On This Day

[IceWizard]

July 10 Birthdays



Fred Gwynne
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1926

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1993 (age 66)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Thomas Terry Stevens
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1911

BIRTHPLACE
England

DEATH DATE
Jan 8, 1990 (age 78)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Sofía Vergara
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1972

BIRTHPLACE
Barranquilla, Colombia

AGE
46 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Arlo Guthrie
COUNTRY SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1947

BIRTHPLACE
Coney Island, NY

AGE
71 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ronnie James Dio
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1942

BIRTHPLACE
California

DEATH DATE
May 16, 2010 (age 67)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jessica Simpson
POP SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1980

BIRTHPLACE
Abilene, TX

AGE
38 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ariel Castro
CRIMINAL

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1960

BIRTHPLACE
Puerto Rico

DEATH DATE
Sep 3, 2013 (age 53)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




David Brinkley
TV SHOW HOST

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1920

BIRTHPLACE
Wilmington, NC

DEATH DATE
Jun 11, 2003 (age 82)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Urban Meyer
FOOTBALL COACH

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1964

BIRTHPLACE
Toledo, OH

AGE
54 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jake LaMotta
BOXER

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1921

BIRTHPLACE
The Bronx, NY

DEATH DATE
Sep 19, 2017 (age 96)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Adolphus Busch
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1839

BIRTHPLACE
Germany

DEATH DATE
Oct 10, 1913 (age 74)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



July 10 Deaths





Omar Sharif
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
April 10, 1932

BIRTHPLACE
Alexandria, Egypt

DEATH DATE
Jul 10, 2015 (age 83)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries

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Mel Blanc
VOICE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
May 30, 1908

BIRTHPLACE
San Francisco, CA

DEATH DATE
Jul 10, 1989 (age 81)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini

[IceWizard]

Historical Events on July 10


1832  President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US

1850  Millard Fillmore sworn in as President of US (replacing Taylor)

13th US President
Millard Fillmore

1861  Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia and says Union troops will not enter that state

1862  US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad

1863  Battle of Charleston, South Carolina (Morris Island) [->SEP 06]

1863  Battle of Jackson, Mississippi - captured by federals [->JUL 16]

1866  Indelible pencil patented by Edson P. Clark, Northampton, Massachusetts

1890  Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)

1892  1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio)

1908  H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269°C)

1911  105°F (41°C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)

1913  Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (56.7 °C), officially world's highest recorded temperature

1919  US President Woodrow Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate

28th US President
Woodrow Wilson

1923  2-pound hailstones kill 23 and many cattle in Rostov, Russia

1923  All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy

1925  Jury selection takes place in US John T. Scopes evolution trial

1929  US issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency

1933  1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY

1934  1st sitting US President to visit South America, FDR in Colombia

32nd US President
Franklin D. Roosevelt

1936  109°F (43°C) Cumberland & Frederick, Maryland (state record)

1936  110°F (43°C) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record)

1936  111°F (44°C) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record)

1936  112°F (44°C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record)

1938  "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic

1938  Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours

Aviator and Businessman
Howard Hughes

1940  Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces attack shipping convoys in the English Channel

1941  Jedwabne Pogrom: massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne, Poland

1942  Himmler orders sterilization of all Jewish woman in Ravensbruck Camp

Leading Nazi and Reichsführer of the SS
Heinrich Himmler

1943  US, British and Canadian forces invade Sicily in WW II (Operation Husky)

1944  German submarine U-821 sunk by RAF

1944  "Father of Medicare" Tommy Douglas becomes the 7th Premier of Saskatchewan

Father of Medicare
Tommy Douglas

1949  1st practical rectangular TV tube announced in Toledo, Ohio

1950  "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV (broadcast on radio from 1935)

1951  Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong

1962  Martin Luther King Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia

Civil Rights Activist
Martin Luther King Jr.

1964  The Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night", their 3rd studio album

1965  Beatles' "VI" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks

1965  Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

1967  Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe" - single goes on to win 4 Grammys

1973  John Paul Getty III, grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome by Italian gangsters wanting a ransom

1975  Gladys Knight and Pips Summer Series premieres on NBC-TV

1978  World News Tonight premieres on ABC with Max Robinson the first black anchor on a network newscast in the US

1st African-American Network TV Anchor
Max Robinson

1979  Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion

1981  CERN achieves 1st proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV)

1985  Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke

1985  Playboy (and also Penthouse) publish nude pictures of Madonna

Pop Star
Madonna

1990  Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show

1991  Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected President of the Russian Federation

Russian President
Boris Yeltsin

1997  RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads

2002  At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Kenneth, Lord Thomson

2005  Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle causing billions of dollars in damage

2015  The Confederate flag is taken down for the last time from South Carolina Capitol grounds 1 day after the state legislature ordered it removed.

2018  The final 4 boys and their coach are rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand after being trapped there for 18 days by monsoon flooding

2018  Original sketch of Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood by EH Shepard sells for £430,000 in London, record price for a book illustration

[IceWizard]

July 11 Birthdays



Yul Brynner
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 11, 1920

BIRTHPLACE
Vladivostok, Russia

DEATH DATE
Oct 10, 1985 (age 65)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ricky Warwick
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 11, 1966

BIRTHPLACE
Northern Ireland

AGE
52 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Richie Sambora
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
July 11, 1959

BIRTHPLACE
Perth Amboy, NJ

AGE
59 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Giorgio Armani
FASHION DESIGNER

BIRTHDAY
July 11, 1934

BIRTHPLACE
Piacenza, Italy

AGE
84 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Bull Connor
POLITICIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 11, 1897

BIRTHPLACE
Selma, AL

DEATH DATE
Mar 10, 1973 (age 75)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



July 11 Deaths




John Seigenthaler
JOURNALIST

BIRTHDAY
July 27, 1927

BIRTHPLACE
Tennessee

DEATH DATE
Jul 11, 2014 (age 86)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo




Bob Sheppard
SPORTSCASTER

BIRTHDAY
October 20, 1910

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 11, 2010 (age 99)

BIRTH SIGN
Libra




Tommy Ramone
DRUMMER

BIRTHDAY
January 29, 1949

BIRTHPLACE
Budapest, Hungary

DEATH DATE
Jul 11, 2014 (age 65)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius




Sir Laurence Olivier
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
May 22, 1907

BIRTHPLACE
Dorking, England

DEATH DATE
Jul 11, 1989 (age 82)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini




George Gershwin
COMPOSER

BIRTHDAY
September 26, 1898

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 11, 1937 (age 38)

BIRTH SIGN
Libra




Lady Bird Johnson
POLITICAL WIFE

BIRTHDAY
December 22, 1912

BIRTHPLACE
Karnack, TX

DEATH DATE
Jul 11, 2007 (age 94)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn

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Historical Events on July 11


1656  The first Quakers to land in America (Boston), Englishwomen Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, are arrested and jailed by the Puritan colonial government. After 5 years imprisonment they are deported back to Barbados

1740  Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Tsarina Anne

1776  Captain James Cook begins his third voyage

Explorer
James Cook

1798  US Marine Corps established by an act of Congress

1804  Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel

1st US Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton


3rd Vice President of the United States
Aaron Burr

1812  US invades Canada (Detroit frontier)

1861  Battle of Laurel Mountain Virginia - General Morris forces retreat of rebels

1861  Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender

1862  Lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief

1863  Battle at Green River, Kentucky (Morgan's Ohio Raid)

1864  Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, Maryland)

1864  Confederate forces led by General J Early begin invasion of Washington, D.C.

1888  118°F (48°C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)

1888  Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall

1892  US Patent Office says Joseph Swan rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp

Inventor
Thomas Edison

1895  First ever automobile race: Paris to Bordeaux 1,178 km in 48 hours, 48 minutes

1905  Black intellectuals and activists lead by W.E.B. Du Bois organize the civil rights Niagara Movement

Civil Rights Activist
W.E.B. Du Bois

1916  US Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act

1921  Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)

1922  The Hollywood Bowl opens.

1934  FDR became 1st US President to travel through Panama Canal

32nd US President
Franklin D. Roosevelt

1936  Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx and Queens opens

1943  Counter attack by Hermann Goering's Armoured division in Sicily

Nazi Politician
Hermann Goering

1943  US 45th Division occupies airport Comiso Sicily

1944  Franklin Roosevelt announces that he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States

1948  1st air bombing of Jerusalem

1952  General Eisenhower nominated as Republican US presidential candidate

34th US President & WWII General
Dwight D. Eisenhower

1955  Congress authorizes all US currency to say "In God We Trust"

1960  "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is first published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.

Author
Harper Lee

1962  1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)

1967  Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition

Country Singer
Kenny Rogers

1969  David Bowie releases the single "Space Oddity" 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon

Singer-Songwriter
David Bowie

1969  Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman"

1974  House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry

1977  US Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr

1979  US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates

1980  American hostage Richard Queen freed by Iran militants due to illness

1981  Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony

1988  Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor

1989  President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game

2001  Iraq resumes oil exports, ending a 5-week halt in protest of a US and British-sponsored UN Security Council resolution

2014  The UN Security Council calls for a special meeting to discuss the current Israel–Palestinian conflict; Israel continue attacks on Gaza

2015  Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from Altiplano maximum-security prison west of Mexico City via a specially constructed 1.5 km tunnel from his cell to a nearby house

Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
in American custody after being extradited to the United States

2018  Oldest stone tools outside Africa discovered in Lantian country, western China, estimated 2.12 million years old made by hominins

[IceWizard]

July 12 Birthdays



Brock Lesnar
WRESTLER

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1977

BIRTHPLACE
Webster, SD

AGE
41 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Milton Berle
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1908

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Mar 27, 2002 (age 93)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Erik Per Sullivan
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1991

BIRTHPLACE
Worcester, MA

AGE
27 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Bill Cosby
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1937

BIRTHPLACE
Philadelphia, PA

AGE
81 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Cheryl Ladd
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1951

BIRTHPLACE
Huron, SD

AGE
67 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Natalie DiDonato
REALITY STAR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1980

BIRTHPLACE
Pennsylvania

AGE
38 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Renee Graziano
REALITY STAR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1969

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
49 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Charlie Murphy
COMEDIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1959

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Apr 12, 2017 (age 57)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Loni Love
COMEDIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1971

BIRTHPLACE
Detroit, MI

AGE
47 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Henry David Thoreau
NOVELIST

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1817

BIRTHPLACE
Concord, MA

DEATH DATE
May 6, 1862 (age 44)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Richard Simmons
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1948

BIRTHPLACE
New Orleans, LA

AGE
70 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

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George Eastman
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1854

BIRTHPLACE
Waterville, NY

DEATH DATE
Mar 14, 1932 (age 77)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 12 Deaths




Lon Chaney Jr.
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
February 10, 1906

BIRTHPLACE
Oklahoma City, OK

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1973 (age 67)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius




Dolley Madison
POLITICAL WIFE

BIRTHDAY
May 20, 1768

BIRTHPLACE
Greensboro, NC

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1849 (age 81)

BIRTH SIGN
Taurus




Alexander Hamilton
POLITICIAN

BIRTHDAY
January 11, 1755

BIRTHPLACE
Saint Kitts And Nevis

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1804 (age 49)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn




Charles Rolls
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
August 27, 1877

BIRTHPLACE
England

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1910 (age 32)

BIRTH SIGN
Virgo




Ted Mack
TV SHOW HOST

BIRTHDAY
February 12, 1904

BIRTHPLACE
Greeley, CO

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1976 (age 72)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius

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Historical Events on July 12


1774  Citizens of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, pass a symbolic declaration of independence

1804  Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a pistol duel by Vice President Aaron Burr

1st US Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton


3rd Vice President of the United States
Aaron Burr

1812  US forces led by General Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)

1843  Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy

Religious Leader
Joseph Smith Jr

1859  Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts

1861  Wild Bill Hickok reputed to have shot and killed David McCanles, possibly his first kill. Hickok later acquitted after found he acted in self defense.

Folk Hero of the American Old West
Wild Bill Hickok

1862  US Congress authorizes Medal of Honor

1862  Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas

1878  Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500

1882  1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, D.C.

1900  114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)

1909  16th Amendment was passed by congress (power to tax incomes)

1920  Lithuania and USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent republic

1933  Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)

1934  US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned

1943  World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka - Russians defeat German forces in one of the largest ever tank battles

1950  Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death

1954  President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system

34th US President & WWII General
Dwight D. Eisenhower

1957  1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower

1957  US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer

1960  USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs

1962  1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)

1962  Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)

1966  10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record)

1966  US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia and Denver mints

1967  Race riot in Newark, New Jersey, 26 killed, 1,500 injured & over 1,000 arrested

1971  Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders

1972  Democrats nominated George McGovern for US president in Miami, Florida

1974  John Ehrlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights

1976  1st "Family Feud" game show debuts on ABC hosted by Richard Dawson

1979  "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers

Anti-disco baseball fans hold a 'Disco Sucks' sign during
Disco Demolition Night in Chicago, 1979

1982  FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail

1984  Geraldine Ferraro becomes 1st US female major-party VP candidate

1985  Doctors discover a cancerous growth in President Reagan's colon

US President & Actor
Ronald Reagan

1987  50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar

1988  USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit

1990  Boris Yeltsin quits the Soviet Communist Party

Russian President
Boris Yeltsin

1992  Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert

1993  7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed

2006  Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.

2016  Bernie Sanders endorses fellow Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a speech in New Hampshire

2017  Giant iceberg breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6,000 sq km in length

2018  World's longest fingernails cut off; Shridhar Chillal's nails measured 909.6cm after growing for 66 years

2018  US President Donald Trump arrives in the UK for a four-day visit amid protests

45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality
Donald Trump

[IceWizard]

July 13 Birthdays



Harrison Ford
MOVIE ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 13, 1942

BIRTHPLACE
Chicago, IL

AGE
77 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Bob Crane
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 13, 1928

BIRTHPLACE
Waterbury, CT

DEATH DATE
Jun 29, 1978 (age 49)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Patrick Stewart
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 13, 1940

BIRTHPLACE
Mirfield, England

AGE
78 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Cheech Marin
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 13, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
Los Angeles, CA

AGE
72 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ken Jeong
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 13, 1969

BIRTHPLACE
Detroit, MI

AGE
49 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Michael Spinks
BOXER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 13, 1956

BIRTHPLACE
St. Louis, MO

AGE
63 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 13 Deaths




Cory Monteith
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
May 11, 1982

BIRTHPLACE
Calgary, Canada

DEATH DATE
Jul 13, 2013 (age 31)

BIRTH SIGN
Taurus




George Steinbrenner
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 4, 1930

BIRTHPLACE
Rocky River, OH

DEATH DATE
Jul 13, 2010 (age 80)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Charles Bachman
COMPUTER SCIENTIST

BIRTHDAY
December 11, 1924

BIRTHPLACE
New York

DEATH DATE
Jul 13, 2017 (age 92)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Red Buttons
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
February 5, 1919

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 13, 2006 (age 87)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius

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Historical Events on July 13


1787  Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)

1832  Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft

1836  US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels

1837  Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace

Queen of the United Kingdom
Queen Victoria

1854  US forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua

1861  Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia

1862  Battle of Murfreesboro, fought in Rutherford County, Tennessee begins (Forrest's Raid), Confederate victory (US Civil War)

1863  Battle of Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana

1863  Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die

1863  Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi (Harrisburg) [->JUL 15]

1863  Rebellion at Morgan's, Ohio [->JUL 26]

1864  Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley

1865  Horace Greeley, founder and editor of the "New-York Tribune" reputedly advises his readers to "Go west young man"

1865  P. T. Barnum's museum burns down

Circus Showman and Businessman
P. T. Barnum

1868  Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

1898  San Francisco Ferry Building at foot of Market St opens

1919  Race riots in Longview and Gregg counties, Texas

1923  The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland" but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949

Dedication of the"Hollywoodland" sign

1923  American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews discovers the first recognised dinosaur eggs, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

1930  David Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"

1936  112°F (44°C), Mio, Michigan (state record)

1936  114°F (46°C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (state record)

1939  Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut

Singer and Actor
Frank Sinatra

1941  World War II: Montenegrins start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).

1942  5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by nazis

1942  German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages

1942  SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov Poland

1943  Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 lost by Germany

1953  Battle of the Kumsong River begins - last major battle of the Korean war

1960  US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate

35th US President
John F. Kennedy

1966  Richard Speck murders 8 nurses in Chicago

1967  Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die

1975  8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)

1977  NYC experiences 25 hr black-out

1978  BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"

Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious on stage during the band's last show at
Winterland in San Francisco, January 14, 1978

1978  Lee Lacocca fired as president of the Ford Motor Company by chairman Henry Ford II

1979  George Harrison releases single "Faster"

Singer-Songwriter
George Harrison

1982  Iran launches first attack into Iraq

1984  Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert

Hall of Fame rocker
Eddie Van Halen

1984  Jeff Beck quits Rod Stewart's tour after 7 shows

1987  Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials

Actress and Singer
Bette Midler

1994  Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years for attack on Nancy Kerrigan

1994  O.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing

NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal
O.J. Simpson

2015  Sandra Bland is found dead in Waller County jail, Texas after spending weekend in jail after a traffic offence. Her family disputes her supposed suicide

2016  Theresa May is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Conservative Party MPs

British Prime Minister
Theresa May

2018  Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay record $4.7 billion in damages in talc cancer case by jury in US state of Missouri

[IceWizard]

July 14 Birthdays



Woody Guthrie
FOLK SINGER


BIRTHDAY
July 14, 1912

BIRTHPLACE
Okemah, OK

DEATH DATE
Oct 3, 1967 (age 55)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Conor McGregor
MMA FIGHTER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1988

BIRTHPLACE
Dublin, Ireland

AGE
31 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Leonard Garcia
MMA FIGHTER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1979

BIRTHPLACE
Texas

AGE
40 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Sid Haig
MOVIE ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1939

BIRTHPLACE
Fresno, CA

AGE
79 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Polly Bergen
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 14, 1930

BIRTHPLACE
Knoxville, TN

DEATH DATE
Sep 20, 2014 (age 84)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jane Lynch
TV ACTRESS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1960

BIRTHPLACE
Evergreen Park, IL

AGE
58 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Vincent Pastore
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
The Bronx, NY

AGE
72 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Dale Robertson
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 14, 1923

BIRTHPLACE
Harrah, OK

DEATH DATE
Feb 27, 2013 (age 89)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




John Chancellor
NEWS ANCHOR

BIRTHDAY
July 14, 1927

BIRTHPLACE
Chicago, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1996 (age 68)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 14 Deaths



Billy the Kid
CRIMINAL

BIRTHDAY
November 23, 1859

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 14, 1881 (age 21)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Meredith MacRae
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
May 30, 1944

BIRTHPLACE
Houston, TX

DEATH DATE
Jul 14, 2000 (age 56)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini




Clarence White
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
June 7, 1944

BIRTHPLACE
Lewiston, ME

DEATH DATE
Jul 14, 1973 (age 29)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini

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Historical Events on July 14


1789  Bastille Day - the French Revolution begins with the fall of the Bastille Prison

Storming of the Bastille

1798  1st direct US federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves

1798  US Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing against government

1832  Opium exempted from federal tariff duty

1845  1st postmasters' provisional stamps issued, NYC

1850  1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration by Florida physician John Gorrie

1853  US President Franklin Pierce opens World Fair - Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York

14th US President
Franklin Pierce

1861  General McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia with 40,000 troops

1861  Naval Engagement at Wilmington North Carolina - USS Daylight establishes blockade

1863  Battle of Falling Waters, Maryland (Beaver Creek)

1863  Jews of Holstein Germany granted equality

1864  Gold is discovered in Helena, Montana

1868  Alvin J Fellows patents tape measure

1870  The United States Congress grants Mary Todd Lincoln a life pension in the amount of $3,000 a year

First Lady of the United States
Mary Todd Lincoln

1891  John T Smith patents corkboard

1911  46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines

1914  Robert Goddard is granted the first patent for liquid-fueled rocket design

Rocket Pioneer
Robert H. Goddard

1916  33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham SC (state record)

1921  Sacco & Vanzetti Trial: Sacco and Vanzetti are convicted murder and sentenced to death

1927  1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii

1933  Germany begins mandatory sterilization of people with hereditary illnesses

1933  All non-Nazi parties are banned in Germany

1934  116°F (47°C), Orogrande NM (state record, broken on June 27, 1994)

1936  116°F (47°C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record)

1938  Benito Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifesto

Italian Dictator
Benito Mussolini

1940  Due to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps

1941  6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp

1941  Cease fire of Joan of Arc (ends combat in Lebanon & Syria)

1941   Jam rationed in Holland

1942  1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork

1942  Riots against Jews in Amsterdam

1944  Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested

1945  Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan

1946  Dr Benjamin Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" published

Pediatrician
Benjamin Spock

1946  Mass murder of Jews in Kielce, Poland

1948  Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot near to the Italian Parliament in an assassination attempt

1950  RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea

1951  1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)

1953  1st US National monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver

1954  117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record)

1954  118°F (48°C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record)

1959  USS Long Beach, first nuclear powered cruiser launched at Quincy, Mass

1965  Israeli/Jordanian border fights

1966  Richard Speck rapes and kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory

1967  The Who begin a US tour opening for Herman's Hermits

1969  "Easy Rider", directed by Dennis Hopper, starring himself, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is released

Actor
Jack Nicholson

1969  The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation.

1972  Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee

1973  Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers

Singer
Phil Everly

1976  Jimmy Carter wins Democratic presidential nomination in NYC

39th US President
Jimmy Carter

1977  North Korea shoots down US helicopter, killing 3

1977  US House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

1983  US politician Crane (Rep-R-Il) and Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with page boys

1983  Mario Bros. is first released by Nintendo in Japan as an arcade game about an Italian-American plumber

1986  Motley Crue's Vince Neil begins 30 day sentence for vehicular homicide

1987  Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million

1987  Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony

1987  Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1987  Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law

1988   WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive

1992  Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery

1992  386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz, starting the open source operating system revolution. Linus Torvalds release "Linux" soon afterwards

Software Engineer
Linus Torvalds

2014  The Church of England votes in favor of allowing women to become bishops

2014  The death toll from the West African Ebola outbreak passes 500

2014  The Egyptian government propose a cease fire in the Israel–Gaza conflict

2014  After 7 days, Israel has struck Gaza 1320 times, while Gaza has fired 940 rockets at Israel

2015  Harper Lee's 2nd novel "Go Set A Watchman", an early 1957 version of "To Kill A Mocking Bird" goes on sale in 70 countries

Author
Harper Lee

2015  Scientists from the Large Hadron Collider announce the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark

2015  Arms deal agreed between 6 world powers and Iran limiting Iranian nuclear arms but ending sanctions

2018  Huge iceberg looming over Innaarsuit village, western Greenland prompts evacations in case it caves

2018  US President Donald Trump calls the EU a "trade foe" in interview with CBS ahead of meeting with Russian President Putin

45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality
Donald Trump

2018  Russian covert agent Maria Butina arrested by the FBI in Washington, D.C.., charged with being unregistered foreign agent

[IceWizard]

July 15 Birthdays



Linda Ronstadt
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 15, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
Tucson, AZ

AGE
72 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Joe Satriani
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
July 15, 1956

BIRTHPLACE
Long Island, NY

AGE
62 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Brigitte Nielsen
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 15, 1963

BIRTHPLACE
Rodovre, Denmark

AGE
55 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Terry O'Quinn
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 15, 1952

BIRTHPLACE
Sault Ste. Marie, MI

AGE
66 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Barry Goldwater Jr.
POLITICIAN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 15, 1938

BIRTHPLACE
Arizona

AGE
81 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Artimus Pyle
DRUMMER

BIRTHDAY
July 15, 1948

BIRTHPLACE
Louisville, KY

AGE
70 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Marky Ramone
DRUMMER

BIRTHDAY
July 15, 1956

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

AGE
62 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jesse Ventura
WRESTLER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 15, 1951

BIRTHPLACE
Minneapolis, MN

AGE
68 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 15 Deaths



John J. Pershing
WAR HERO

BIRTHDAY
September 13, 1860

BIRTHPLACE
Laclade, MO

DEATH DATE
Jul 15, 1948 (age 87)

BIRTH SIGN
Virgo




General
Tom Thumb

BIRTHDAY
January 4, 1838

BIRTHPLACE
Bridgeport, CT

DEATH DATE
Jul 15, 1883 (age 45)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn




Bert Convy
GAME SHOW HOST

BIRTHDAY
July 23, 1933

BIRTHPLACE
St. Louis, MO

DEATH DATE
Jul 15, 1991 (age 57)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo

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Martin Landau
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
June 20, 1928

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 15, 2017 (age 89)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini




Gianni Versace
FASHION DESIGNER

BIRTHDAY
December 2, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
Reggio Calabria, Italy

DEATH DATE
Jul 15, 1997 (age 50)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Robert Wadlow
8'11" and 400 lbs

BIRTHDAY
February 22, 1918

BIRTHPLACE
Alton, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 15, 1940 (age 22)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces

[IceWizard]

Historical Events on July 15


1779  American troops under General A Wayne conquer Fort Stony Point, NY

1799  The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign

French Emperor
Napoléon Bonaparte

1815  Napoleon surrenders to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon at Rochefort after his earlier defeat at the Battle of Waterloo

1830  Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk & Fox, sign fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri

1840  Great Britain, Russia, Austria and Prussia sign Quadruple Alliance

1862  CSS Arkansas vs USS Carondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo River

1863  President Davis orders service duty for confederate army

1864  Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard

1869  Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy

1870  Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US

1888  Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years

1898  Camillo Golgi discovers the Golgi Apparatus (a delicate network inside cells essential for the transmission and reception of information between cells)

Physician and Nobel Laureate
Camillo Golgi

1904  1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles

1911  46" of rain (beginning 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines

1912  British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect

1914  Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe

1915  The head of German propaganda in the US, Dr Heinrich Albert, loses his briefcase on a subway in New York City; an examination of its content reveals an extensive network of German espionage and subversion across the US

1916  22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record

1916  Boeing Company (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington

Aviation Pioneer
William Boeing

1918  World War I: Second Battle of Marne begins

1922  1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY Zoo


1927  Massacre in Vienna: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police

1929  1st airport hotel opens at Oakland, California

1932  US President Herbert Hoover cuts own salary 15%

31st US President
Herbert Hoover

1934  Continental Airlines commences operations.

1937  Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens

1937  Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China

1940  1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Illnois

1940  Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam

1940  Physicist Donald Kerst becomes the first person to accelerate electrons using electromagnetic induction, reaching energies of 2.3 MeV, when his betatron device (for particle acceleration) becomes operational

1941  Howard Florey and Norman Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)

Pathologist and Nobel Laureate
Howard Florey

1941  Britain's MAUDE Report edited by James Chadwick approved, concludes an atomic bomb is feasible

Physicist
James Chadwick

1942  1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz

1942  Dutch Jews invoked for "Labor camps"

1944  Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb

1948  Israel bombs Cairo during Arab-Israeli War

1948  Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain

1948  US President Harry Truman nominated for another term (Philadelphia)

1954  110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)

1954  1st commercial jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)

1958  President Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months

34th US President & WWII General
Dwight D. Eisenhower

1960  Chubby Checker releases his version of "The Twist" in the US (date approximate)

Young people in Berlin taking part in the Twist dance craze, 1964

1961  Spain accepts equal rights for men and women

1963  Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding

Musician and Beatle
Paul McCartney

1964  Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans

1965  "Mariner IV" sends back 1st pictures of Mars

1968  "One Life to Live", American soap opera, premieres on TV

1968  Commercial air travel begins between US & USSR

1971  US President Richard Nixon announces he will visit the People's Republic of China

37th US President
Richard Nixon

1972  "Honky Chateau" becomes Elton John's first No. 1 album in the US, includes hit "Rocket Man"

Singer
Elton John

1973  Ray Davies announces his retirement from The Kinks then attempts suicide

1974  Television new reporter Christine Chubbuck shoots herself live on TV WXLT-TV, Florida, first person to commit suicide in a live broadcast

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1976  36-hr kidnap of 26 school children and their bus driver in California

1982  Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle

1982  Senate confirms George P Shultz as US 60th Secretary of State by vote of 97-0

1983  Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance"

1984  John Lennon's "I'm Stepping Out" released posthumously

Musician and Beatle
John Lennon

1987  Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence

Singer-Songwriter
Boy George

1987  John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings

1991  US troops leave northern Iraq

1992  Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed

264th Pope
John Paul II

1994  Israel and Jordan agree to talks in Washington, D.C. on July 25th

1994  Hundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire in the Congo near the end of the Rwandan Genocide

1995  Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540

1996  MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV

1996  Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake

1997  Jerold Mackenzie awarded $26.6M (later reduced to $625,000) for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker

1998  Donatella Versace launches her first couture collection for her brother's Versace label, a year after his murder

1999  Scientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah's disappearance 100 years later; The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer which did not reach its destination in 1909, and no trace of the wreckage was ever found

2002  "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony

2002  Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl

2003  AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.

2013  13 people are killed by a car bomb in Deir Atiyah, Syria

2014  Israel announces it has officially voted to accept the ceasefire proposed by Egypt; Hamas reject, saying they were not consulted

2016  Attempted military coup in Turkey fails, nearly 300 killed, 6,000 then arrested

2018  8-year-old girl finds pre-Viking-era sword in Vidostern lake, Sweden, internet proclaims her Queen of Sweden

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July 16 Birthdays



Barbara Stanwyck
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 16, 1907

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Jan 20, 1990 (age 82)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ginger Rogers
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 16, 1911

BIRTHPLACE
Independence, MO

DEATH DATE
Apr 25, 1995 (age 83)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Phoebe Cates
MOVIE ACTRESS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 16, 1963

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
55 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Corey Feldman
MOVIE ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 16, 1971

BIRTHPLACE
Los Angeles, CA

AGE
47 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Will Ferrell
MOVIE ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 16, 1967

BIRTHPLACE
Irvine, CA

AGE
52 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Orville Redenbacher
ENTREPRENEUR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 16, 1907

BIRTHPLACE
Brazil, IN

DEATH DATE
Sep 19, 1995 (age 88)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




July 16 Deaths




John F. Kennedy Jr.
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
November 25, 1960

BIRTHPLACE
Washington, DC

DEATH DATE
Jul 16, 1999 (age 38)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




James Gammon
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
April 20, 1940

BIRTHPLACE
Newman, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 16, 2010 (age 70)

BIRTH SIGN
Taurus




Kitty Wells
COUNTRY SINGER

BIRTHDAY
August 30, 1919

BIRTHPLACE
Nashville, TN

DEATH DATE
Jul 16, 2012 (age 92)

BIRTH SIGN
Virgo

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Johnny Winter
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
February 23, 1944

BIRTHPLACE
Beaumont, TX

DEATH DATE
Jul 16, 2014 (age 70)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces




Harry Chapin
FOLK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
December 7, 1942

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 16, 1981 (age 38)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




George A. Romero
DIRECTOR

BIRTHDAY
February 4, 1940

BIRTHPLACE
The Bronx, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 16, 2017 (age 77)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius




Mary Todd Lincoln
POLITICAL WIFE

BIRTHDAY
December 13, 1818

BIRTHPLACE
Lexington, KY

DEATH DATE
Jul 16, 1882 (age 63)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius

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Historical Events on July 16


1439  Kissing is banned in England (to stop the Black Death from spreading)

1519  Public debate between Martin Luther and theologian Johann Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Liepzig, during which Luther denies the divine right of the Pope

Founder of Protestanism
Martin Luther

1661  1st banknotes in Europe are issued by Bank of Stockholm

The first European banknote,
issued by Stockholms Banco of Sweden

1755  John Adams graduates Harvard

2nd US President
John Adams

1782  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" premieres in Vienna with Mozart conducting

Classical Musician and Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1790  Congress declares the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, the permanent capital of the United States

1862  David Farragut is 1st Rear Admiral in US Navy

US Civil War Admiral
David Farragut

1867  D.R. Averill of Ohio patents ready-mixed paint

1867  Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete

1894  Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners

1920  China joins the League of Nations

1924  Conference over German recovery payments begins in London

1925  The first parliament in Iraq opened by King Feisal in Baghdad

1935  First automatic parking meter in the United States is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1936  1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY

1940  Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion)

Dictator of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler

1941  100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle, Washington

1942  French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris

1942  Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp

1945  1st test detonation of an atomic bomb, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the US Manhattan Project

'Calutron Girls' monitoring a mass spectrometer during the Manhattan Project.
Gladys Owens, in the foreground, did not know what she was involved with
until seeing this picture on a tour fifty years later.

1945  Cruiser Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with atom bomb

1946  US court martial sentences 46 members of the SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau

1951  Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published by Little Brown and Company

Novelist
J. D. Salinger

1956  Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent

1957  US Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08)

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth,
getting into his spacecraft Freedom 7 in 1962

1964  Republican convention selects Barry Goldwater as presidential candidate

1969  Apollo 11 launched, carrying 1st men to land on Moon

Buzz Aldrin's bootprint, one of the first steps taken on the Moon

1970  Iraq's constitution goes into effect

1972  Smokey Robinson & Miracles final live performance

1973  During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes

1976  Rock duo Loggins & Messina break-up after 6 years

1979  Premier/pres al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein

Iraqi President and Dictator
Saddam Hussein

[1980  [b]Ronald Reagan nominated for US President by Republicans in Detroit

US President & Actor
Ronald Reagan

1982  George P. Shultz is sworn in as the 60th US Secretary of State

1982  CDC report on AIDS symptoms in three hemophiliacs

1987  Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site

1990  Civil trial by parents of Suicide victims against Judas Priest begins

1990  NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-no fatalities

1994  Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1st collides with Jupiter (collisions continue until 22 July)

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1999  John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.

Publisher and Lawyer
John F. Kennedy Jr.

2004  Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators

Business Magnate and TV Personality
Martha Stewart

2014  Bashar al-Assad is sworn in for a third term as President of Syria

President of Syria
Bashar al-Assad

2014  Death toll within Gaza surpasses 200 people following air strikes by Israel

2014  Hamas and Islamic Jihad offer Israel a 10-year truce with 10 conditions, which include lifting the blockade and the release of prisoners; it is rejected

2014  Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza

2016  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announces Indiana governor Mike Pence as his Vice Presidential running mate

45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality
Donald Trump


48th Vice President of the United States
Mike Pence

2018  US President Donald Trump appears to accept the word of Russian President Vladimir Putin over US intelligence services about Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, in an interview after the two leader's Helsinki Summit

Russian President
Vladimir Putin

2018  12 new moons discovered orbiting Jupiter bringing planet's moon total to 79, by scientists at Carnegie Institution for Science

2018  Historic cemetery (1878-1911) announced discovered near Houston, Texas, containing 95 remains though to be African Americans forced into labour

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July 17 Birthdays



Geezer Butler
METAL SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1949

BIRTHPLACE
Birmingham, England

AGE
69 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




David Hasselhoff
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1952

BIRTHPLACE
Baltimore, MD

AGE
66 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Donald Sutherland
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1935

BIRTHPLACE
Saint John, Canada

AGE
83 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




James Cagney
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1899

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Mar 30, 1986 (age 86)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Angela Merkel
WORLD LEADER

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1954

BIRTHPLACE
Hamburg, Germany

AGE
64 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ali Khamenei
WORLD LEADER

BIRTHDAY
July 17, 1939

BIRTHPLACE
Mashhad, Iran

AGE
79 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 17 Deaths




Don Rich
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
August 15, 1941

BIRTHPLACE
Washington

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1974 (age 32)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo




Mickey Spillane
NOVELIST

BIRTHDAY
March 9, 1918

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 2006 (age 88)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces




James McNeill Whistler
PAINTER

BIRTHDAY
July 11, 1834

BIRTHPLACE
Lowell, MA

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1903 (age 69)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Bruiser Brody
WRESTLER

BIRTHDAY
June 18, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
Detroit, MI

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1988 (age 42)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini

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Walter Cronkite
NEWS ANCHOR

BIRTHDAY
November 4, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
Saint Joseph, MO

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 2009 (age 92)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio




Dizzy Dean
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
January 16, 1910

BIRTHPLACE
Lucas, AR

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1974 (age 64)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn




Ty Cobb
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
December 18, 1886

BIRTHPLACE
Narrows, GA

DEATH DATE
Jul 17, 1961 (age 74)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius

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Historical Events on July 17


1603  Sir Walter Raleigh arrested by forces of King James

Explorer
Walter Raleigh

1717  George Frideric Handel's "Water Music" premieres on the river Thames in London

Composer
George Frideric Handel

1816  "L'Argus" accidentally discovers raft holding survivors from wrecked French frigate "Méduse." After 13 days at sea only 15 of 151 remain, the rest having been cannibalised, murdered, or committed suicide. This event was made famous by Théodore Gericault’s painting "The Raft of the Medusa"

1821  Spain cedes Florida to the US

1861  US Congress authorizes paper money

1861  At Manassas, Virginia General Beauregard requests reinforcements for his 22,000 men, General Johnston is ordered to Manassas

1862  Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River Mississippi: USS Potomac Expedition

1862  US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers

1862  John Hunt Morgan's raid reaches Cynthiana, Kentucky

1863  Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory

1864  CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood

1867  1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established

1897  1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon

1898  Spanish American War: Spaniards surrender to US forces at Santiago de Cuba

1917  Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor

King of the United Kingdom
George V

1918  The Romanov royal family and several of their retainers are executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in the basement of Ipatiev House, in Yekaterinburg, Siberia

The basement room in Ipatiev House where the Romanov royal family and their staff were executed.
The holes in the walls are from investigators searching for bullets.

1929  USSR breaks diplomatic relations with China

1935  "Variety" publishes famous headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix"

1938  Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan leaves NY flying for LA, winds up in Ireland supposedly by mistake

1942  3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15

1942  Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)

1944  2 ammunition ships explode at Port Chicago, California, killing 322

1945  Potsdam Conference: Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill hold 1st meeting

Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Josef Stalin in the garden of
Cecilienhof Palace before meeting for the Potsdam Conference

1948  Israeli army captures Nazareth

1948  Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea

1948  US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen encounters children in at Templehof Airport in Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, giving him the idea to drop candy in 'Operation Little Vittles'

Children in Berlin await US aircraft dropping candy over
the city during the Berlin Airlift in 1948

1954  Construction of Disneyland commences

1955  Arco, Idaho, becomes 1st US city lit by nuclear power

1955  Disneyland televises its grand opening in Anaheim, California.

1959  Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovers partial skull of a new species of early human ancestor, Zinjanthropus boisei or 'Zinj' (now called Paranthropus boisei) lived in Africa almost 2 million years ago

Paleoanthropologist
Mary Leakey

1959  "North by Northwest" directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint premieres in Los Angeles

Director
Alfred Hitchcock

1961  John Chancellor becomes news anchor of "Today Show"

1962  Senate rejects medicare for aged

1967  Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act

1968  The Beatles' animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London

1970  30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC

1972  1st 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico

1974  John Lennon is ordered to leave US in 60 days

Musician and Beatle
John Lennon

1980  Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for US president

US President & Actor
Ronald Reagan

1981  Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut

1981  Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta

1983  1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22)

1984  US passes National Minimum Drinking Age Act, prohibiting under 21's from buying or possessing alcohol as a condition of receiving State highway funds

1987  10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)

1987  Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time

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1988  Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103°F (39°C)

1989  1st test flight of US stealth bomber

1994  Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship

Professional Wrestler
Hulk Hogan

1995  Forbes Magazine announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world with a net worth of $12.9 billion dollars

Microsoft Founder
Bill Gates

1996  Paris-bound flight TWA 800, explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board the Boeing 747

1998  Russia buries Tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died

Tsar
Nicholas II

2013  U2 singer Bono is made a Commandeur of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Rocker
Bono

2014  Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board

2014  5 hour humanitarian ceasefire, proposed by the UN, takes place between Israel and Hamas

2015  Suicide bomber in Khan Bani Saad, Iraq, kills 120, ISIS claims responsibilty

2015  Scientists solve mystery of sleeping sickness in two villages in northern Kazakhstan - uranium mining had caused increase in carbon monoxide

2017  The Muppets Studio in firing the voice of Kermit the Frog, Steve Whitmire, blame his “unacceptable business conduct”

2018  Oldest evidence of bread, made from wild grains, discovered by archaeologists in 14,000 year-old dig in the Black Desert, Jordon