Happy Birthday to Tim Allen, who turns 65 today. The actor and comedian best loved by families as the voice of Buzz Lightyear on “Toy Story” also played St. Nick in “The Santa Clause” trilogy. Tim ‘The Toolman’ of TV’s Home Improvement fame got an early birthday present last month when Fox picked his very popular canceled ABC show Last Man Standing for a 7th season. WATCH him praise the fans who brought him back… (1953)
(Image of Last Man Standing, ABC)
MORE Good News on this Day:
- Rhode Island, whose flag features the word “HOPE”, became the first of Britain’s North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves (1774)
- France came to the aid of the American Revolution when Marquis de Lafayette landed near Charleston, S.C., to help train the army of the Continental Congress (1777)
- U.S. President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall (the highly successful attorney known for his victory in Brown v. Board of Education—a 1954 decision that ruled segregated public schools…
