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1997 - After 117 years, the Woolworth Corp. closed its last 400 stores.
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1997 - After 117 years, the Woolworth Corp. closed its last 400 stores.
1996 - 230 people were killed when TWA Flight 800 exploded and crashed off Long Island, NY.
1987 - Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and rear Admiral John Poindexter begin testifying to Congress at the "Iran-Contra" hearings.
1976 - Rock band Heart's "Magic Man" was released.
1968 - The Beatles’ feature-length cartoon, "Yellow Submarine," premiered at the London Pavilion.
1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for The Monkees at The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York. It was Jimmy Hendrix's first tour.
1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA.
1954 - The Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team made history as the first major sports team with a majority of black players.
1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to the British at Rochefort, France.
J. Michael Straczynski (created "Babylon 5" TV series) 1954 David Hasselhoff (star of "Knight Rider" and "Baywatch") 1952 Camilla Parker Bowles (married Prince Charles of Wales) 1947 Donald Sutherland (acted in "The Great Train Robbery, and "MASH" movies, father of Keifer) 1934 Vince Guaraldi (Composer famous for the music of "Peanuts" cartoons) 1928 Phyllis Diller (commedian) 1917 Art Linkletter (TV host of "House Party" and "Kids Say the Darndest Things") 1912 Jimmy Cagney (acted in ganster films in 1930s-60s, and "Yankee Doodle Dandy") 1899 Erle Stanley Gardner (wrote 80 Perry Mason courtroom novels that spawned a decades long TV series and TV movies series) 1889
2003 - Kobe Bryant is charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year old woman.
1998 - A 23-foot tidal wave kills nearly 3,000 people in Papua New Guinea.
1992 - Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown were married.
1971 - New Zealand and Australia announced they would pull their troops out of Vietnam.
1970 - Ron Hunt of the San Francisco Giants was hit by a pitch for the 119th time in his career.
1969 - Apollo 11 makes preparations for landing on the Moon.
1964 - The Beatles album "A Hard Days Night" was released.
1960 - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters released "The Twist." The song didn't become a hit until later in the year when Chubby Checker covered it.
1960 - Elvis Presley's "It's Now Or Never" was released.
1927 - Ty Cobb set a major league baseball record by getting his 4,000th career hit. He hit 4,191 before he retired in 1928.
1925 - Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
Veronica Jett (pornstar 2004-) 1983 Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars" TV series) 1980 Cheyenne Silver (Pornstar 1997-04) 1978 Vin Diesel ("The Fast and the Furious", "The Pacifier", "XXX", "A Man Apart") 1967 Evan Stone (Straight male pornstar 1997-) 1964 Martha Reeves (singer for the Vandellas, sang "Heat Wave") 1941 Paul Verhoeven (directed "Robocop" and "Basic Instinct") 1938 Hunter S. Thompson (novelist, wrote "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas") 1937 John Glenn (astronaut) 1921 Nelson Mandela (political prisoner elected President of South Africa) 1918 Harriet Nelson (wife of Ozzie, mother of Rick, was in 1950s TV series "Ozzie and Harriet") 1914 Richard "Red" Skelton (commedian) 1914
1996 - HBO aired the final episode of "Tales from the Crypt."
1980 - Billy Joel earned his first gold record with "It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me"
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee recommended that U.S. President Richard Nixon should stand trial in the Senate for any of the five impeachment charges against him.
1960 - The pilot episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" aired.
1954 - Elvis Presley's first single was released by Sun Records. It was "That's All Right"
Vanessa Shaw ("The Hills Have Eyes", "Corky Romano", "40 Days and 40 Nights", and "Eyes Wide Shut") 1972 Anthony Edwards (ER) 1962 Brian May (Queen's lead guitarist, wrote "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions") 1947 George McGovern (South Dakota Senator who lost the US Presidency to Nixon in 1972) 1922 Lizzie Borden (rich girl who killed her mother) 1860 Edgar Degas (famous for painting ballerinas) 1834
1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon.
2007 - Fans partied at bookstores worldwide until midnight, when the final, 7th, Harry Potter book, "The Deathly Hollows", was released.
1965 - Lovin' Spoonful's first record, "Do You Believe in Magic," was released.
1965 - Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" was released.
1944 - An attempt by a group of German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler failed. The bomb exploded at Hitler's Rastenburg headquarters. Hitler was only wounded.
1944 - U.S. President Roosevelt was nominated for an unprecedented fourth term of office at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1940 - "Billboard" magazine published its first listing of best-selling singles. 10 songs were on the list.
1917 - The US draft in World War I went into operation.
1810 - Colombia declared independence from Spain.
John Francis Daley (Sam Weir on "Freeks and Geeks" series) 1985 Gisele Bündchen (Victoria's Secret model) 1980 Elliott Yamin (3rd place finalist on the 2006 season of "American Idol") 1978 Josh Holloway ("Lost" series) 1969 Stone Gossard (guitarist for several early grunge/rock bands: Green River, Mother Love Bone, and most famously: Temple of the Dog and Pearl Jam) 1966 Chris Cornell (singer of: Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike", Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun" "The Day I Tried to Live", solo "Can't Change Me", and Audioslave "Be Yourself") 1964 Terri Irwin (wife of Steve Irwin, co-host of "Crocodile Hunter", co-owns the Australian Zoo in Queensland, Australia) 1964 Radney Foster [country singer "Just Call Me Lonesome" and "Fine Line" (which became a hit for Hootie and the Blowfish)] 1959 Carlos Santana 1947 Sir Edmund Hilary (Climbed Mt. Everest) 1919
1999 - The missing plane of John F. Kennedy Jr. was found off of the coast of Martha's Vineyard, MA. The bodies of Kennedy, his wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister Lauren Bessette were found on board. The plane had crashed on July 16, 1999.
1990 - BBC's Radio One apologized to listeners after Madonna repeatedly cursed during a live concert broadcast.
1989 - Weird Al Yankovic's first, and only, movie, "UHF," opened.
1987 - Guns 'n Roses released their debut album, "Appetite For Destruction." Singles included: "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child of Mine."
1980 - Draft registration began in the United States for 19 and 20-year-old men.
1979 - Robert Palmer's "Bad Case Of Loving You" was released.
1969 - Duke Ellington and a portion of his band performed a 10-minute composition on ABC-TV titled, "Moon Maiden." The event took place just one day after Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon.
1954 - The Geneva Conference partitioned Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
1861 - The first major battle of the U.S. Civil War began. It was the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Junction, VA. The Confederates won the battle.
Vanessa Lengies (Roxanne on "American Dreams" TV series, movies: "The Perfect Man", "Waiting", "Stick It") 1985 Josh Hartnet ("Black Hawk Down", "The Virgin Suicides", "Pearl Harbor") 1978 Emerson Hart (singer for Tonic, "If You Could Only See", "You Wanted More" "Take Me As I Am", solo: "If You're Gonna Leave", he also wrote the theme to "American Dreams") 1969 Jon Lovitz (SNL, "Rat Race") 1957 Michael Connelly (novelist who writes about the LAPD) 1956 Robin Williams ("Jack", "Mrs. Doubtfire", "What Dreams May Come", "One Hour Photo") 1952 Cat Stevens (sang "The First Cut is the Deepest", "Morning Has Broken", "Wild World") 1948 Ken Star (US Federal Investigator into President Clinton's activities which led to his impeachment) 1946 Tony Scott (directed "Man on Fire", "Top Gun", "Enemy of the State") 1944 Norman Jewison (Directed "In the Heat of the Night" starring Sidney Poitier, which won Best Picture in 1967, also directed "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Moonstruck") 1926 Don Knotts (Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show") 1924 Ernest Hemingway (wrote "The Old Man and the Sea") 1899
2003 - In northern Iraq, Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai died after a gunfight with U.S. forces.
1991 - Police arrested Jeffrey Dahmer after finding the remains of 11 victims in his apartment in Milwaukee. Dahmer confessed to 17 murders and was sentenced to life in prison.
1991 - Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, charged she'd been raped by boxer Mike Tyson in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson was later convicted of rape and served 3 years in prison.
1977 - Elvis Costello's first album, "My Aim Is True," was released in Britain. It was later released in the U.S. (In 1989, Elvis Costello had his only US Top Ten hit: "Veronica")
1963 - The Beatles' first album, "Introducing The Beatles," was released.
1943 - American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.
1926 - Babe Ruth caught a baseball at Mitchell Field in New York. The ball had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet.
1916 - 10 people were killed when a bomb accidentally went off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco, CA. The citizens were preparing for a US bombing during WW1.
1587 - A second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. The colony vanished under mysterious circumstances.
Kinzie Kenner (pornstar 2003-) 1983 Daniel Jones (Savage Garden: "I Knew I Loved You", "Truly, Madly, Deeply", "I Want You") 1973 David Spade (SNL and "Just Shoot Me" TV series, movies: "Tommy Boy", "Joe Dirt") 1964 William Dafoe ("Mississippi Burning", Green Goblin in "Spider-Man") 1955 S. E. Hinton (wrote "The Outsiders") 1948 Albert Brooks (commedian famous for "Rewriting the US National Anthem" comedy bit, movies: "Finding Nemo", "Out of Sight", "Mother", "The Muse") 1947 Danny Glover (4 "Lethal Weapon" movies, "Saw", "Maverick", "Predator 2", "Angels in the Outfield") 1947 Don Henley (drummer and singer for The Eagles "Hotel California", "Desperado", solo sang "The Boys of Summer", "Dirty Laundry", "The End of the Innocence") 1947 Alex Trebek ("Jeopardy" host) 1940 Louise Fletcher (movies: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Cruel Intentions", TV series: "Picket Fences", "Deep Space Nine") 1934 Bob Dole (Kansas Senator, ran against Bill Clinton for US President in 1996) 1923
2000 - Lance Armstrong won his second Tour de France.
1997 - Police in Miami Beach, FL, found the body of Andrew Cunanan. He was the killer of Gianni Versace.
1984 - Miss America, Vanessa Williams, turned in her crown after it had been discovered that nude photos of her had appeared in "Penthouse" magazine. She was the first to resign the title.
1977 - Foreigner's "Cold As Ice" was released.
1914 - Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin. The dispute led to World War I.
1904 - The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO.
1829 - William Burt patented the typographer, which was the first typewriter.
Daniel Radcliffe (plays Harry Potter) 1989 Michelle Williams (the black one, the one from Destiny's Child) 1980 Monica Lewinsky (Her affair with US President Bill Clinton led to his impeachment) 1973 Alison Krauss (folk/bluegrass singer for Union Station began recording at 14: "Lucky One", "Restless", "When You Say Nothing At All") 1971 Marlon Wayans ("In Living Color", "Scary Movie" series) 1971 Charisma Carpenter ("Buffy" and "Angel") 1970 Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Twister", "Almost Famous", "Boogie Nights", "Capote") 1967 Saul Hudson aka Slash (guitarist for Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver) 1965 Woody Harrelson ("Cheers", "The People vs Larry Flynt) 1961 Don Imus (radio personality fired for racial comments) 1940 Arthur Treacher (TV host Merv Griffin's sidekick, started Fish And Chips restaurant in the 1970s) 1894
2003 - It was announced that after the end of the 2003-04 season of "Friends" that Matt LeBlanc would star in a spinoff show entitled "Joey." The show has since been cancelled.
1987 - The movie biography of Richie Valens, "La Bamba," opened.
1985 - Walt Disney released their 25th full-length cartoon, "The Black Cauldron."
1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1969 - The Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. Four days prior, they had walked on the moon.
1948 - Soviet occupation forces in Germany blockaded West Berlin. The U.S.-British airlift began the following day.
1866 - Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the U.S. Civil War.
1847 - Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers were the first non-natives to settle in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.
Mara Wilson (annoying child actress, "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Miracle on 34th Street", "Matilda") 1987 Daveigh Chase (child actress, played Lilo in "Lilo and Stitch", Samara Morgan in "The Ring 1", currently in the HBO series "Big Love") 1990 Justin Berry (started his own website at 13 years old where he disrobed and masturbated for paying customers on his webcam, met several of his male customers and was molested and went to trial) 1986 Teagan Presley (began in porn in 2004) 1985 Anna Paquin (child actress, "The Piano", "Fly Away Home", "Amistad", "X-Men") 1982 Summer Glau (River Tam in "Firefly" series and its movie "Serenity") 1981 "Gauge" (began in porn in 1999) 1980 Jennifer "J-Lo" Lopez 1970 Barry Bonds (Left fielder for the San Fransisco Giants baseball team, holds record for most home runs in a season (73), and was accused of using steroids) 1964 Karl Malone [played Basketball for 18 years for the Utah Jazz (1985-2003), then retired after one season with the LA Lakers (2003-4)] 1963 Lynda Carter (played Wonder Woman in 1975-79 TV series) 1951 Michael Richards (Kramer on "Seinfeld" series) 1949 Amelia Earhart (first woman to fly over the Atlantic, on one trip she mysteriously disappeared over the "Bermuda Triangle") 1897 Alexandre Dumas (wrote "The Three Musketeers") 1802
1999 - Lance Armstrong won his first the Tour de France. He was only the second American to win the race.
2004 - Lance Armstrong wins his 6th Tour de France bicycle race.
1998 - U.S. President Clinton was subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury regarding the Monica Lewinsky case. The subpoena was withdrawn when Clinton agreed to give videotaped testimony with his lawyers present.
1990 - Rosanne Barr sang the National Anthem in San Diego before a Padres baseball game. She was booed for her performance.
1980 - AC\DC released "Back In Black," their first album with Brian Johnson as lead singer.
1978 - Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born in Oldham, England. She had been conceived through in-vitro fertilization.
1969 - Neil Young made his first appearance with Crosby, Stills and Nash.
1967 - The Beatles and other U.K. rock groups urged the British government to legalize marijuana. Their comments were made in a London Times advertisement signed by all four of the Beatles.
1952 - Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the U.S.
Michael Alan Welch (Luke on "Joan of Arcadia" TV series) 1987 Louise Brown (the first test-tube baby) 1978 Tera Patrick (began in porn in 1998, is also a registered nurse in California) 1976 Michael Williams ("The Blair Witch Project") 1973 Billy Glide (Straight male pornstar) 1970 Matt LeBlanc (Joey on "Friends" and the short-lived "Joey" TV series) 1967 Illeana Douglas (actress: "Dummy", "Goodfellas", "The New Guy") 1965 Waltor Payton (American Football: Chicago Bears running back scored 100 touchdowns) 1954 Estelle Getty ("The Golden Girls" TV series) 1924
Aunts and Uncles Day St. Anne's Day (Mary's mother, Jesus' grandmother)
2000 - Oasis stormed off stage after being hit with bottles, can and coins thrown by the audience at a Swiss music festival.
2000 - VH-1 premiered the movie "Meatloaf: To Hell and Back."
2000 - A U.S. federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Napster, Inc. The injunction had been requested by the Recording Industry of Association of America (RIAA). The website was ordered to cease trade in music covered by RIAA member copyrights by midnight July 28, 2000.
1984 - Prince's movie "Purple Rain" premiered.
1945 - Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister.
1788 - New York became the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Rebecca St. James (pop/rock singer, sang "Lion" on the Narnia soundtrack, also "Wait For Me", "Alive", and "Song of Love") 1977 Kate Beckinsale ("Pearl Harbor", "Underworld", "Van Helsing") 1973 Sandra Bullock ("While You Were Sleeping", "Speed", "Miss Congeniality", "The Lake House", "The Net") 1964 Kevin Spacey ("K-Pax", "Seven", "The Shipping News", "The Negotiator", "Beyond the Sea", "Superman Returns") 1959 Roger Taylor (drummer for Queen) 1949 Mick Jagger (singer for The Rolling Stones, was asked to write his autobiography but had taken so many drugs he couldn't remember his life) 1943 Stanley Kubrick (directed "2001", "Eyes Wide Shut", "A Clockwork Orange", "Lolita", "Full Metal Jacket", "The Shining") 1928 Blake Edwards (Directed "The Pink Panther", its sequel "A Shot In the Dark" and 6 more Pink Panther movies. He also directed "10" and married "10" star Julie Andrews) 1922 Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz in "I Love Lucy" TV series) 1912 Aldous Huxley (wrote "A Brave New World") 1894
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