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1528 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland 1621 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables) 1819 Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 1821 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1824 Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1826 Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers) 1826 Robert Kingston Scott, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1829 Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer 1836 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Handel/Cologne 1838 Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor (rigid dirigibles) 1839 John D Rockefeller, US capitalist; founded Standard Oil 1851 Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Kreta) 1867 K„the Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg) 1869 William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer) 1870 Marie C of Zeggelen, author/novelist/writer (Koloniaaltje) 1871 Kornelis ter Lan, 1st socialist mayor (Zandam) 1882 Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs) 1891 Elisabeth Zernike, author (The Poor Part, Bruidstijd) 1891 Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day) 1893 Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy 1894 Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist 1898 Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn 1898 Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital) 19-- Candy Roth, traffic reporter (shadow traffic) 19-- Jeffrey Tambor, SF Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Hill Street Blues) 1900 George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata) 1907 George W Romney, (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73) 1908 Louis Jordan, Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia) 1908 Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77) 1909 Petar Segedin, Croatian (The saint devil) 1913 Walter Kerr, NY drama critic (Sad Clowns) 1914 Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love) 1915 Charles Hard Townes, Greenville SC, physicist, developed lasers 1917 Faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret) 1917 Glenn Langan, Denver Colo, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie) 1918 Craig Stevens, Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn) 1918 Nelson Mandela, Transkei South Africa, jailed political activist 1919 Johan A Dr Mouw, poet 1919 Walter Scheel, German politician 1920 Dolph Sweet, NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Trials of O'Brien) 1923 William Harrison Dillard, Cleve Ohio, sprinter (Olympic-gold-48, 52) 1926 John D Dingell, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955- ) 1928 Carol Henry, Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show) 1929 Shirley Ann Grau, author (Keepers of the House) 1931 Jerry Vale, singer (Arriverderci Roma) 1931 Roone Arledge, Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC) 1933 Marty Feldman, London England, comedian (Young Frankenstein) 1935 John David Crow, football player (Heisman Trophy 1957) 1935 Steve Lawrence, Bkln, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy) 1935 Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, Soyuz 18B) 1936 Rudolf W the Letter, Unilever-director/minister EA (L) 1937 Barbara Ann Loden, actress (Ernie Kovac's Show) 1940 Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T.R. Baskins) 1942 Phil Gramm, (Sen-R Texas, 1985- ) 1944 Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, drummer (Allman Brothers) 1946 Cynthia Gregory, LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co) 1948 Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man) 1948 Raffi, children's singer (Baby Beluga) 1951 Andy Fletcher, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough) 1951 Anjelica Huston, LA Calif, actress (Prizzi's Honor, Ice Pirates) 1952 Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80) 1953 Jonathan Segal, NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase) 1956 Millard Frank Hampton, Fresno Cal, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976) 1956 Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World) 1958 Fred Young 1958 Kevin Bacon, Phila Pa, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby) 1960 Valerie Pettiford, NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live) 1963 Pablo Magallon, jockey 1964 Maryalice Demler, N Tonawanda NY, Miss NY-America (1991) 1965 Corey Parker, actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd) 1969 Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara) 1971 Wendy Benson, NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns) 1992 Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks Back to GREGSITE Passings for July 08810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) 975 Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies 1115 Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies 1153 Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies 1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies 1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies 1623 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies 1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies 1859 F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 1863 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 1882 Phiz [Habl“t Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies 1885 Henry Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies 1932 Florenz Ziegfeld, US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies 1939 [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexology, dies 1943 Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered 1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon 1950 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71 1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies 1957 Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78 1957 William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89 1959 Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1979 John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64 1981 Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86 1982 Isa Miranda, model/actress, dies at 77 of infected bone fracture 1985 Gardner Cowles Jr., US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82 1985 Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72 1985 Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84 1991 James Franciscus, actor, dies at 57 of emphysema Back to GREGSITE Holidays for July 08[US] Liberty Bell Day [1835] [South Africa] Family Day [Swaziland] Reed Dance Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for July 081336 [Old RC] Feast of St Elizabeth (St Isabella) of Portugal, widow Back to GREGSITE Special events for July 08 [Ethiopia] Fiscal Year begins National Ice Cream Day 0716 Capricornid meteor shower, radiant in Capricorn 1654 1st Jewish colonist arrive im US (Jacob Barsimson in Manhattan) 1663 King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island 1693 NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies 1709 Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes 1758 English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY 1776 Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence 1777 Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male sufferage 1796 US State Dept issues 1st American passport 1797 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment 1805 American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England 1816 Frost in Waltham, MA 1835 Liberty Bell cracks (again) 1838 Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed 1849 St Paul's Place in the Bronx named 1853 Commodore Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay 1870 Congress authorizes registration of trademarks 1870 Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection 1876 White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5 1889 John L Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout) 1889 Wall Street Journal begins publishing 1891 61ø F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila 1891 Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio 1892 American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass 1896 William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention 1897 Harbor Hospital formally opens 1898 Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1898 US battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila 1900 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids) 1905 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center 1907 Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof 1909 1st pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights 1911 Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcontin. trip by horse 1912 Pitcher Rube Marquard loses after winning 19 straight games 1919 Pres Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference 1923 Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla) 1928 Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader 1932 Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22 1932 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1255 Schilowa 1933 Helen Wills Moody wins Wimbledon 1933 Public Works Administration becomes effective 1935 AL beats NL 4-1 in 3rd All Star Game (Cleveland) 1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1949 Messina 1941 AL beats NL 7-5 in 9th All Star Game (Briggs Stadium, Detroit) 1941 All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star 1943 NSB-leader A Mussert maintains himself with H Himmler 1944 British troops march into Caen 1944 Japanese kamakize attacks on US lines at Saipan 1947 AL beats NL 2-1 in 14th All Star Game (Wrigley Field, Chicago) 1947 Demolition begins in NYC for UN HQ in NYC 1948 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow 1950 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record) 1950 Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea 1950 Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea 1950 Louise Brough wins Wimbledon 1952 NL beats AL 3-2 (5 innings) in 19th All Star Game (Shibe Park Phila) 1953 US sends aid to Persia 1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala 1957 CDC incorporates 1957 Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrested in Sinn-Feinleiders 1958 AL beats NL 4-3 in 25th All Star Game (Memorial Stadium, Baltimore) 1961 Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die 1966 US airline strike (until Aug 19th) 1967 Billie Jean King concludes Wimbledon sweep (singles, doubles & mix) 1967 Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games 1969 Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco 1969 US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam 1970 SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th) 1973 NY Mets are 12« games back in NL, & go on to win pennant 1974 Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 innings 1975 Pres Ford announced hell seek Republican nomination for pres 1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs) 1978 Bjorn Borg of Sweden won 3rd consecutive title at Wimbledon 1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus 1979 Congo adopts constitution 1979 Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) 1980 NL beats AL 4-2 in 51st All Star Game (Dodger Stadium LA Calif) 1981 Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0) 1982 Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property 1984 John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors for Wimbledon singles 1985 Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red 1986 Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257') 1986 NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance 1987 Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years 1988 Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992 1990 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890) 1990 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning 1990 Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome 1990 Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup conselation game 1990 Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbledon title 1990 Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7 1991 Pitts Pirate Pres Carl Barger becomes 1st pres of Fla Marlins 1992 Florida Marlins unveil their uniform Back to GREGSITE Facts for July 08189th day of year with 176 days left (Numerology = 6) 1936 106øF highest temperature for July in NYC 1963 54øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on July 0807/08/43 --- It's Always You --- Dorsey, Tommy 07/08/49 --- Maybe It's Because --- Haymes, Dick 07/08/49 --- Room Full Of Roses --- Haymes, Dick 07/08/57 --- Short Fat Fannie --- Williams, Larry 07/08/67 --- Carrie-Anne --- Hollies 07/08/72 --- Hold Your Head Up --- Argent 07/08/72 --- Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) --- Hollies 07/08/72 --- Coconut --- Nilsson 07/08/78 --- Three Times A Lady --- Commodores 07/08/78 --- Hot Blooded --- Foreigner 07/08/78 --- Copacabana (At The Copa) --- Manilow, Barry 07/08/89 --- Cold Hearted --- Abdul, Paula 07/08/89 --- End Of The Innocence, The --- Henley, Don 07/08/89 --- Friends --- Watley, Jody |
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