Month: July 2012

Updated July 24, 2012, 2:28 pm

On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people.

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On July 25, 1848, Arthur James Balfour, the British statesman best remembered for issuing the British declaration of support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, was born. Following his death on March 19, 1930, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1593	France’s King Henry IV converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
1868	Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory.
1952	Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.
1956	The Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people.
1965	Bob Dylan shocked his fans at the Newport Folk Festival by playing electric guitar.
1975	The musical “A Chorus Line” opened on Broadway.
1978	The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization was born in Oldham, England.
1984	Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.
1994	Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House ending their countries’ 46-year state of war.
2000	Texas Gov. George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.
2008	California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food.

Current Birthdays

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Model-actress Iman turns 57 years old today.

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World Bank President Robert Zoellick turns 59 years old today.

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1935	Barbara Harris, Actress, turns 77
1941	Nate Thurmond, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 71
1951	Verdine White, Rock musician (Earth, Wind and Fire), turns 61
1965	Illeana Douglas, Actress, turns 47
1967	Matt LeBlanc, Actor (“Friends”), turns 45
1969	D.B. Woodside, Actor, turns 43

 

Historic Birthdays

Arthur James Balfour 7/25/1848 – 3/19/1930 British statesman.Go to obituary »

56	Henry Knox 7/25/1750 – 10/25/1806 American Revolutionary war general and first U.S. secretary of war
78	Maria Weston Chapman 7/25/1806 – 7/12/1885 American abolitionist
74	Richard Oglesby 7/25/1824 – 4/24/1899 American governor of Illinois (1865-69, 1873, 1885-89) and U.S. senator (1873-79)
71	Thomas Eakins 7/25/1844 – 6/25/1916 American painter
77	David Belasco 7/25/1853 – 5/14/1931 American theatrical producer and playwright
95	Maxfield Parrish 7/25/1870 – 3/10/1966 American illustrator and painter
49	Davidson Black 7/25/1884 – 3/15/1934 Canadian physician and physical anthropologist
80	Eric Hoffer 7/25/1902 – 5/21/1983 American longshoreman, philosopher and writer
89	Elias Canetti 7/25/1905 – 8/14/1994 Bulgarian Nobel Prize-winning novelist and playwright (1981)
63	Johnny Hodges 7/25/1906 – 5/11/1970 American jazz saxophonist; soloist in Duke Ellington’s orchestra

 

Updated July 23, 2012, 2:28 pm

On July 24, 1959, during a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon got into a discussion at a U.S. exhibition with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was dubbed the ”kitchen debate.”

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On July 24, 1920, Bella Abzug, the American feminist, lawyer and politician, was born. Following her death on March 31, 1998, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1783	Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1847	Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.
1862	Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, died in Kinderhook, N.Y., at age 79.
1866	Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War.
1937	The state of Alabama dropped charges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case.
1959	During a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev compared the merits of capitalism and communism in the “kitchen debate,” so-named because it took place at a model kitchen at a U.S. exhibition.
1969	Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.
1979	A Miami jury convicted Ted Bundy of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Florida State University sorority sisters.
1990	Iraq massed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.
1997	Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan died at age 91.
2002	The U.S. House expelled Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.
2005	Lance Armstrong won a seventh consecutive Tour de France.

Current Birthdays

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Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez turns 43 years old today.

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Actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth turns 44 years old today.

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1935	Pat Oliphant, Political cartoonist, turns 77
1936	Ruth Buzzi, Comedian (“Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”), turns 76
1940	Dan Hedaya, Actor, turns 72
1942	Chris Sarandon, Actor, turns 70
1946	Gallagher, Comedian, turns 66
1947	Robert Hays, Actor (“Airplane!” movies), turns 65
1949	Michael Richards, Actor (“Seinfeld”), turns 63
1951	Lynda Carter, Actress (“Wonder Woman”), turns 61
1952	Gus Van Sant, Director, turns 60
1953	Claire McCaskill, U.S. senator, D-Mo., turns 59
1956	Charlie Crist, Former governor of Florida, turns 56
1957	Pam Tillis, Country singer, turns 55
1963	Karl Malone, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 49
1964	Barry Bonds, Baseball player, turns 48
1968	Laura Leighton, Actress, turns 44
1975	Eric Szmanda, Actor (“CSI”), turns 37
1979	Rose Byrne, Actress (“Damages”), turns 33
1981	Summer Glau, Actress, turns 31
1982	Elisabeth Moss, Actress (“Mad Men”), turns 30
1982	Anna Paquin, Actress (“True Blood”), turns 30
1987	Mara Wilson, Actress, turns 25

 

Historic Birthdays

Bella Abzug 7/24/1920 – 3/31/1998 American politician, lawyer and activist.Go to obituary »

53	Benedetto Marcello 7/24/1686 – 7/24/1739 Italian composer, writer and poet
47	Simon Bolivar 7/24/1783 – 12/17/1830 South American soldier and statesman
68	Alexander Dumas 7/24/1802 – 12/5/1870 French author and dramatist; wrote “The Three Musketeers”
89	Alexander Davis 7/24/1803 – 1/14/1892 American architect, designer and illustrator
84	William Gillette 7/24/1853 – 4/29/1937 American playwright and actor; portrayed Sherlock Holmes
90	Robert Graves 7/24/1895 – 12/7/1985 English poet, novelist, critic and classical scholar
40	Amelia Earhart 7/24/1897 – 7/2/1937 American aviator; the first woman to fly alone over the Atlantic
84	James Rhyne Killian 7/24/1904 – 1/29/1988 American president of M.I.T. (1948-59); helped create NASA
70	John D. MacDonald 7/24/1916 – 12/28/1986 American mystery and science fiction writer
77	Cootie Williams 7/24/c 1908 – 9/15/1985 American jazz musician