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195th day of 2010 - 170 remaining
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
BABY BOOK DAY
On this day in 1946, Dr. Benjamin Spock’s Baby and Child Care was first published. The book quickly became one of the most widely-discussed books ever published -- and one of the most widely sold. In fact, Dr. Spock’s baby book sold more copies than any book other than the Bible.
Over three generations of parents have reared their children according to Dr. Spock’s philosophy of sparing the rod and trying to understand a child’s needs. “I wanted to be supportive of parents rather than to scold them,” Dr. Spock once commented. “The book set out very deliberately to counteract some of the rigidities of pediatric tradition, particularly in infant feeding. It emphasized the importance of great differences between individual babies, of the need for flexibility and of the lack of necessity to worry constantly about spoiling.”
Dr. Benjamin Spock died Sunday, March 15, 1998.
Events July 14
1789 - This was the day the French Revolution began -- at the fall of the Bastille. It is still celebrated in many countries throughout the world and is a public holiday in France; generally called Bastille Day or Fete National. It is considered the day freedom was born in France.
1868 - Alvin J. Fellows of New Haven, CT patented the tape measure. Alvin’s measurements: 40-46-42.
1908 - The Adventures of Dolly opened at the Union Square Theatre in New York City. It was the first film release for director D.W. Griffith.
1911 - For the first time, a pilot flew an airplane onto the lawn of the White House! Harry N. Atwood flew in to accept an award from President William Taft. There wasn’t a National Airport at the time, you see. Today, if you land a plane on the White House lawn, you do so at your own risk. If you don’t get shot out of the sky first, you’ll probably receive a hail of bullets from the Secret Service as a welcoming salute. It’s not that people don’t keep trying. In 1994, a small plane crashed on the lawn and slammed into the White House, killing the pilot.
1914 - Robert H. Goddard of Worcester, MA patented liquid rocket fuel on this day.
1942 - Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly sang their last duet together as they recorded the famous Brazil with the Jimmy Dorsey band.
1945 - The battleship U.S.S. South Dakota became the first ship to bombard Japan. The South Dakota was also the Navy’s most decorated ship of World War II.
1951 - In his last race, Citation became the winningest thoroughbred in horse racing as he won the Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park. Citation earned a total of $1,085,760 in his career.
1951 - The first sports event to be shown in color was the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Oceanport, New Jersey. The historic event was seen over CBS-TV this day, but not by many. A color TV system for wide use wouldn’t be available until the 1960s.
1957 - Funnyman Stan Freberg debuted a new weekly comedy program on CBS radio beginning this night. Freberg was a late entry into the radio program race, though he was well known for many famous radio commercials over the years. The Freberg show only lasted a short time and that newfangled contraption, television, was blamed for the show’s quick demise.
1958 - The Iraqi army overthrew the royal monarchy. Brigadier Abd al Karim Qasim and Colonel Abd as Salaam Arif led the way to replace the monarchy with a republic.
1962 - Bobby Vinton’s Roses are Red became the top song in the U.S. The song stayed at the top for four weeks and was the first of four #1 hits for Vinton. The others were: Blue Velvet, There! I’ve Said It Again and Mr. Lonely. Roses are Red was also Vinton’s first million-seller. He had two others: I Love How You Love Me (which made it to #9 in 1968) and My Melody of Love (which hit #3 in 1974.)
1965 - Adlai E. Stevenson collapsed and died in London. Stevenson was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency twice. He lost to Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956.
1967 - Eddie Mathews of the Houston Astros hit career homer #500.
1967 - The Who began their first American tour -- as the opening act for Herman’s Hermits on their U.S. tour.
1968 - Hank Aaron hit his 500th career home run -- in Atlanta, GA -- leading the Braves to a 4-2 win over the San Francisco Giants. (In April of 1974, Hammerin’ Hank eclipsed the old home-run mark [714] held by Babe Ruth.)
1972 - The U.S. State Department criticized actress Jane Fonda for making anti-war radio broadcasts in Hanoi, calling them “distressing.”
1972 - The temperature rose to 128 degrees in Death Valley, Calfornia. What was the highest temperature ever in Death Valley? 134 degrees on July 10, 1913.
1976 - Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination by an overwhelming margin at the party’s convention in New York City.
1981 - The All-Star Game was postponed because of a 33-day-old baseball players strike. Still, some 15,000 fans showed up to boo the players and to see an imaginary game! The 52nd All-Star classic was not held until August 9th (in Cleveland Municipal Stadium).
1985 - Baltimore defeated Oakland, 28-24, to clinch their second consecutive United States Football League championship. The game was also significant, in that it brought the curtain down on the league’s spring schedule. Total losses were estimated at $63 million for all 14 teams. The USFL quickly faded away when owners refused to incur further losses. Plans calling for the league to resume play in the fall of 1986 never materialized.
1987 - The second-longest game in All-Star Game history was played as the National League defeated the American League in a 2-0 shutout in 13 innings. The game was played in Oakland, CA and lasted 3 hours, 39 minutes.
1989 - The sixteenth James Bond movie, License to Kill, premiered. Timothy Dalton is Bond, James Bond.
1991 - U.S. and Soviet negotiators in Washington continued work on trying to complete a treaty slashing long-range nuclear arsenals.
1997 - Two million people took to the streets across Spain to mourn the death of Miguel Angel Blanco, a popular member of the Blanco town council, and to condemn the Basque separatist guerrillas who killed him.
1999 - Muppets from Space opened in the U.S. The family flick stars DAVE Goelz as Gonzo the Great and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew; Bill Barretta as Pepe the Prawn (and others); Jerry Nelson as Sergeant Floyd Pepper (and others); Brian Henson as Dr. Phil Van Neuter, Sal Minella and Talking Sandwich; Kevin Clash as Clifford; Frank Oz as Miss Piggy (and others); Jeffrey Tambor as K. Edgar ‘Ed’ Singer and Ambassador Zongo; and others.
2000 - A jury ordered the U.S. tobacco industry to pay $145 billion in punitive damages to sick Florida smokers. It was a “record-shattering verdict” that the cigarette companies claimed would amount to a death warrant.
2000 - in the U.S.: X-Men debuted in U.S. theatres. The sci-fi thriller stars Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian Mckellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Halle Berry and Anna Paquin.
2001 - In a boost for President George W. Bush’s hopes to build a defense against ballistic missile attack, the Pentagon scored a hit with an interceptor missile. The missile soared into space from a tiny Pacific isle and destroyed its target, a mock nuclear warhead.
2001 - Katharine Graham, the 84-year-old chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Post Company, suffered a head injury in a fall at Sun Valley, Idaho. She died three days later. (Graham had been attending a conference of media executives at Sun Valley.)
2002 - Joaquin Balaguer, ruler of the Dominican Republic for 22 years, died at age 95.
2003 - In a column published on this day, Robert Novak identified Valerie Plame as a CIA ‘operative on weapons of mass destruction’. Former Ambassador Joe Wilson, Plame’s husband and an outspoken critic of the Bush (II) administration’s Iraq policy, later blamed the White House for disclosing to Novak that his wife was a CIA operative.
2004 - The U.S. Senate voted down a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. 48 senators voted to advance the measure -- 12 short of the 60 needed. 50 voted to block it.
2005 - The 7th World Games opened in Duisburg, Germany. More than 3000 athletes competed in 39 non-olympic sports.
2006 - The Sawtooth Complex fire in southern California merged with one called the Millard fire, creating a 69,000-acre blaze. About 1,800 firefighters were battling the fire which had destroyed 45 homes.
2007 - The Los Angeles Catholic archdiocese agreed to a landmark $660 million clergy abuse settlement. Some 500 claimants would get an average payout in excess of $1.3 million.
2008 - Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, said it had agreed to buy 45 Boeing passenger jets worth 9.4 billion dollars (5.9 billion euros). Airbus beat Boeing to the top order from the national airline of the UAE, inking a deal for 55 planes worth $11 billion on the first day of the week-long Farnborough International Airshow outside London.
2008 - The editor of The New Yorker magazine defended a satirical cover by cartoonist Barry Blitt, which depicted Senator Barack Obama in Muslim garb and his wife as an Afro-sporting gun packer.
2009 - The Bracelet of Bordeaux opened in U.S movie theatres. The pre-teen action flick stars Ally Claire Carson, Kelsey Edwards, Shane Kelly, Shane Savage and Corey Sorensen.
2009 - Episcopalians meeting in Anaheim, New York, declared gays and lesbians eligible for any ordained ministry.
2010 - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice opened in U.S. movie houses. The action adventure comedy stars Jay Baruchel, Nicolas Cage, Monica Bellucci, Alfred Molina and Toby Kebbell)
Birthdays July 14
1862 - Florence Bascom
geologist: first woman geologist appointed to the U.S. Geological Survey and first to be elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America; associate editor: American Geologist; educator: Bryn Mawr, Ohio State; 1st woman to receive a doctorate degree: Johns Hopkins University [1893]; died June 18, 1945
1898 - Happy Chandler
baseball executive: ommissioner through 6 turbulent years [1945-1951], including the debut of Jackie Robinson, the raiding of the Majors by the Mexican League and charges of monopoly against the game; died Jun 15, 1991
1901 - George Tobias
actor: The Phynx, The Glass Bottom Boat, A New Kind of Love, Silk Stockings, The Seven Little Foys, The Glenn Miller Story; died Feb 27, 1980
1903 - Ken Murray (Don Court)
actor: Follow Me, Boys!, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Marshall’s Daughter; died Oct 12, 1988
1903 - Irving Stone (Tennenbaum)
novelist: Lust for Life, Love is Eternal, The Agony and the Ecstasy; died Aug 26, 1989
1906 - Olive Borden
actress [‘The Joy Girl’]: Three Bad Men, The Yankee Senor, Chloe, Love Is Calling You, Leave It to Me, Hello Sister, Sinners in Love, Gang War, The Joy Girl, Yellow Fingers; died Oct 1, 1947
1910 - William Hanna
cartoonist: half of Hanna-Barbera team: The Flintstones; died Mar 22, 2001
1911 - Terry-Thomas (Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens)
actor: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River; died Jan 8, 1990
1912 - Woody (Woodrow Wilson) Guthrie
‘father of modern American folk music’: singer, songwriter: This Land is Your Land, Hard Travelin’, Union Maid, So Long It’s Been Good to Know Yuh, Dirty Overhalls, Pretty Boy Floyd, The Sinking of the Reuben James, more than 1,000 original songs; father of folk singer Arlo Guthrie; died Oct 3, 1967
1913 - Gerald R. Ford (Leslie King, Jr.: changed name to Gerald Ford after his adoptive father)
38th U.S. President [1974-1977]; married to Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Bloomer [three sons, one daughter]; nickname: Jerry; first non-elected vice president and president: Vice President under President Richard Nixon, assumed presidency upon resignation of Nixon; one of seven left-handed Presidents [others were/are: James A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S Truman, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton]; died Dec 26, 2006
1917 - Douglas Edwards
TV’s first evening news anchor: CBS; TV panel moderator: Masquerade Party; host: F.Y.I., The Eyes Have It, Armstrong Circle Theatre; died Oct 13, 1990
1918 - Ingmar Bergman
Academy Award-winning director: Through a Glass Darkly [1961]; The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander; died July 30, 2007
1918 - Arthur Laurents
playwright: Home of the Brave, Summertime, Gypsy, The Turning Point, The Way We Were, Anastasia
1923 - Frances Lear
magazine publisher: Lear’s; married to TV producer Norman Lear; died Sep 30, 1996
1923 - Dale Robertson
actor: The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang, Melvin Purvis: G-Man, Kansas City Massacre, Son of Sinbad, Tales of Wells Fargo, J.J. Starbuck, Death Valley Days
1926 - Harry Dean Stanton
actor: Down Periscope, Never Talk to Strangers, Against the Wall, Wild at Heart, Twister, The Last Temptation of Christ, Red Dawn, Christine, Paris, Texas, Repo Man, Young Doctors in Love, Escape from New York, Private Benjamin, Death Watch, The Rose, Alien, The Godfather, Part 2, Kelly’s Heroes, Cool Hand Luke, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Two-Lane Blacktop
1927 - John (William) Chancellor
radio/TV newscaster: NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor; commentaries: The Huntley-Brinkley Report, Chicago Sun Times, WMAQ radio, Today; director: Voice of America; died July 12, 1996
1928 - Nancy Olson
actress: Sunset Boulevard, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, Snowball Express
1930 - Polly Bergen (Nellie Burgin)
actress: The Winds of War, Cry-Baby, Escape from Fort Bravo; TV panelist: To Tell the Truth
1931 - Robert Stephens
actor: The Secret Rapture, Chaplin, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Henry V, Empire of the Sun, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A Taste of Honey; died Nov 12, 1995
1932 - Roosevelt ‘Rosey’ Grier
football: one of the LA Rams ‘Fearsome Foursome’ [w/Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy and Merlin Olsen]; actor: Sophisticated Gents, The Big Push, The Seekers; minister
1932 - Del (Franklin Delano) Reeves
singer: Slow Hand, Be Quiet Mind, The Girl on the Billboard, Looking at the World through a Windshield, The Philadelphia Phillies; films: Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar, Forty Acre Feud; died Jan 1, 2007
1934 - Lee Elder
golf: 5-time United Golf Association Champion, PGA winner: Monsanto Open [1974], Houston Open [1976]
1944 - Lynn Loring
actress: Kansas City Massacre, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
1946 - Cubby O’Brien
actor: The Mickey Mouse Club; musician: drums: played for The Carpenters during tours
1947 - Steve (Steven Michael) Stone
baseball: pitcher: SF Giants, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles [World Series: 1979/Cy Young Award: 1980/all-star: 1980]; sportscaster
1948 - Earl (Craig) Williams
baseball: Atlanta Braves [Rookie of the Year: 1971], Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Oakland Athletics
1952 - Chris Cross (Allen or St. John)
musician: bass, synthesizer: group: Ultravox: Vienna, All Stood Still, The Thin Wall, The Voice, Reap the Wild Wind, Hymn, Visions in Blue
1952 - Jerry Houser
actor: A Very Brady Christmas, Slap Shot, Class of ’44, Summer of ’42
1952 - Stan Shaw
actor: Detonator, Snake Eyes, Houseguest, Rising Son, When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn, Body of Evidence, Fried Green Tomatoes
1960 - Ray Herndon
musician: guitar, songwriter, singer: Gotta Get Your Heart Right, Is This Lonely, My Dog Thinks I’m Elvis, Livin’ the Dream, Bloodshot Eyes/Take the a Train, Me and You
1961 - Jackie Earle Haley
actor: Little Children, All the King’s Men, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence, Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story, Dollman, The Zoo Gang, Every Stray Dog and Kid
1966 - Matthew Fox
actor: Lost, A Token for Your Thoughts, Behind the Mask, If I Die Before I Wake, My Boyfriend’s Back, We Are Marshall
1966 - Ellen Reid
musician: piano, keyboards and accordion; singer: group: Crash Test Dummies: Keep a Lid on Things, Get You in the Morning, Superman’ Song, Androgynous, The Ghosts That Haunt Me, Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
1967 - Robin Ventura
baseball: Oklahoma State Univ; Chicago White Sox, NY Mets, NY Yankees, LA Dodgers
1969 - Jose Hernandez
baseball: Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, LA Dodgers
1970 - Missy Gold
actress: Little Mo, Benson, Twirl
1970 - Josh Miller
football [punter]: Univ of Arizona; NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers, NE Patriots
1974 - Erick Dampier
basketball: Mississippi State Univ; Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks
1974 - Nathan Dempsey
hockey: Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, LA Kings
1975 - Tim Hudson
baseball [pitcher]; Univ of Auburn; Oakland Athletics, Atlanta Braves
1975 - Taboo (Jaime Luis Gomez)
rapper: group: Black Eyed Peas: Let’s Get It Started, Hey Mama, Where Is the Love, Shut Up, Request Line, Weekends; actor: Dirty, Be Cool
1978 - Jerry Porter
football [wide receiver]: Univ of West Virginia; NFL: Oakland Raiders
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Chart Toppers July 14
1949Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como
Bali Ha’i - Perry Como
Again - Gordon Jenkins
One Kiss Too Many - Eddy Arnold
1958The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley
Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson
Guess Things Happen that Way - Johnny Cash
1967Windy - The Association
Little Bit o’ Soul - The Music Explosion
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli
All the Time - Jack Greene
1976Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans
I’ll Be Good to You - Brothers Johnson
The Door is Always Open - DAVE & Sugar
1985A View to a Kill - Duran Duran
Raspberry Beret - Prince & The Revolution
The Search is Over - Survivor
Forgiving You was Easy - Willie Nelson
1994I Swear - All-4-One
Any Time, Any Place/And On and On - Janet Jackson
Don’t Turn Around - Ace of Base
Wink - Neal McCoy
2003Miss Independent - Kelly Clarkson
Crazy In Love - Beyoncé Knowles featuring Jay-Z
I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey featuring The Flipmode Squad
Beer for My Horses - Toby Keith (with Willie Nelson)
Happy Birthday Ellen Reid of Crash Test Dummies
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195th day of 2010 - 170 remaining
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
BABY BOOK DAY
On this day in 1946, Dr. Benjamin Spock’s Baby and Child Care was first published. The book quickly became one of the most widely-discussed books ever published -- and one of the most widely sold. In fact, Dr. Spock’s baby book sold more copies than any book other than the Bible.
Over three generations of parents have reared their children according to Dr. Spock’s philosophy of sparing the rod and trying to understand a child’s needs. “I wanted to be supportive of parents rather than to scold them,” Dr. Spock once commented. “The book set out very deliberately to counteract some of the rigidities of pediatric tradition, particularly in infant feeding. It emphasized the importance of great differences between individual babies, of the need for flexibility and of the lack of necessity to worry constantly about spoiling.”
Dr. Benjamin Spock died Sunday, March 15, 1998.
Events July 14
1789 - This was the day the French Revolution began -- at the fall of the Bastille. It is still celebrated in many countries throughout the world and is a public holiday in France; generally called Bastille Day or Fete National. It is considered the day freedom was born in France.
1868 - Alvin J. Fellows of New Haven, CT patented the tape measure. Alvin’s measurements: 40-46-42.
1908 - The Adventures of Dolly opened at the Union Square Theatre in New York City. It was the first film release for director D.W. Griffith.
1911 - For the first time, a pilot flew an airplane onto the lawn of the White House! Harry N. Atwood flew in to accept an award from President William Taft. There wasn’t a National Airport at the time, you see. Today, if you land a plane on the White House lawn, you do so at your own risk. If you don’t get shot out of the sky first, you’ll probably receive a hail of bullets from the Secret Service as a welcoming salute. It’s not that people don’t keep trying. In 1994, a small plane crashed on the lawn and slammed into the White House, killing the pilot.
1914 - Robert H. Goddard of Worcester, MA patented liquid rocket fuel on this day.
1942 - Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly sang their last duet together as they recorded the famous Brazil with the Jimmy Dorsey band.
1945 - The battleship U.S.S. South Dakota became the first ship to bombard Japan. The South Dakota was also the Navy’s most decorated ship of World War II.
1951 - In his last race, Citation became the winningest thoroughbred in horse racing as he won the Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park. Citation earned a total of $1,085,760 in his career.
1951 - The first sports event to be shown in color was the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Oceanport, New Jersey. The historic event was seen over CBS-TV this day, but not by many. A color TV system for wide use wouldn’t be available until the 1960s.
1957 - Funnyman Stan Freberg debuted a new weekly comedy program on CBS radio beginning this night. Freberg was a late entry into the radio program race, though he was well known for many famous radio commercials over the years. The Freberg show only lasted a short time and that newfangled contraption, television, was blamed for the show’s quick demise.
1958 - The Iraqi army overthrew the royal monarchy. Brigadier Abd al Karim Qasim and Colonel Abd as Salaam Arif led the way to replace the monarchy with a republic.
1962 - Bobby Vinton’s Roses are Red became the top song in the U.S. The song stayed at the top for four weeks and was the first of four #1 hits for Vinton. The others were: Blue Velvet, There! I’ve Said It Again and Mr. Lonely. Roses are Red was also Vinton’s first million-seller. He had two others: I Love How You Love Me (which made it to #9 in 1968) and My Melody of Love (which hit #3 in 1974.)
1965 - Adlai E. Stevenson collapsed and died in London. Stevenson was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency twice. He lost to Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956.
1967 - Eddie Mathews of the Houston Astros hit career homer #500.
1967 - The Who began their first American tour -- as the opening act for Herman’s Hermits on their U.S. tour.
1968 - Hank Aaron hit his 500th career home run -- in Atlanta, GA -- leading the Braves to a 4-2 win over the San Francisco Giants. (In April of 1974, Hammerin’ Hank eclipsed the old home-run mark [714] held by Babe Ruth.)
1972 - The U.S. State Department criticized actress Jane Fonda for making anti-war radio broadcasts in Hanoi, calling them “distressing.”
1972 - The temperature rose to 128 degrees in Death Valley, Calfornia. What was the highest temperature ever in Death Valley? 134 degrees on July 10, 1913.
1976 - Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination by an overwhelming margin at the party’s convention in New York City.
1981 - The All-Star Game was postponed because of a 33-day-old baseball players strike. Still, some 15,000 fans showed up to boo the players and to see an imaginary game! The 52nd All-Star classic was not held until August 9th (in Cleveland Municipal Stadium).
1985 - Baltimore defeated Oakland, 28-24, to clinch their second consecutive United States Football League championship. The game was also significant, in that it brought the curtain down on the league’s spring schedule. Total losses were estimated at $63 million for all 14 teams. The USFL quickly faded away when owners refused to incur further losses. Plans calling for the league to resume play in the fall of 1986 never materialized.
1987 - The second-longest game in All-Star Game history was played as the National League defeated the American League in a 2-0 shutout in 13 innings. The game was played in Oakland, CA and lasted 3 hours, 39 minutes.
1989 - The sixteenth James Bond movie, License to Kill, premiered. Timothy Dalton is Bond, James Bond.
1991 - U.S. and Soviet negotiators in Washington continued work on trying to complete a treaty slashing long-range nuclear arsenals.
1997 - Two million people took to the streets across Spain to mourn the death of Miguel Angel Blanco, a popular member of the Blanco town council, and to condemn the Basque separatist guerrillas who killed him.
1999 - Muppets from Space opened in the U.S. The family flick stars DAVE Goelz as Gonzo the Great and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew; Bill Barretta as Pepe the Prawn (and others); Jerry Nelson as Sergeant Floyd Pepper (and others); Brian Henson as Dr. Phil Van Neuter, Sal Minella and Talking Sandwich; Kevin Clash as Clifford; Frank Oz as Miss Piggy (and others); Jeffrey Tambor as K. Edgar ‘Ed’ Singer and Ambassador Zongo; and others.
2000 - A jury ordered the U.S. tobacco industry to pay $145 billion in punitive damages to sick Florida smokers. It was a “record-shattering verdict” that the cigarette companies claimed would amount to a death warrant.
2000 - in the U.S.: X-Men debuted in U.S. theatres. The sci-fi thriller stars Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian Mckellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Halle Berry and Anna Paquin.
2001 - In a boost for President George W. Bush’s hopes to build a defense against ballistic missile attack, the Pentagon scored a hit with an interceptor missile. The missile soared into space from a tiny Pacific isle and destroyed its target, a mock nuclear warhead.
2001 - Katharine Graham, the 84-year-old chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Post Company, suffered a head injury in a fall at Sun Valley, Idaho. She died three days later. (Graham had been attending a conference of media executives at Sun Valley.)
2002 - Joaquin Balaguer, ruler of the Dominican Republic for 22 years, died at age 95.
2003 - In a column published on this day, Robert Novak identified Valerie Plame as a CIA ‘operative on weapons of mass destruction’. Former Ambassador Joe Wilson, Plame’s husband and an outspoken critic of the Bush (II) administration’s Iraq policy, later blamed the White House for disclosing to Novak that his wife was a CIA operative.
2004 - The U.S. Senate voted down a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. 48 senators voted to advance the measure -- 12 short of the 60 needed. 50 voted to block it.
2005 - The 7th World Games opened in Duisburg, Germany. More than 3000 athletes competed in 39 non-olympic sports.
2006 - The Sawtooth Complex fire in southern California merged with one called the Millard fire, creating a 69,000-acre blaze. About 1,800 firefighters were battling the fire which had destroyed 45 homes.
2007 - The Los Angeles Catholic archdiocese agreed to a landmark $660 million clergy abuse settlement. Some 500 claimants would get an average payout in excess of $1.3 million.
2008 - Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, said it had agreed to buy 45 Boeing passenger jets worth 9.4 billion dollars (5.9 billion euros). Airbus beat Boeing to the top order from the national airline of the UAE, inking a deal for 55 planes worth $11 billion on the first day of the week-long Farnborough International Airshow outside London.
2008 - The editor of The New Yorker magazine defended a satirical cover by cartoonist Barry Blitt, which depicted Senator Barack Obama in Muslim garb and his wife as an Afro-sporting gun packer.
2009 - The Bracelet of Bordeaux opened in U.S movie theatres. The pre-teen action flick stars Ally Claire Carson, Kelsey Edwards, Shane Kelly, Shane Savage and Corey Sorensen.
2009 - Episcopalians meeting in Anaheim, New York, declared gays and lesbians eligible for any ordained ministry.
2010 - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice opened in U.S. movie houses. The action adventure comedy stars Jay Baruchel, Nicolas Cage, Monica Bellucci, Alfred Molina and Toby Kebbell)
Birthdays July 14
1862 - Florence Bascom
geologist: first woman geologist appointed to the U.S. Geological Survey and first to be elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America; associate editor: American Geologist; educator: Bryn Mawr, Ohio State; 1st woman to receive a doctorate degree: Johns Hopkins University [1893]; died June 18, 1945
1898 - Happy Chandler
baseball executive: ommissioner through 6 turbulent years [1945-1951], including the debut of Jackie Robinson, the raiding of the Majors by the Mexican League and charges of monopoly against the game; died Jun 15, 1991
1901 - George Tobias
actor: The Phynx, The Glass Bottom Boat, A New Kind of Love, Silk Stockings, The Seven Little Foys, The Glenn Miller Story; died Feb 27, 1980
1903 - Ken Murray (Don Court)
actor: Follow Me, Boys!, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Marshall’s Daughter; died Oct 12, 1988
1903 - Irving Stone (Tennenbaum)
novelist: Lust for Life, Love is Eternal, The Agony and the Ecstasy; died Aug 26, 1989
1906 - Olive Borden
actress [‘The Joy Girl’]: Three Bad Men, The Yankee Senor, Chloe, Love Is Calling You, Leave It to Me, Hello Sister, Sinners in Love, Gang War, The Joy Girl, Yellow Fingers; died Oct 1, 1947
1910 - William Hanna
cartoonist: half of Hanna-Barbera team: The Flintstones; died Mar 22, 2001
1911 - Terry-Thomas (Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens)
actor: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River; died Jan 8, 1990
1912 - Woody (Woodrow Wilson) Guthrie
‘father of modern American folk music’: singer, songwriter: This Land is Your Land, Hard Travelin’, Union Maid, So Long It’s Been Good to Know Yuh, Dirty Overhalls, Pretty Boy Floyd, The Sinking of the Reuben James, more than 1,000 original songs; father of folk singer Arlo Guthrie; died Oct 3, 1967
1913 - Gerald R. Ford (Leslie King, Jr.: changed name to Gerald Ford after his adoptive father)
38th U.S. President [1974-1977]; married to Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Bloomer [three sons, one daughter]; nickname: Jerry; first non-elected vice president and president: Vice President under President Richard Nixon, assumed presidency upon resignation of Nixon; one of seven left-handed Presidents [others were/are: James A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S Truman, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton]; died Dec 26, 2006
1917 - Douglas Edwards
TV’s first evening news anchor: CBS; TV panel moderator: Masquerade Party; host: F.Y.I., The Eyes Have It, Armstrong Circle Theatre; died Oct 13, 1990
1918 - Ingmar Bergman
Academy Award-winning director: Through a Glass Darkly [1961]; The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander; died July 30, 2007
1918 - Arthur Laurents
playwright: Home of the Brave, Summertime, Gypsy, The Turning Point, The Way We Were, Anastasia
1923 - Frances Lear
magazine publisher: Lear’s; married to TV producer Norman Lear; died Sep 30, 1996
1923 - Dale Robertson
actor: The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang, Melvin Purvis: G-Man, Kansas City Massacre, Son of Sinbad, Tales of Wells Fargo, J.J. Starbuck, Death Valley Days
1926 - Harry Dean Stanton
actor: Down Periscope, Never Talk to Strangers, Against the Wall, Wild at Heart, Twister, The Last Temptation of Christ, Red Dawn, Christine, Paris, Texas, Repo Man, Young Doctors in Love, Escape from New York, Private Benjamin, Death Watch, The Rose, Alien, The Godfather, Part 2, Kelly’s Heroes, Cool Hand Luke, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Two-Lane Blacktop
1927 - John (William) Chancellor
radio/TV newscaster: NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor; commentaries: The Huntley-Brinkley Report, Chicago Sun Times, WMAQ radio, Today; director: Voice of America; died July 12, 1996
1928 - Nancy Olson
actress: Sunset Boulevard, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, Snowball Express
1930 - Polly Bergen (Nellie Burgin)
actress: The Winds of War, Cry-Baby, Escape from Fort Bravo; TV panelist: To Tell the Truth
1931 - Robert Stephens
actor: The Secret Rapture, Chaplin, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Henry V, Empire of the Sun, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A Taste of Honey; died Nov 12, 1995
1932 - Roosevelt ‘Rosey’ Grier
football: one of the LA Rams ‘Fearsome Foursome’ [w/Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy and Merlin Olsen]; actor: Sophisticated Gents, The Big Push, The Seekers; minister
1932 - Del (Franklin Delano) Reeves
singer: Slow Hand, Be Quiet Mind, The Girl on the Billboard, Looking at the World through a Windshield, The Philadelphia Phillies; films: Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar, Forty Acre Feud; died Jan 1, 2007
1934 - Lee Elder
golf: 5-time United Golf Association Champion, PGA winner: Monsanto Open [1974], Houston Open [1976]
1944 - Lynn Loring
actress: Kansas City Massacre, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
1946 - Cubby O’Brien
actor: The Mickey Mouse Club; musician: drums: played for The Carpenters during tours
1947 - Steve (Steven Michael) Stone
baseball: pitcher: SF Giants, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles [World Series: 1979/Cy Young Award: 1980/all-star: 1980]; sportscaster
1948 - Earl (Craig) Williams
baseball: Atlanta Braves [Rookie of the Year: 1971], Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Oakland Athletics
1952 - Chris Cross (Allen or St. John)
musician: bass, synthesizer: group: Ultravox: Vienna, All Stood Still, The Thin Wall, The Voice, Reap the Wild Wind, Hymn, Visions in Blue
1952 - Jerry Houser
actor: A Very Brady Christmas, Slap Shot, Class of ’44, Summer of ’42
1952 - Stan Shaw
actor: Detonator, Snake Eyes, Houseguest, Rising Son, When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn, Body of Evidence, Fried Green Tomatoes
1960 - Ray Herndon
musician: guitar, songwriter, singer: Gotta Get Your Heart Right, Is This Lonely, My Dog Thinks I’m Elvis, Livin’ the Dream, Bloodshot Eyes/Take the a Train, Me and You
1961 - Jackie Earle Haley
actor: Little Children, All the King’s Men, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence, Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story, Dollman, The Zoo Gang, Every Stray Dog and Kid
1966 - Matthew Fox
actor: Lost, A Token for Your Thoughts, Behind the Mask, If I Die Before I Wake, My Boyfriend’s Back, We Are Marshall
1966 - Ellen Reid
musician: piano, keyboards and accordion; singer: group: Crash Test Dummies: Keep a Lid on Things, Get You in the Morning, Superman’ Song, Androgynous, The Ghosts That Haunt Me, Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
1967 - Robin Ventura
baseball: Oklahoma State Univ; Chicago White Sox, NY Mets, NY Yankees, LA Dodgers
1969 - Jose Hernandez
baseball: Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, LA Dodgers
1970 - Missy Gold
actress: Little Mo, Benson, Twirl
1970 - Josh Miller
football [punter]: Univ of Arizona; NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers, NE Patriots
1974 - Erick Dampier
basketball: Mississippi State Univ; Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks
1974 - Nathan Dempsey
hockey: Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, LA Kings
1975 - Tim Hudson
baseball [pitcher]; Univ of Auburn; Oakland Athletics, Atlanta Braves
1975 - Taboo (Jaime Luis Gomez)
rapper: group: Black Eyed Peas: Let’s Get It Started, Hey Mama, Where Is the Love, Shut Up, Request Line, Weekends; actor: Dirty, Be Cool
1978 - Jerry Porter
football [wide receiver]: Univ of West Virginia; NFL: Oakland Raiders
ABA Birthdays Today
dooms day , skip (66) , alvin4 (65) , joselo (56) , Roby (54) , topolkhan (52) , bt1 (49) , elagrua (49) , altriza (48) , ikhateeb (45) , icice9 (39) , lmackzbody (38) , THADEADMAN (36) , eagle77rc (36) , jtpeterso (33) , lucyhuynh (25)
Chart Toppers July 14
1949Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como
Bali Ha’i - Perry Como
Again - Gordon Jenkins
One Kiss Too Many - Eddy Arnold
1958The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley
Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson
Guess Things Happen that Way - Johnny Cash
1967Windy - The Association
Little Bit o’ Soul - The Music Explosion
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli
All the Time - Jack Greene
1976Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans
I’ll Be Good to You - Brothers Johnson
The Door is Always Open - DAVE & Sugar
1985A View to a Kill - Duran Duran
Raspberry Beret - Prince & The Revolution
The Search is Over - Survivor
Forgiving You was Easy - Willie Nelson
1994I Swear - All-4-One
Any Time, Any Place/And On and On - Janet Jackson
Don’t Turn Around - Ace of Base
Wink - Neal McCoy
2003Miss Independent - Kelly Clarkson
Crazy In Love - Beyoncé Knowles featuring Jay-Z
I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey featuring The Flipmode Squad
Beer for My Horses - Toby Keith (with Willie Nelson)
Happy Birthday Ellen Reid of Crash Test Dummies
