tose, American trucking magnate and owner of NFL Philadelphia Eagles (1969-85), born in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
1916-05-16 Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1997)
1917-08-06 Robert Mitchum, American actor (Out of the Past, Winds of War, North & South), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1997)
1918-08-15 Fay Honey Knopp, American activist (founded a Quaker ministry for men and women in prisons), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1995)
1920-08-08 Don Cook, American foreign Correspondent (The New York Herald Tribune), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1995)
1924-03-08 Judy Johnson [Betty Bonney], American singer (Your Show of Shows; "How Little We Know"), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut [1]
1924-05-06 Mimi Benzell, American operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1970)
1926-01-24 Raymond Jacobs, American Marine Corp sergeant (one of the WWII Iwo Jima flag planters), and news journalist, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2008)
1926-02-20 Kenneth H Olsen, American electrical engineer, and co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2011)

Ed Warren (1926-2006)

1926-09-07 American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut

1935-06-25 Larry Kramer, American playwright and AIDS activist, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2020)
1936-06-30 Tony Musante, American actor (David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2013)
1938-03-04 Angus MacLise, American percussionist, mystic, shaman, and composer (Velvet Underground), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1979)
1938-07-09 Brian Dennehy, American actor (Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2020)
1941-05-08 Jim Mitchum, American actor (Blackout; Invincible 6), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1941-08-12 Deborah Walley, American actress (Mothers-in-Law, Beach Blanket), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1942-06-21 William Bradford Reynolds, US Assistant Attorney General (1981-88), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut

1944-08-04 American comedian, actor (Homicide: Life on the Street; Law & Order: SVU - both shows "Det. John Munch") and author (How To Be A Stand-Up; UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to Be Crazy to Believe), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut [1]

1947-04-06 John Ratzenberger, American actor (Cheers -"Cliff Clavin"; Toy Story; Gandhi), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1947-05-16 Bill Smitrovich, American character actor (Crime Story; Miami Vice; Life Goes On), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1948-06-29 Bill Kirchen, American singer and guitarist (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - "Hot Rod Lincoln"), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1949-11-06 Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat and businessman (investigation over Saddam Hussein effort to buy Uranium), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1952-08-06 Vinnie Vincent [Cusano], American rock guitarist (Kiss, 1982-84; solo - "Ashes to Ashes"), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1953-07-18 Neil Stubenhaus, American session and touring bass guitarist, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut [1]
1953-11-18 Kevin Nealon, American actor (SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1956-10-26 Mike LeDonne, American jazz Hammond organist, pianist, and composer (Benny Golson; The Groover Quartet), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1964-01-24 Rob Dibble, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1965-07-16 Charles Smith, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut