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July 26

Happy Birthday RIP George Bernard Shaw(1856–1950) Gracie Allen(1895–1964) Stanley Kubrick(1928–1999) Vivian Vance(Jones 1909–1979) William Blake Crump(“Blake Edwards” 1922–2010) ; Sir Michael “Mick” Jagger–80 Dame Helen Mirren(Mironoff)–78 Susan George–73 Dorothy Hamill–67 Nana Visitor(Tucker)–66 Kevin Spacey Fowler–64 Sandra Bullock–59 Jeremy Piven–58 Olivia Williams–55 ; 1947 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council

July 25

Happy Birthday RIP Brad Renfro(1982–2008) Estelle Getty(Scher-Gettleman 1923–2008) “Jack Gilford”(Jacob Gellman 1908–1990) ; Verdine White–72 Iman Abdulmajid–68 Illeana Douglas(Hesselberg)–58 Matthew LeBlanc–56 “Tera Patrick”(Linda Hopkins)–47 ; 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 RIP Amelia Earhart(1897–1937) Mabel Albertson(1901–1982) Bella Savitsky Abzug(1920–1998) Leo Gallagher Jr(1946–2022) ; Charles “Mark” Goddard–87 Ruth Buzzi–87 Christopher Sarandon–81 Robert Hays–76 Linda Carter–72 Gus Van Sant Jr–71 Kristi Dawn Chenoweth–55 Jennifer Lopez–54 Mary Rose Byrne–44 Anna Paquin–41 ; 1969 – Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific ; 1974 – Watergate scandal : The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed white house tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

July 23

Happy Birthday RIP Helen Martin(1909–2000) Gloria DeHaven(1925–2016) Bernard “Bert” Convy(1933–1991) Sandra Gould(1916–1999) Helen Martin(1909–2000) Philip Seymour Hoffman(1967–2014) ; Daniel Ronald Cox–85 Edie McClurg–78 Woodrow “Woody” Harrelson–62 Erik La Salle–61 Saul Hudson(“Slash”)–58 Marlon Wayans–51 Monica Lewinsky–50 Shane McRae–46 Tenitra Michelle Williams–43 Daniel Radcliffe–34 ; 1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car ; 1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film. Later these became known as talkies.

July 22

Happy Birthday RIP Daniel Rowan(1922–1987) Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo(1932–2014) Anthony James(1942–2020) “Orson Bean”(Dallas Burroughs 1928–2020) Giorgi “Alex” Trebek (1940–2020) ; Estelle Louise Fletcher–89 Terence Stamp–85 Daniel “Danny” Glover–77 Donald Henley–76 William “Willem” Dafoe–68 Keith “Sweat”(Crier)–62 John Leguizamo–59 David Spade–59 Colin Ferguson–51 Franka Potente–49 Selena Gomez–31 : 1991 – Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee after police discover human remains in his apartment

July 21

Happy Birthday RIP Ernest Hemingway(1899–1961) Jesse Donald Knotts(1924–2006) Robin Williams(1951–2014) Janet Reno(1938–2016) ; “Cat Stevens”(Steven Georgiou)–75 Taco Ockerse–68 Jonathan Lovitz–66 Keith “Ike” Eisenmann–61 Joshua Hartnett–45 Rory Culkin–34 ; 1873 – At Adair Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West ; 1969 – Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon

July 20

Happy Birthday RIP Natalia Zakharenko(“Natalie Wood” 1938–1981) Lola Albright(1924–2017) Enid Diana Rigg 1938–2020) ; Kimberly Carnes–78 Carlos Santana–76 Frank Whaley–60 Michael Park–55 Sandra Oh–52 Simon Rex Cutright–49 ; 1969 – Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon.

July 19

Happy Birthday RIP Barbara Bedford (Violet Rose 1903–1981) Dennis Cole(1940–2009) Martin “Pat” Hingle(1924–2009) ; Brian May–76 Beverly Archer–75 Atom Yegoyan–63 Lisa Lampugnale–62 Campbell Scott–62 Anthony Edwards–61 Benedict Cumberbatch–47 Jared Padalecki–41 ; 1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro subway opens for operation

July 18

Happy Birthday RIP Hume Cronyn Jr(1911–2003) Richard “Red” Skelton(1913–1997) Nelson Mandela(1918–2013) John Glenn Jr(1921–2016) ; Paul Verhoeven–85 Craig Bruderlin(“James Brolin”)–83 Audrey Landers(Hamburg)–67 Elizabeth McGovern–62 Wendy Williams–59 Mark Sinclair(“Vin Diesel”)–56 Kristen Bell–43 Christopher Chace Crawford–38 ; 1968 – Intel is founded in Mountain View , California ; 1969 – After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne dies in the accident but he survives.

July 17

Happy Birthday RIP James Cagney(1899–1986) “Art Linkletter”(Gordon Kelly 1912–2010) Phoebe “Snow”(Laub 1950–2011) Phyllis “Diller”(Driver 1917–2012) Carol Diahann Johnson 1935–2019) ; Donald Sutherland–88 Duchess Camilla Queen Consort(Shand)–76 Terence “Geezer” Butler–74 Lucie Arnaz–72 David Hasselhoff–71 Heather Langenkamp–59 Alexander Winter–58 Michael Vogel–44 ; 1955 – Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California