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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of July 07:

 1752 Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented programmable loom
1843 Camillo Golgi Italy, physician, cytologist (Nobel 1906)
1851 Lillien Jane Martin psychologist. found gerontology clinic
1860 Gustav Mahler Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan)
1887 Marc Chagall Vitebsk Russia, artist (I & The Village)
1893 Vladimir Mayakovsky Soviet Georgia, poet (Ode to Revolution)
1899 George Cukor producer/director (Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story)
19-- Arlene Harris Toronto Canada, comedienne (Stage 2 Revue)
19-- Charlotte Moore Herin Ill, actress (The News is the News)
19-- Cindy Eilbacher Saudi Arabia, (My Mother the Car, Young & Restless)
19-- Stanley Brock Bkln, actor (Ivan-He's the Mayor)
19-- Vanita Harbour actress (Rika Price-One Life to Live)
1902 James McCartney father of Beatle (Paul)
1906 Satchel Paige baseball pitcher, never look back
1907 Robert A Heinlein sci-fi author (Stranger in a Strange Land)
1908 Harriette Arnow Wayne Co, Ky, novelist (The Dollmaker)
1911 Eddie Mayehoff Balt Md, actor (Hour Glass, Doc Corkle)
1911 Gian Carlo Menotti Italy, composer (Amahl & Night Visitors)
1914 Eddie Mayehoff Baltimore, actor (Luv, How to Murder Your Wife)
1917 Elton Britt Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree)
1917 Lawrence F O'Brien (Watergate conspirators broke into his office)
1919 William Kunstler defense attorney (Chicago 8)
1921 Ezzard Charles world heavyweight boxing champion (1950-51)
1922 Artie Malivn NYC, music director (Julie LaRosa, Steve Lawrence)
1922 Pierre Cardin Paris France, fashion designer (Unisex)
1923 Eduardo Fal£ Argentine guitarist (Zamba de Vargas)
1923 Jean Kerr Scranton Pa, novelist (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
1927 Alan Dixon (Sen-D-Ill)
1927 Carl (Doc) Severinson Arlington Or, bandleader/trumpeter (Tonight)
1927 Charlie Louvin Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers)
1928 Colleen Summers Pasadena Calif, vocal overdubber
1928 Vincent Edwards actor (Dr Ben Casey, Death Stalk, Firehouse)
1933 Murray Halberg New Zealand, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1960)
1940 Ringo Starr Beatles' drummer/actor (Magic Christian)
1945 Matti Salminen Turku Finland, bass player (King Philipp-Don Carlos)
1946 Jean LeClerc actor (Jeremy Hunter-All My Children)
1946 Jim Day Canada, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-gold-1968)
1946 Joe Spano SF Calif, actor (Henry Goldblume-Hill St Blues)
1948 Fred Brown NBAer (Seattle SuperSonic)
1949 Shelley Duvall Houston Tx, actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater)
1951 Roz Ryan Detroit Mich, actress (Amelia-Amen)
1959 Bill Campbell actor (The Rocketeer)
1959 Jessica Hahn evangelist rape victim/model (playboy)/actress
1960 Isabelle Boeri-B‚gard France, foils (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 Ralph Sampson NBA center (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets)
1962 Clive "Doctor" Jackson rocker (Dr & the Medics-Laughing at Pieces)
1963 Perry Richardson SC, bassist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
1967 Jason R Rich Irvington NY, writer (Celebrity Teen Talk)
1969 Cree Summer actress (Freddie-Different World)

Deaths which occurred on July 07:

1647 Thomas Hooker clergyman, father of American democracy, dies
1939 James Deacon White ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91
1967 Vivian Leigh Scarlet in Gone with the Wind, dies at 53
1970 Louise Harrison mother of Beatle George, dies
1970 Marjorie Rambeau actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80
1970 Sylvester Wiere comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60
1973 Veronica Lake actress, dies at 58
1980 Reginald Gardiner actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77
1981 Keefe Brasselle actor (Be Our Guest), dies at 58
1982 Fred Stuthman actor (Henry Adler-Hello Larry), dies at 63
1984 Flora Robson actress, dies in her sleep at 82
1985 Patti McCarty actress, dies at 64
1990 Bill Cullen game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
 1965    WILLIAMSON       DON I.            LOUISVILLE            KY     POSS DEAD / HANOI PRESS AND PHOTOS   REMAINS RETURNED 7/25/89
 1966    PHARRIS          WILLIAM V.        LAKE CHARLES          LA       
 1967    AVOLESE          PAUL A.           EAST MEADOW           NY     "MID AIR COLL,7 RESCUED, NOT SUBJECT"  
 1967    BITTENBENDER     DAVID F.          NIAGARA FALLS         NY     MID AIR COLL  
 1967    BLANKENSHIP      CHARLES H.        SUITLAND              MD     MID AIR COLL   REMAINS RETURNED 05/02/97
 1967    CRUMM            WILLIAM J.        SCARSDALE             NY     MID AIR COLL  
 1967    JONES            GEORGE E.         ABERDEEN              MS     MID AIR COLL   REMAINS RETURNED O5/02/97
 1967    MC LAUGHLIN      OLEN B.           TAMPA                 FL     MID AIR COLL   REMAINS RETURNED 04/30/97
 1967    TRITT            JAMES FRANCIS     MONACA                PA     LOST OVERBOARD  
 1970    BEALS            CHARLES E.        FRENCH LICK           IN       
 1970    HOWARD           LEWIS J.          MACON                 GA       
 1972    KROBOTH          ALAN J.           ANTHONY               KS     03/27/73 RELEASED BY DRV      ALIVE IN 98
 1972    ROBERTSON        LEONARD           NORTH PORT            NY     VC TOLD KROBOTH ROBERTSON DEAD

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On this day...

1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
1754 Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
1768 Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel
1838 Central American federation is dissolved
1846 US annexs California
1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1865 4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged
1867 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #92 Undina
1891 Travelers cheque patented
1898 Pres McKinley signs resolution of annexation of Hawaiian Is
1898 US annexes Hawaii
1904 A Charlois discovers asteroid #537 Pauly
1905 127ø F (53ø C), Parker Ariz (state record)
1908 Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay
1911 Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record
           25 minutes for Wimbeldon championship
1919 Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game
1923 Cleve Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning
1923 University of Delaware invents the "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
1924 E Hertzsprung discovers asteroid #1702 Kalahari
1924 Robert LeGendre of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 5«"
1928 Edward Hamm of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 11"
1930 Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam
1934 Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbeldon doubles championship
1936 NL beats AL for their 1st All Star victory, 4-3 (Boston Braves Field)
1937 AL beats NL 8-3 in 5th All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington)
1937 Japanese & Chinese troops clash, which will become WW II
1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint
1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy
1948 Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1949 "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967
1954 T.A.N.U. party founded in Tanzania
1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in the middle of
           Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroyimg 2,000 buildings
1958 Pres Eisenhower signs Alaska statehood bill
1959 NL beats AL 5-4 in 26th All Star Game (Pittsbugh Forbes Field)
1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea
1962 Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races
1964 NL beats AL 7-4 at 35th All Star Game (Shea Stadium, NY)
1965 Otis Redding records "Respect"
1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released
1968 Rock group "The Yardbirds" disband
1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang
1972 Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon
1973 1st all-US women's Wimbeldon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert
1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river (India)
1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels
1973 Balt Orioles pull their 4th triple play (5-4-3 vs Oakland)
1973 Glenda Reiser (Canada) sets record women's mile (4:34.9)
1973 Shoelace Park in the Bronx named
1974 West Germany beats Neth 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich
1975 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres
1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars
1978 Martina Navratilova captures Wimbledon defeating Chris Evert
1978 Solomon Is gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel
1980 Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female nominated to Supreme Court
1980 Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel
1981 Ben Plucknett of US throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified
1981 Solar Challenger powered only by solar energy crosses English Channel
1982 David Moorcroft of UK sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41
1982 Steve Scott of US runs the mile in a record 3:47.69
1983 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR
1984 5 die in a train crash in Williston Vt
1985 Boris Becker at 17 beats Kevin Curren for Wimbeldon title
1986 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law
1987 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
1987 Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
1987 Yanks trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 & 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7
1988 Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful)
1990 Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph)
1990 Martina Navratilova beats Zina Garrison for rec 9th Wimbeldon title
1991 Michael Stich beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon championship




Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Bhutan : Guru Rinbochy
Equatorial Guinea : P.U.N.T. Anniversary
Japan : Star Festival/Tanabata
Pamplona, Spain : Fiesta de San Fermin-running of the Bulls
Tanzania : Saba-Saba Day-founding of TANU party (1954)
Iowa : Independence Sunday - - - - - ( Sunday )
Caribbean Common Market : Caribbean Day (1973) - - - - - ( Monday )
Lesotho : Family Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Zambia : Heroes Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Zambia : Unity Day - - - - - ( Tuesday )

Religious Observances

Orth : Nativity of St John the Forerunner (6/24 OS)
Old Catholoic : Comm of St Methodius (Cyril), devise Cyrillic alphabet

Religious History

1586 Birth of Thomas Hooker, colonial American pastor and an originator of the earliestsystem of federal government in America.
1851 Birth of Charles A. Tindley, African-American Methodist preacher and songwriter.His most enduring gospel hymns include 'Stand By Me,' 'Nothing Between,' 'Leave It There'and 'By and By.'
1946 Italian-American educator, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) became thefirst American citizen to be made a saint in the Catholic Church. She arrived in the U.S.in 1889, and was naturalized in 1909.
1952 Six churches met to form the Southern Baptist Association of Colorado, the firstorganization of this denomination in the state.
1959 English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'I "believed" theoretically inthe divine forgiveness for years before it really came home to me. It is a wonderful thingwhen it does.'

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

Thought for the day :

" Bachelor's wives and spinster's children are always perfect. "
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