JULY FACTS
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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
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July 1st:
- Dan Aykroyd, 1952
- Pamela Lee Anderson, 1967
- Karen Black, 1942 (Actress)
- Olivia DeHavilland, 1916
- Princess Diana, 1961
- Tommy Dorsey
- Jamie Farr, 1934 (Actor)
- Deborah Harry, 1945 (Singer)
- Estee Lauder, 1906. Created Estee
Lauder Cosmetics. Died April 24, 2004. - Carl Lewis
- Pat McCormick
- Liv Tyler, 1977
July 2nd:
- Jerry Hall
- Luci Baines Johnson (daughter of
former US President, Lyndon Baines
Johnson) - Cheryl Ladd, 1951
- Imelda Marcos
- Thurgood Marshall, 1908 - Civil Rights
Activist, First US African-American
Supreme Court Justice. Born on July 2,
1908 in Baltimore, Maryland. He died
on January 24, 1993. www.
thurgoodmarshall.com - Richard Petty, 1937
- Dan Rowan
July 3rd:
- Laura Branigan, 1957 (singer "Gloria")
Died August 26, 2004 from an
aneurysm. - George M. Cohan, 1878 (Composer)
- John S. Copley, 1738 (American painter)
- Tom Cruise, 1962 (Actor)
- Montel Williams, 1956 (TV Personality)
July 4th:
- Louis Armstrong It was recently
determined that Louis Armstrong's
birthday is August 4, 1901. Armstrong
himself is on record as stating his
birthday as July 4, 1900. Louis himself
believed that he was born on July 4th,
1900 and that date is still found in many
jazz histories and reference books. In
the mid-1980s, Armstrong expert Tad
Jones discovered in the Sacred Heart
of Jesus Church in New Orleans a
baptismal certificate that indicates
compellingly that Louis was actually
born on August 4th, 1901." (Source:
www.satchmo.net.) - Calvin Coolidge, 1872 (30th US
President, born in Plymouth Notch,
Vermont) - Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804 (American
Author) - Stephen Foster, 1826 (American
songwriter of about 200 songs
including "Oh! Susannah", "Camptown
Races", "Beautiful Dreamer" (Died
January 13, 1864 at the age of 37) - Ann Landers, 1918 (Twin Sister of
Abigail VanBuren, Advice Columnist) - Gina Lollobrigida, 1927
- Mitch Miller, 1911
- Geraldo Revera, 1943
- Eva Marie Saint, 1924
- Pam Shriver
- Neil Simon, 1927 (Tony award-winning
playright: "The Odd Couple", "Barefoot
in the Park", "The Goodbye Girl" - George Steinbrenner, 1930 (Owner of
the New York Yankees) - Abigail VanBuren, 1918 (Twin sister of
Ann Landers & Advice Columnist)
July 5th:
- P. T. Barnum, 1810 (American circus
owner) - Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- Huey Lewis, 1950
- Warren Oates, 1928
July 6th:
- Ned Beatty, 1937 (Actor)
- George W. Bush, 43rd US President.
Born July 6, 1946 in New Haven,
Connecticut, and grew up in Midland
and Houston, Texas. He is married to
Laura Bush and has twin daughters,
Jenna & Barbara. - Sebastian Cabot, 1918
- Gene Chandler
- Merv Griffin, 1925
- Shelly Hack
- Bill Haley, 1925 (Singer, musician)
- John Paul Jones, 1747 (American naval
hero) - Janet Leigh, 1927 (actress) - best
known for the shower scene in the
movie Pyscho. She was married to
Tony Lee Curtis at one time and was
the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis. She
died October 3, 2004 from inflammation
of the blood vessels at the age of 77. - Pat Paulsen
- Nancy Reagan, 1921 - Former US First
Lady, married to former US President
Ronald Reagan. - Della Reese, 1931
- Sylvester Stallone, 1946
July 7th:
- Pierre Cardin
- Shelly Duvall, 1949
- Satchell Paige
- Doc Severinsen, born in Arlington,
Oregon on July 7, 1927. Musician and
band leader (He was the band leader
for the Tonight Show when Johnny
Carson hosted it.) www.docseverinsen.
com - Ringo Starr, 1940
July 8th:
- Kevin Bacon, 1958
- Marty Feldman
- Anjelica Huston, 1951
- Steve Lawrence, 1935
- John D. Rockefeller, 1839
- Nelson Rockefeller, 1908
- Jerry Vale
July 9th:
- Ed Ames (Actor)
- Brian Dennehy, 1940 (Actor)
- Elias Howe, 1819 (American inventor)
- Courtney Love, 1965
- Kelly McGillis, 1957 (Actress)
- Tom Hanks, 1956 (Actor)
- Fred Savage, 1976
- O. J. Simpson, 1947
- Jimmy Smits, 1955 (Actor)
- John Tesh, 1952
- Courtney Love, 1965
- Dean Koontz, 1945 (Author)
July 10th:
- Arthur Ashe
- David Brinkley, 1920
- David Brinkley, 1920 (TV journalist.) He
died June 11, 2003 after a fall. - Ron Glass, 1945
- Fred Gwynne, 1926
- Arlo Guthrie, 1947
- Jean Kerr, writer (Please Don't Eat the
Daisies) - born July 10, 1923. She died
January 5, 2003 from pneumonia. - Edward Lowe, Inventor of kitty litter -
was born July 10, 1920 in St. Paul,
Minnesota. He died on October 4, 1995.
www.lowe.org - J. A. M. Whistler, 1834 (American
painter)
July 11th:
- John Quincy Adams, 1767 (6th
President of the United States, born in
Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts.
He died February 23, 1848. - Yul Brynner, 1915 (July 12?)
- Leon Spinks, 1953
July 12th:
- Milton Berle, 1908
- Yul Brynner, 1915 (Actor)
- George Washington Carver
- Bill Cosby, 1937
- George Eastman, 1854 (Inventor)
- Oscar Hammerstein
- Richard Simmons, 1948
- Henry David Thoreau, 1817
- Andrew Wyeth, 1917 (American painter)
July 13th:
- Bob Crane, 1928
- Harrison Ford, 1942
- Cheech Marin, 1946
- Patrick Stewart, 1940
July 14th:
- Ingmar Bergman, 1918
- John Chancellor, 1927
- Gerald R. Ford, 1913 (38th President of
the United States, born in Omaha,
Nebraska) - Rosie Greer, 1932
- Woody Guthrie (Woodrow Wilson
Guthrie - famed traveler and song writer
"This Land Is Your Land") - William Hanna, 1911
July 15th:
- Willie Ames, 1960
- Scott Foley, 1972
- Brian Austin Green, 1973
- Alex Karras
- Ken Kercheval (Actor)
- Brigitte Nielsen, 1963 (Actress)
- Rembrandt (Artist)
- Linda Ronstadt, 1946 (Singer)
- Jan-Michael Vincent, 1944
- Forest Whitaker, 1961 (Actor)
July 16th:
- Corey Feldman, 1971
- Will Ferrell, 1967 (actor, Saturday Night
Live) - Orville Redenbacher (Popcorn) Born
July 16, 1907. Died September 19,
1995 - drowned in bathtub after a heart
attack. - Ginger Rogers, 1911
- Barbara Stanwyk, 1907
July 17th:
- Lucy Arnez
- Camilla Parker-Bowles, 1947 (Now
married to Prince Charles) - James Cagney, 1899
- Diahann Carroll, 1935
- Phyllis Diller, 1917
- David Hasselhoff, 1952 (Actor, Singer,
Director) - born July 17, 1952 in
Baltimore, MD. - www.davidhasselhoff.com
- Art Linkletter, 1912
- Donald Sutherland, 1934
July 18th:
- James Brolin), 1940
- Van Diesel, 1967
- John Glenn, 1921
- Nelson Mandela, 1918
- Elizabeth McGovern, 1961
- Hariette Nelson, 1912
- Martha Reeves, 1941
- Red Skelton, 1910
July 19th:
- Vikki Carr
- Samuel Colt, 1814 (Firearms inventor)
- Anthony Edwards, 1962
- Charles Horace Mayo, Surgeon - born
July 19, 1865 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Died May 26, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois.
Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic. - George McGovern
July 20th:
- Sir Edmund Hillary
- Diana Rigg
- Carlos Santana, 1947
- Natalie Wood, 1938
July 21st:
- Ernest Hemingway, 1899 (American
author and winner of the Nobel Prize.) - Don Knotts, 1924
- Jon Lovitz, 1957
- Rob Morrow, 1962
- Janet Reno, 1938
- Cat Stevens, 1947
- Robin Williams, 1952
July 22nd:
- Orson Bean
- William Dafoe, 1955
- Oscar DeLaRenta, 1932
- Bob Dole, 1923
- Don Henley, 1947
- Danny Glover, 1947 (Actor)
- Rose Kennedy
- Bobby Sherman
- David Spade, 1965 (Actor)
- Alex Trebek, 1940
July 23rd:
- Jackson Beck, 1912 - (voice of Bluto in
the Popeye cartoons and voice saying
"It's a bird, it's a plane" in the Superman
cartoons.) Born July 23, 1912 in
Manhattan NY. Died July 28, 2004 - Burt Convey, 1933
- Don Drysdale
- Pee Wee Reese
- Woody Harrelson, 1961
July 24th:
- Barry Bonds
- Ruth Buzzi, 1936
- Lynda Carter, 1951
- Amelia Earhart, 1898(97?) (American
aviator and first woman to fly across the
Atlantic.) - Jennifer Lopez, 1970
July 25th:
- Walter Brennan, 1894
- Estelle Getty, 1923
- Matt LeBlanc, 1967
- Walter Payton
July 26th:
- Gracie Allen, 1902
- Sandra Bullock, 1964
- Blake Edwards, 1922
- Mick Jagger, 1943
- Stanley Kubrick, 1928
- Jason Robards
- George Bernard Shaw, 1856
- Kevin Spacey, 1959
- Vivian Vance
July 27th:
- Leo Durocher
- Bobbie Gentry
- Peggy Flemming, 1948
- Norman Lear, 1922
- Maureen McGovern
- George Bernard Shaw, 1856
- Joseph Bart Tinker, 1948 (Major league
ball player & manager. - Died 7/27/1948
on his birthday.) - Betty Thomas, 1948
- Jerry VanDyke, 1931
- Keenan Wynn
July 28th::
- Elizabeth Berkley, 1972
- Lori Loughlin, 1964
- Jackie Kennedy Onassis, 1929
- Beatrix Potter, 1866
- Sally Struthers, 1948
- Rudy Vallee
July 29th:
- Ken Burns
- Alexis de Tocqueville, 1805 (Author of
"Democracy in America") - Henry Ford, 1863
- Peter Jennings, 1938
- Booth Tarkington, 1869 (American
novelist)
July 30th:
- Paul Anka, 1941
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Delta Burke, 1956
- Laurence Fishburne, 1961
- Henry Ford, 1863 in Michigan. Founder
of The Ford Motor Company. Web site:
www.hfmgv.org. Died April 7, 1947. - Anita Hill
- Lisa Kudrow, 1963
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1947
- Casey Stengel
July 31st:
- Peter Benenson, Founder of Amnesty
International. Born July 31, 1921. Died
February 25, 2005 at the age of 83.
www.amnesty.org - Gary Lewis
- Harry Potter
- Wesley Snipes, 1962
JULY HOLIDAYS
The Fourth of July, or Independence Day,
honors the nation's birthday -- the signing
of the Declaration of Independence on July
4, 1776. It is a day of picnics and patriotic
parades, a night of concerts and fireworks.
The flying of the American flag (which also
occurs on Memorial Day and other
holidays) is widespread. On July 4, 1976,
the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence was marked by grand
festivals across the nation.
Animated Fireworks...Click Here
The Fourth of July, or Independence Day,
honors the nation's birthday -- the signing
of the Declaration of Independence on July
4, 1776. It is a day of picnics and patriotic
parades, a night of concerts and fireworks.
The flying of the American flag (which also
occurs on Memorial Day and other
holidays) is widespread. On July 4, 1976,
the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence was marked by grand
festivals across the nation.
Animated Fireworks...Click Here
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