History Blog

July 7

Happy Birthday RIP Shelley Duvall(1949–2024) Carl “Doc” Severinsen–98 Richard Starkey(“Ringo Starr”)–85 William “Billy” Campbell–66 Christian Camargo(Minnick)–54 Troy Garity–52 Barry Reese (“Cassidy”)–43 ; 1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri which is Just outside Kansas City Missouri. It was sliced on a machine called the Rohwedder Bread Slicer. Invented by Iowa inventor, Otto Rohwedder ; 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiserbegins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).