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July 28

Happy Birthday RIP Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy(1929–1994) ; Linda Kelsey-66 Georgia Engel-64 Sally Struthers-64 Lori Loughlin-48  Robert “Alexis” Arquette-43 ; 1896 The city of Miami, Florida, was incorporated

July 27

Happy Birthday Norman Lear-90 Peggy Fleming-64 Julian McMahon-44 Jonathan Rhys Meyers(O’Keefe)-35 Michael Bolten-21 ; 1940 Bugs Bunny made his debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon “A Wild Hare.”

July 26

Happy Birthday RIP Stanley Kubrick(1928–1999) ; Sir Michael “Mick” Jagger-69 Helen Mirren( Ilyena Mironoff)-67 Dorothy Hamill-56 Nana Visitor(Tucker)-55 Kevin Spacey Fowler-53 Sandra Bullock-48 Jeremy Piven-47 Olivia Williams-44 Chris Pirillo-39 ; 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

July 25

Happy Birthday RIP Brad Renfro(1982–2008) Estelle Getty(1923–2008) ; Verdine White-61  Iman Abdulmajid-57 Illeana Douglas-47 Matt LeBlanc-45 ; 1956 – 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51 people.

July 24

Happy Birthday Ruth Buzzi-76 Chris Sarandon-70 Leo Gallagher-66 Robert Hays-65 Linda Carter-61 Gus Van Sant-60 Kristi Dawn Chenoweth-44 Jennifer Lopez-43 Anna Paquin-30 ; 1969 Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.

July 23

Happy Birthday Daniel “Ronny” Cox-74 Edie McClurg-61 Woodrow “Woody” Harrelson-51 Eriq La Salle-50 Philip Seymour Hoffman-45 Marlon Wayans-40 Daniel Radcliffe-23

July 22

Happy Birthday Orson Bean-84 Óscar Aristides de la Renta Fiallo-80 Estelle Louise Fletcher-78 Terence Stamp-74 Giorgi Alex Trebek-72 Danny Glover-66 Don Henley-65  Willem Dafoe-57 John Leguizamo-48 David Spade-48 Colin Ferguson-40 Franka Potente-38 : 1934 – Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater, “Public Enemy No. 1” John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.

July 21

Happy Birthday RIP Don Knotts(1924–2006) ; Janet Reno-74 Cat Stevens(Steven Georgiou)-64 Robin Williams-61bJon Lovitz-55 Josh Hartnett-34 ; 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100

July 20

Happy Birthday RIP Natalia Zakharenko(Natalie Wood 1938-1981) Kim Carnes-67 Carlos Santana-65 Simon Rex Cutright-38 ; 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

July 19

Happy Birthday George McGovern-90 Brian May-65 Atom Egoyan-52 Campbell Scott-51 Anthony Edwards-50 William Houston-44 Jared Padalecki-30 ; 1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.