1987 Event 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct 1967 Event WEDW TV channel 49 in Bridgeport, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Birthday Rob Dibble, Bridgeport, Connecticut, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1962 Death Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, dies 1953 Birthday Kevin Nealon, Bridgeport Conn, actor, SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads 1949 Event 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct) 1947 Birthday John Ratzenberger, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Cliff Clavin-Cheers 1946 Event 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Connecticut 1942 Event 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport, Connecticut 1941 Birthday Deborah Walley, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actress, Mothers-in-Law, Beach Blanket 1941 Birthday Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Blackout, Invincible 6 1936 Birthday Tony Musante, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide 1924 Birthday Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport, Connecticut, operatic soprano, Gilda-Rigoletto 1917 Birthday Robert Mitchum, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Winds of War, North and South 1913 Event 1st U.S. dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct 1865 Event PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport
