Saturday, July 31, 2021 -Quote Of The Day...
* " He who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn`t been asleep. "
On This Day In History...
In 432 - St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
In 768 - [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope
In 1498- Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad
In 1777- Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army
In 1790- 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process
In 1809- 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila
In 1813- British invade Plattsburgh, NY
In 1872- C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild
In 1874- Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as pres of Georgetown U
In 1910- Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game
In 1912- US government prohibits movies & photos of prize fights (censorship)
In 1913- Bryan Hextall, NHL hall of famer
In 1922- 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn)
In 1925- Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England
In 1930- Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13
In 1932- Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Phila A's beat Indians 1-0
In 1934- St Louis Cards defeat Cin Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy
In - Dean & Tony Freitos go the distant
In 1935- C Jackson discovers asteroids #1362 Griqua & #2865
In 1938- NY Yanks suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd
In - "hit every colored person in Chicago over the head with a club"
In 1942- German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
In 1948- Pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY
In 1949- Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman
In 1953- Dept of Health, Education & Welfare created
In 1954- Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double)
In 1960- Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state
In 1961- 2nd All Star Game of 1961 ends 1-1 due to rain at Fenway Park
In 1962- Federation of Malaysia formed
In 1963- Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown)
In 1964- Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor
In 1964- US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon
In 1966- Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark
In 1966- Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas
In 1968- Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free
In 1969- Mariner 6 flies past Mars
In 1969- National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, La
In 1970- Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"
In 1972- Chic White Sox Dick Allen hits 2 inside-the-park-homers in Minn
In 1972- Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate
In 1973- ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to the NY Nets
In 1973- Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston,
In - killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later
In 1978- Gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris
In 1978- NY Yanks now 7« out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks
In 1979- N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2402 Satpaev & #2416 Sharonov
In 1980- John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges
In 1980- Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36
In 1981- 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends
In 1981- Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of the Natl Bar Assn
In 1982- 46 kids & 7 adults die as 2 buses & several cars collide in France
In 1984- US men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics
In 1987- Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle
In 1988- Miami Dolphins beat SF 49ers 27-21 in London
In 1988- Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame
In 1990- Nolan Ryan becomes the 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games
July 31 -Birthdays
In 1763- James Kent Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia)
In 1803- John Ericsson US, invented screw propeller, built USS Monitor
In 1841- George Melville polar explorer, naval engineer
In 1894- Roy Bargy Mich, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show)
In 19XX- Gerald Anthony actor (One Life to Live)
In 19XX- John Nevin Manchester Ct, rocker (Rythm Syndicate)
In 19XX- Lise Cutter LA Calif, actress (Susan-Perfect Strangers)
In 1900- Elmo Roper pollster (Roper Poll)
In 1901- Jean Dubuffet France, painter (Landscape with 2 Personages)
In 1904- Arthur Daley sportswriter (NY Times-Pulitzer 1956)
In 1911- George Liberace Menasha Wisc, violinist (Liberace Show)
In 1912- Irv Kupcinet Chicago Ill, TV host (Tonight! America After Dark)
In 1912- Milton Friedman economist (Nobel 1976)
In 1919- Curt Gowdy Green River Wyo, sportscaster (ABC)
In 1919- Primo Levi Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Aushchwitz)
In 1921- Whitney M Young Jr civil rights leader, head of Urban League
In 1923- Ahmet Ertegun CEO (Atlantic Records)
In 1929- Don Murray Calif, actor (Bus Stop, Advise & Consent, Endless Love)
In 1935- Geoffrey Lewis Plainsfield NJ, actor (Earl-Flo, Gun Shy)
In 1939- France Nuyen Marselles France, actress (St Elsewhere, Diamond Head)
In 1940- Stanley Jaffe producer (Fatal Attraction)
In 1943- Susan Flannery NYC, actress (Leslie Stewart-Dallas)
In 1943- William Bennett US Secretary of Education (1985-88)/drug czar
In 1944- Geraldine Chaplin Santa Monica Ca, actress (Dr Zhivago, 3 Musketeers)
In 1944- Sherry Lansing Chicago Ill, actress (China Syndrome, Black Rain)
In 1946- Bob Welch rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well)
In 1946- Gary Lewis Jerry's son, singer, (& The Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
In 1950- Lane Davies actor (Mason-Santa Barbara, Impure Thoughts)
In 1951- Barry Van Dyke Atlanta Ga, actor (Lt Dillon-Battlestar Galactica)
In 1951- Evonne Goolagong Cawley Australia, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1971)
In 1953- Hugh McDowell chelloist (ELO-Telephone Line)
In 1957- Dirk Blocker LA Calif, actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four)
In 1957- Irina Nazariva USSR, 4 X 400m relay (Olympic-gold-1980)
In 1957- Victoria E Cooke Hollywood Ca, playmate (Aug, 1980)
In 1958- Wally Kurth actor (Days of Our Lives)
In 1962- Kym Malin Dallas Tx, playmate (May, 1982)
In 1962- Sandra "Sweetness" Hodge basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
In 1963- Norman Cook rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
In 1973- Jerry Rivera Puerto Rico, spanish singer
July 31 -Deaths Which Occurred
In 1556- St Ignatius of Loyola founder of Society of Jesus, dies in Rome
In 1811- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish
In 1875- Andrew Johnson 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66
In 1953- Robert Taft (Sen-R-Oh) (Mr Republican), dies in NY at 63
In 1964- Jim Reeves Country singer.(He'll Have to Go, Four Walls) Plane crash
In 1977- Stacy Moskowitz shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
In 1978- Enoch Light orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
In 1981- Gen Omar Torrijos leader of Panama, dies in plane crash
In 1984- Bill Raisch one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79
July 31 -Holidays
* Mexico : Day of National Mourning (1811-Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla)
* Gilroy, California : Garlic Festival - - - - - ( Friday )
July 31 -Religious History
In 1773- Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'Duty is ourpart; the care is His.'
In 1776- Francis Salvador, a plantation owner from South Carolina, became the first Jewto die for American independence, when he was killed in a skirmish with the British.
In 1874- Patrick Francis Healy was inaugurated president of Georgetown University, theoldest Catholic university in America. Healy at the same time became the first African-American to head a predominantly white university.
In 1889- Death of Horatius Bonar, 81, Scottish preacher and author of the hymn, 'I Heardthe Voice of Jesus Say.'
In 1970- The complete New American Standard Version of the Bible (NASB) was firstpublished. (The completed NASB New Testament had been released earlier, in 1963.