On This Day

[IceWizard]

**  Disclaimer ::: Before anyone freaks out, I know today is the 3rd however, the 4th is rather a busy one... Thank you
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July 4 Birthdays



Geraldo Rivera
TV SHOW HOST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 4, 1943

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

AGE
75 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Leona Helmsley
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1920

BIRTHPLACE
Marbletown, NY

DEATH DATE
Aug 20, 2007 (age 87)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





George Steinbrenner
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1930

BIRTHPLACE
Rocky River, OH

DEATH DATE
Jul 13, 2010 (age 80)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino
REALITY STAR

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1981

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
37 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Michael Sweet
METAL SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1963

BIRTHPLACE
Whittier, CA

AGE
55 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Mark Slaughter
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1964

BIRTHPLACE
Nevada

AGE
54 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





John Waite
POP SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1952

BIRTHPLACE
England

AGE
66 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Bill Withers
SOUL SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1938

BIRTHPLACE
Slab Fork, WV

AGE
80 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Gina Lollobrigida
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1927

BIRTHPLACE
Subiaco, Italy

AGE
91 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Eva Marie Saint
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1924

BIRTHPLACE
Newark, NJ

AGE
94 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




July 4 Deaths





Hank Stram
FOOTBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
January 3, 1923

BIRTHPLACE
Chicago, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 4, 2005 (age 82)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn

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Eva Gabor
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
February 11, 1919

BIRTHPLACE
Budapest, Hungary

DEATH DATE
Jul 4, 1995 (age 76)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius





Steve McNair
FOOTBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
February 14, 1973

BIRTHPLACE
Mount Olive, MS

DEATH DATE
Jul 4, 2009 (age 36)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius





Barry White
R&B SINGER

BIRTHDAY
September 12, 1944

BIRTHPLACE
Galveston, TX

DEATH DATE
Jul 4, 2003 (age 58)

BIRTH SIGN
Virgo





James Monroe
US PRESIDENT

BIRTHDAY
April 28, 1758

BIRTHPLACE
Monroe Hall, VA

DEATH DATE
Jul 4, 1831 (age 73)

BIRTH SIGN
Taurus





John Adams
US PRESIDENT

BIRTHDAY
October 30, 1735

BIRTHPLACE
Braintree, MA

DEATH DATE
Jul 4, 1826 (age 90)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio





Thomas Jefferson
US PRESIDENT

BIRTHDAY
April 13, 1743

BIRTHPLACE
Shadwell, VA

DEATH DATE
Jul 4, 1826 (age 83)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries





Marie Curie
PHYSICIST

BIRTHDAY
November 7, 1867

BIRTHPLACE
Warsaw, Poland

DEATH DATE
Jul 4, 1934 (age 66)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio





Bob Ross
PAINTER

BIRTHDAY
October 29, 1942

BIRTHPLACE
Daytona Beach, FL

DEATH DATE
Jul 4, 1995 (age 52)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio

[IceWizard]

Historical Events on July 4




1754  George Washington gives Fort Necessity to France

1774  Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts

1776  According to popular legend the Liberty Bell rings for the Second Continental Congress

1776  US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain

1789  1st US tariff act signed by President Washington

1796  1st Independence Day celebration is held

1802  The 1st US Military Academy at West Point open

1803  The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people by President Thomas Jefferson

1826  Past presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, President John Quincy Adams calls "visible and palpable remarks of Divine Favor"

1831  "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston

1845  Texas Congress votes for annexation to US

1861  In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops

1861  Skirmish at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

1863  Failed Confederate assault on Helena Arkansas (640 casualties)

1863  General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg

1863  Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces

1874  Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed

1875  White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg

1883  Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebraska

1884  Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris

1894  Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of 1st US autos at 6 MPH

1911  105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)

1911  106°F (41°C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)

1942  1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WWII)

1942  US air offensive against nazi-Germany begins

1944  1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy

1944  1st Japanese kamikaze attack, US fleet near Iwo Jima

1944  Gestapo arrests German Social Democrat Julius Leber

1956  US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland

1960  America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled

1964  Beachboys' "I Get Around" reaches #1

1966   LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act

1969  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969  The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie.

1970  Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio

1980  Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) fans Reds' Cesar Geronimo to become 4th pitcher to 3,000 MLB strikeouts

1987  Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France

1996  Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service begins

2006  Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC.

2006  Richard Branson sells Virgin Mobile to NTL for £962.4 million

2016  NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter's orbit

2017  North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan

[IceWizard]

July 5 Birthdays




Ian McCall
MMA FIGHTER

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1984

BIRTHPLACE
Costa Mesa, CA

AGE
34 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Goose Gossage
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1951

BIRTHPLACE
Colorado Springs, CO

AGE
67 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Georges Pompidou
WORLD LEADER

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1911

BIRTHPLACE
Montboudif, France

DEATH DATE
Apr 2, 1974 (age 62)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Judge Joe Brown
TV SHOW HOST

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1947

BIRTHPLACE
Washington, DC

AGE
71 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Kathryn Erbe
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1965

BIRTHPLACE
Newton, MA

AGE
53 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Katherine Helmond
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1928

BIRTHPLACE
Galveston, TX

DEATH DATE
Mar 1, 2019 (age 90)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Edie Falco
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1963

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
55 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Milburn Stone
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1904

BIRTHPLACE
Burrton, KS

DEATH DATE
Jun 12, 1980 (age 75)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Huey Lewis
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1950

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
68 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





July 5 Deaths





Georgia Brown
STAGE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
October 21, 1933

BIRTHPLACE
England

DEATH DATE
Jul 5, 1992 (age 58)

BIRTH SIGN
Libra




Harry James
TRUMPET PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
March 15, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
Georgia

DEATH DATE
Jul 5, 1983 (age 67)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces




Ted Williams
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
August 30, 1918

BIRTHPLACE
San Diego, CA

DEATH DATE
Jul 5, 2002 (age 83)

BIRTH SIGN
Virgo




Historical Events on July 5



1687  Isaac Newton's great work PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. Outlines his laws of motion and universal gravitation.

1775  Second Continental Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition to King George III

1813  War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin

1863  Battle of Jackson, Mississippi and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi

1864  Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia (Skirmish at Pace's Ferry) fought during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War

1865  US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department

1871  Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins

1914  Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia

1934  "Bloody Thursday" - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco

1935  FDR signs US National Labor Relations Act

1936  120°F (49°C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)

1937  117°F (47°C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)


1937  Spam, the luncheon meat is first introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation

1943  Battle of Koersk, USSR begins (6,000 tanks)

1943  US invasion fleet (96 ships) sails to Sicily

1945  World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared

1950  US forces enter combat in the Korean War for the first time, in the Battle of Osan

1950  Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel

1954  B-52A bomber makes its maiden flight

1963  1st Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87

1966  National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting

1966  Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy

1968  John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce

1972  Two Protestant brothers are found shot dead outside of Belfast (speculation that they were killed by Loyalists because they had Catholic girlfriends)

1975  At Knebworth Festival in England, Pink Floyd debut their album "Wish You Were Here" with pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage

1984  Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials

1986  Nancy Reagan cuts a red, white and blue ribbon to reopen Statue of Liberty after refurbishment

1989  "Seinfield" (originally titled The Seinfeld Chronicles" screens its pilot episode starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards on NBC

1989  Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out

2003  SARS is declared "contained" by the WHO

2006  North Korea missile tests: at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.

2016  FBI releases report stating Hillary Clinton was "extremely careless" handling classified emails but doesn't recommend prosecution

2018  Heatwave in southern Quebec, Canada, kills 33

[IceWizard]

July 6 Birthdays




Darrell Royal
FOOTBALL COACH

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1924

BIRTHPLACE
Hollis, OK

DEATH DATE
Nov 7, 2012 (age 88)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Mike Riley
FOOTBALL COACH

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1953

BIRTHPLACE
Wallace, ID

AGE
65 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Vincent J. McMahon
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1914

BIRTHPLACE
Harlem, NY

DEATH DATE
May 24, 1984 (age 69)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Della Reese
GOSPEL SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1931

BIRTHPLACE
Detroit, MI

DEATH DATE
Nov 20, 2017 (age 86)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jeannie Seely
COUNTRY SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1940

BIRTHPLACE
Titusville, PA

AGE
78 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Bill Haley
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1925

BIRTHPLACE
Highland Park, MI

DEATH DATE
Feb 9, 1981 (age 55)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Janet Leigh
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1927

BIRTHPLACE
Merced, CA

DEATH DATE
Oct 3, 2004 (age 77)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jennifer Saunders
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1958

BIRTHPLACE
Sleaford, England

AGE
60 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Eva Green
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1980

BIRTHPLACE
Paris, France

AGE
38 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




50 Cent
RAPPER

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1975

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
43 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Pat Paulsen
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1927

BIRTHPLACE
Washington

DEATH DATE
Apr 24, 1997 (age 69)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Sebastian Cabot
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1918

BIRTHPLACE
England

DEATH DATE
Aug 22, 1977 (age 59)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

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Ned Beatty
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1937

BIRTHPLACE
Louisville, KY

AGE
81 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Burt Ward
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1945

BIRTHPLACE
Los Angeles, CA

AGE
73 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Sylvester Stallone
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
72 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Brian Posehn
COMEDIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1966

BIRTHPLACE
Sacramento, CA

AGE
52 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Kevin Hart
COMEDIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1979

BIRTHPLACE
Philadelphia, PA

AGE
39 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Merv Griffin
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 6, 1925

BIRTHPLACE
San Mateo, CA

DEATH DATE
Aug 12, 2007 (age 82)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 6 Deaths



Georg Ohm
PHYSICIST

BIRTHDAY
March 16, 1789

BIRTHPLACE
Germany

DEATH DATE
Jul 6, 1854 (age 65)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces




Robert McNamara
POLITICIAN

BIRTHDAY
June 9, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
San Francisco, CA

DEATH DATE
Jul 6, 2009 (age 93)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini




Joe E. Brown
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 28, 1891

BIRTHPLACE
Ohio

DEATH DATE
Jul 6, 1973 (age 81)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo




John Marshall
LAWYER

BIRTHDAY
September 24, 1755

BIRTHPLACE
Virginia

DEATH DATE
Jul 6, 1835 (age 79)

BIRTH SIGN
Libra





Ruth Becker
TITANIC SURVIVOR

BIRTHDAY
October 28, 1899

BIRTHPLACE
India

DEATH DATE
Jul 6, 1990 (age 90)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio

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William Faulkner
NOVELIST

BIRTHDAY
September 25, 1897

BIRTHPLACE
New Albany, MS

DEATH DATE
Jul 6, 1962 (age 64)

BIRTH SIGN
Libra




Buddy Ebsen
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
April 2, 1908

BIRTHPLACE
Belleville, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 6, 2003 (age 95)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries




Louis Armstrong
TRUMPET PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
August 4, 1901

BIRTHPLACE
New Orleans, LA

DEATH DATE
Jul 6, 1971 (age 69)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo

[IceWizard]

Historical Events on July 6



1699  Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston

Pirate Legend
William Kidd

1775  Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking up Arms", listing grievances but denying intent to be independent

1776  American Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "PA Evening Gazette"

Engrossed copy of the United States
Declaration of Independence

1777  British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans

1785  US Congress unanimously resolves the name of US currency to the "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage

1798  US law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... & removed as alien enemies"

1854  1st Republican state convention (Jackson, Michigan)

1862  Skirmish at Devall's Bluff, Arkansas (106 casualties)

1869  Black candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia, Dr J. H. Harris defeated

1885  Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine

Bacteriologist
Louis Pasteur

1886  Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public

1892  Striking steel workers in Homestead, Pennsylvania, fire on scabs, killing 7

1893  The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200

1894  Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike

1898  US Senate agrees to annex Hawaii

1904  The US Democratic Party nominates little known New York judge Alton B. Parker for presidential nominee - virtually assuring the election of Theodore Roosevelt

26th US President
Theodore Roosevelt

1908  Robert Peary's expedition sails from NYC for north pole

1916  2nd of 4 fatal Jersey Shore shark attacks occur at Spring Lake when Charles Bruder (27) bled to death, 5 days after the 1st

1923  The Central Executive Committee accepts the Treaty of Union, signed in Moscow in December 1922, and the Russian Empire becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

1924  1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England

1928  1st all-talking motion picture shown in NY (Lights of NY)

1928  Largest recorded hailstone at the time 1.5 lbs (7 inchs in diameter) falls in Potter, Nebraska

1932  1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents

1933  "Nertsery Rhymes" short film starring Ted Healy and His Stooges premieres, one of the first film appearance of The Three Stooges

Moe Howard

1936  114°F (46°C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record)

1936  121°F (49°C), Steele, North Dakota (state record)

1939  German Nazis close last Jewish enterprises

1942  Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam

Jewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust
Anne Frank

1943  2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 Germans killed

1944  French General Charles de Gaulle arrives in Washington, D.C.

French President
Charles de Gaulle

1944  US General Patton lands in France

US WWII General
George S. Patton

1944  World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum & Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford, Connecticut)

1945  Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to ratify the Charter of the United Nations

1945  US President Harry Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom

1945  Abbott and Costello's film "The Naughty Nineties" released featuring longest version of their "Who's on First" routine

Comedian and Actor
Lou Costello

1947  The Ak-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union

Inventor
Mikhail Kalashnikov

1949  Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158°F for 2 minutes

1957  John Lennon (16) & Paul McCartney (15) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at a church dinner

Musician and Beatle
John Lennon


Musician and Beatle
Paul McCartney

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1964  Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London

1965  Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms

1969  Filming begins on "Ned Kelly" starring Mick Jagger

Rock Star
Mick Jagger

1983  Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less

1989  US marshals & FCC seize pirate radio station WHOT in Brooklyn

1990  "Jetsons the Movie" by Hanna-Barbera with Tiffany, premieres

Animator
William Hanna


Animator
Joseph Barbera

1993  John F. Kennedy Jr, gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan

Publisher and Lawyer
John F. Kennedy Jr.

1999  U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by fellow soldiers for his relationship with transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams

2015  Floyd Mayweather Jr. is stripped of his WBO welterweight boxing title after failing to pay $200k sanctioning fee and vacate his 2 junior middleweight titles

Boxer
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

2016  South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to 6 years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013

2017  France announces it will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040

2018  Iranian instagram star Maedeh Hojabri confesses on state TV for posting videos of her dancing

[IceWizard]

July 7 Birthdays




Mary Ford
GOSPEL SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 7, 1924

BIRTHPLACE
El Monte, CA

DEATH DATE
Sep 30, 1977 (age 53)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Pat Hitchcock
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 7, 1928

BIRTHPLACE
England

AGE
90 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Shelley Duvall
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 7, 1949

BIRTHPLACE
Houston, TX

AGE
69 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jim Gaffigan
COMEDIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 7, 1966

BIRTHPLACE
Elgin, IN

AGE
52 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Pat Barry
MMA FIGHTER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 7, 1979

BIRTHPLACE
Louisiana

AGE
40 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Cody Garbrandt
MMA FIGHTER

BIRTHDAY
July 7, 1991

BIRTHPLACE
Ohio

AGE
27 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Satchel Paige
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
July 7, 1906

BIRTHPLACE
Mobile, AL

DEATH DATE
Jun 8, 1982 (age 75)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ezzard Charles
BOXER

BIRTHDAY
July 7, 1921

BIRTHPLACE
Lawrenceville, GA

DEATH DATE
Mar 28, 1975 (age 53)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 7 Deaths





Bill Cullen
GAME SHOW HOST

BIRTHDAY
February 18, 1920

BIRTHPLACE
Pittsburgh, PA

DEATH DATE
Jul 7, 1990 (age 70)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius




Thomas Hooker
RELIGIOUS LEADER

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1586

BIRTHPLACE
England

DEATH DATE
Jul 7, 1647 (age 61)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Veronica Lake
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
November 14, 1922

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 7, 1973 (age 50)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio




Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
NOVELIST

BIRTHDAY
May 22, 1859

BIRTHPLACE
Edinburgh, Scotland

DEATH DATE
Jul 7, 1930 (age 71)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini

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Syd Barrett
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
January 6, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
Cambridge, England

DEATH DATE
Jul 7, 2006 (age 60)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn

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Historical Events on July 7



1777 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton

1802  1st comic book "The Wasp" is published in Hudson, New York criticizing Republican politicians

1861  Battle of Laurel Hill, Virginia

1862  Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land

1863  1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)


1875  Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri

Outlaw
Jesse James

1891  Marcellus F. Berry, an American Express employee is granted four copyrights for what he called "the travelers cheque"

1905  127°F (53°C), Parker Ariz (state record)

1928  Sliced bread sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri, using a machine invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.

Inventor
Otto Frederick Rohwedder

1930  Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam

31st US President
Herbert Hoover

1937  Japanese and Chinese troops clash at the Marco Polo Bridge, beginning the Second Sino-Japanese War

1941  Nazis execute 5,000 Jews in Kovono, Lithuania

1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion

1942  Germany troop march into Woronezj

1943  3rd day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Dubrova

1943  iberator bombers sinks U-517

1943  German Submarine U-951 sunk by depth charges, off Cape St. Vincent in the North Atlantic

1944  RAF Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France

1948  6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy

1949  "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967

1950  Korean War: UN Security Council establishes the United Nations Command to combat North Korean forces

1958  President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood

34th US President & WWII General
Dwight D. Eisenhower

1961  James R Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1967  Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released

1967  Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1

1968  Rock group "Yardbirds" disband

1980  Institution of Sharia law in Iran

1981  Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court

1986  It is reported that Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction

Singer-Songwriter
Boy George

1986  Soviet General and spy for the US Dmitri Polyakov arrested in retirement in Russia (executed 1988)

Soviet General and Cold War Spy
Dmitri Polyakov

1987  Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North begins public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing

1995  Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), lands

1996  Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), lands

2001  In his first appearance at Daytona since the death of father Dale Earnhardt Sr., Dale Jr. wins Pepsi 400 coming from 7th with 9 laps remaining to beat teammate Michael Waltrip

2002  A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, supposed European Al Qaeda leader

2005  Coordinated terrorist bomb blasts strike London's public transport system during the morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700

2005  Influenced by Live 8, the G8 leaders pledge to double 2004 levels of aid to Africa from US$25 to US$50 billion by the year 2010

2014  Israel launches a "counter-terrorist operation" dubbed Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza

2016  In Dallas Texas, lone gunman shots and kills five police officers, wounding others during a protest march against fatal police shootings of African Americans

2017  Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3

2017  G-20 summit of world leaders begins in Hamburg, Germany amid violent protests

2017  United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty adopted in New York, without participation of nuclear countries

[IceWizard]

July 8 Birthdays




Rockefeller
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1839

BIRTHPLACE
Richford, NY

DEATH DATE
May 23, 1937 (age 97)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




John Pemberton
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1831

BIRTHPLACE
Knoxville, GA

DEATH DATE
Aug 16, 1888 (age 57)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1838

BIRTHPLACE
Konstanz, Germany

DEATH DATE
Mar 8, 1917 (age 78)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Joan Osborne
COUNTRY SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1962

BIRTHPLACE
Anchorage, KY

AGE
56 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Beck
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1970

BIRTHPLACE
Los Angeles, CA

AGE
48 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Toby Keith
COUNTRY SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1961

BIRTHPLACE
Clinton, OK

AGE
57 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Marty Feldman
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1934

BIRTHPLACE
England

DEATH DATE
Dec 2, 1982 (age 48)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jeffrey Tambor
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1944

BIRTHPLACE
San Francisco, CA

AGE
74 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Michael Weatherly
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1968

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
50 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Kevin Bacon
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1958

BIRTHPLACE
Philadelphia, PA

AGE
60 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




George W. Romney
POLITICIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1907

BIRTHPLACE
Mexico

DEATH DATE
Jul 26, 1995 (age 88)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Nelson Rockefeller
POLITICIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 8, 1908

BIRTHPLACE
Bar Harbor, ME

DEATH DATE
Jan 26, 1979 (age 70)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

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July 8 Deaths





Howard Duff
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
November 24, 1913

BIRTHPLACE
Washington

DEATH DATE
Jul 8, 1990 (age 76)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Grace Coolidge
POLITICAL WIFE

BIRTHDAY
January 3, 1879

BIRTHPLACE
Burlington, VT

DEATH DATE
Jul 8, 1957 (age 78)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn



Dick Sargent
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
April 19, 1930

BIRTHPLACE
Carmel By The Sea, CA

DEATH DATE
Jul 8, 1994 (age 64)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries




Betty Ford
POLITICAL WIFE

BIRTHDAY
April 8, 1918

BIRTHPLACE
Chicago, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 8, 2011 (age 93)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries



Vivien Leigh
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
November 5, 1913

BIRTHPLACE
Darjeeling, India

DEATH DATE
Jul 8, 1967 (age 53)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio




Ernest Borgnine
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
January 24, 1917

BIRTHPLACE
Hamden, CT

DEATH DATE
Jul 8, 2012 (age 95)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius

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Historical Events on July 8


1776  Colonel John Nixon gives the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence to an assemblage of citizens in Philadelphia

Engrossed copy of the United States
Declaration of Independence

1777  Vermont introduces new constitution making it the 1st US state to abolish slavery

1778  George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army

1800  Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox

1836  Charles Darwin reaches Saint Helena in HMS Beagle and takes up lodgings near the tomb of Napoleon

Naturalist
Charles Darwin

1861  Confederate General Sibley is given command of rebel troops in New Mexico territory

1898  The shooting death of crime boss Soapy Smith releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip

1913  Alfred Carlton Gilbert's patent for the Erector Set is issued, it becomes one of the most popular toys of all time

Inventor
Alfred Carlton Gilbert

1915  The Germans reply to US President Woodrow Wilson's second Lusitania note by saying that Americans may sail on clearly marked neutral ships, but Germany does not deal with Wilson's other demands

28th US President
Woodrow Wilson

1923  Warren G. Harding becomes 1st sitting US President to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)

29th US President
Warren G. Harding

1932  Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22

1943  4th day of battle at Kursk: General Model uses last tank reserve

1943  Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (Dutch National Socialist Movement) leader Anton Mussert meets with Heinrich Himmler

Leading Nazi and Reichsführer of the SS
Heinrich Himmler

1944  British troops march into Caen, Normandy

1944  Japanese kamikaze attacks on US lines at Saipan

1947  Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico

1949  The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 prohibiting marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other race groups is passed in South Africa

1950  General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief of UN forces in Korea

US WWII General
Douglas MacArthur

1950  Leroy Deans awarded first Order of Purple Heart in Korea

1963  US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba

1966  US airline strike (until Aug 19th)

1968  Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal

1969  US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam

1975  Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West Germany

5th Prime Minister of Israel
Yitzhak Rabin

1975  US President Gerald Ford announced he'll seek Republican presidential nomination

38th US President
Gerald Ford

1979  Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)

1981  Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)

1987  Kitty Dukakis reveals an addiction to amphetamines for 26 years

1994  Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O.J. Simpson

NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal
O.J. Simpson

2011  Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program

2014  Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu instructs his defence forces to "take their gloves off" against Hamas and to take any means necessary to "restore peace" to Israeli citizens

2018  Four boys are the first to be rescued after 16 days, from Tham Luang cave, Thailand, by Thai and international rescue team

2018  British Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns in a stand against Theresa May's new softer Brexit policy

[IceWizard]

July 9 Birthdays



Jesse Watters
TV SHOW HOST

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1978

BIRTHPLACE
Pennsylvania

AGE
40 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




OJ Simpson
FOOTBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1947

BIRTHPLACE
San Francisco, CA

AGE
71 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Eddie Dean
COUNTRY SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1907

BIRTHPLACE
Texas

DEATH DATE
Mar 4, 1999 (age 91)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Bon Scott
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
Forfar, Scotland

DEATH DATE
Feb 19, 1980 (age 33)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jack White
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1975

BIRTHPLACE
Detroit, MI

AGE
43 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Courtney Love
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1964

BIRTHPLACE
San Francisco, CA

AGE
54 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Richard Roundtree
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1942

BIRTHPLACE
New Rochelle, NY

AGE
76 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Brian Dennehy
STAGE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1938

BIRTHPLACE
Bridgeport, CT

AGE
80 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jimmy Smits
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 9, 1955

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

AGE
64 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Fred Savage
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1976

BIRTHPLACE
Chicago, IL

AGE
42 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Tom Hanks
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1956

BIRTHPLACE
Concord, CA

AGE
62 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

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Donald Rumsfeld
POLITICIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1932

BIRTHPLACE
Evanston, IL

AGE
86 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Lindsey Graham
POLITICIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1955

BIRTHPLACE
Central, SC

AGE
63 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jodi Arias
CRIMINAL

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1980

BIRTHPLACE
California

AGE
38 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Kevin O'Leary
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1954

BIRTHPLACE
Montreal, Canada

AGE
64 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Kevin Nash
WRESTLER

BIRTHDAY
July 9, 1959

BIRTHPLACE
Detroit, MI

AGE
59 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 9 Deaths



Benjamin N. Cardozo
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

BIRTHDAY
May 24, 1870

BIRTHPLACE
New York

DEATH DATE
Jul 9, 1938 (age 68)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini




William R. Day
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

BIRTHDAY
April 17, 1849

BIRTHPLACE
Ohio

DEATH DATE
Jul 9, 1923 (age 74)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries




Earl Warren
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

BIRTHDAY
March 19, 1891

BIRTHPLACE
Los Angeles, CA

DEATH DATE
Jul 9, 1974 (age 83)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces




Zachary Taylor
US PRESIDENT

BIRTHDAY
November 24, 1784

BIRTHPLACE
Barboursville, VA

DEATH DATE
Jul 9, 1850 (age 65)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




King C. Gillette
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
January 5, 1855

BIRTHPLACE
Fond Du Lac, WI

DEATH DATE
Jul 9, 1932 (age 77)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn




Rod Steiger
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
April 14, 1925

BIRTHPLACE
Westhampton, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 9, 2002 (age 77)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries




Ken Stabler
FOOTBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
December 25, 1945

BIRTHPLACE
Foley, AL

DEATH DATE
Jul 9, 2015 (age 69)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn

[IceWizard]

Historical Events on July 9


1776  Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops (NY)

Engrossed copy of the United States
Declaration of Independence

1795  James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt

1815  1st natural gas well in US is discovered

1842  Notary Stamp Law passes

1846  The territory of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia through an Act of Congress

1860  Temperature hits 115°F in Fort Scott and 112°F in Topeka, Kansas

1862  General John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky

1863  John Hunt Morgan's cavalry aid into Indiana [->JUL 13]

1863  Union troops enter Port Hudson

1864  Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, confederate forces led by Lieutenant General Jubal Early


1867  An unsuccessful expedition led by E.D Young sets out to search for Dr David Livingstone (Scottish missionary and explorer)

Physician and Explorer
David Livingstone

1868  1st African American cabinet member in South Carolina, Francis L Cardozo as Secretary of State

1868  Tennessee and South Carolina are 1st to ratify the 14th Amendment to the US constitution, guaranteeing civil rights

1869  Corncob pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented

1878  An improved corncob pipe patents by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Missouri

1893  Daniel Hale Williams III repairs the torn pericardium of a knife wound patient, James Cornish, without penicillin or blood transfusion

Heart surgeon
Daniel Williams

1910  Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude

1916  1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in US from Germany


1918  101 killed and 171 injured in worst US train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee

1918  US Congress creates Distinguished Service Medal (not to be confused with other countries' decorations of the same name)

1926  Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander in China

Chinese Military and Political Leader
Chiang Kai-shek

1934 

Leading Nazi and Reichsführer of the SS
Heinrich Himmler

1944  In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan falls

1951  US President Harry Truman asks Congress to formally end state of war with Germany

33rd US President
Harry Truman

1953  1st helicopter passenger service (NYC)

1955  E. Frederic Morrow is the first African American executive on US White House staff

1955  Bill Haley & Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops the billboards chart, one of the best-selling singles ever

Father of Rock 'n' Roll
Bill Haley

1956  Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand

Radio and TV Personality
Dick Clark

1957  Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced

1968  15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Mississippi (state 24-hour record)

1970  In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn

1971  Henry Kissinger visits the People's Republic of China to negotiate a detente between the US and China

US Secretary of State and Political Scientist
Henry Kissinger

1972  1st tour of Paul McCartney & Wings (France)

Musician and Beatle
Paul McCartney

1978  "Hello, Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 152 performances

1978  American Nazi Party holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago

1978  Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington, D.C. for ERA

1981  Jacksons begin a 36-city tour

1982  Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and enters the Queen's bedroom in Buckingham Palace, London

1986  Attorney General's Commission on pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes

1987  1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime

1987  Colonel Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence

1999  Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran

2014  Typhoon Rammasun begins and kills 151 people

2017  CEO Elon Musk is the first owner of Telsa's first mass market electric car - the Model 3

Entrepreneur
Elon Musk

2018  US President Donald Trump names Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee

45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality
Donald Trump[/img]

[b]2018  Bright pink is the world's oldest biological colour according to scientists, produced by tiny cyanobacteria in 1.1bn-year-old marine shale rock from Taoudeni basin, Mauritania

2018  4 more boys are rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand after being trapped there with 8 others and their coach for 17 days by monsoon flooding (4 boys and their coach remain)

2018  US coffee company Starbucks announces it will stop using plastic straws by 2020, reducing use of more than 1 billion straws a year

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