Today is July 7
Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day
Comic Book Birthday - 1802 - 1st comic book “The Wasp,” is published
Sliced Bread Sold for the first time
Food Holidays – July 7
National Strawberry Sundae Day
Strawberry Sundae
http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/healthy-recipes/20-fresh-spring-recipes-any-diet/strawberry-sundaes
Triple-Strawberry Sundaes
Triple Strawberry Sundaes
National Chocolate Day
Chocolate Pancakes
http://www.cookingclassy.com/2013/05/chocolate-pancakes-with-chocolate-sauce-strawberries-and-bananas/
Tripe Chocolate Brownies
http://lifemadesimplebakes.com/2013/07/triple-chocolate-brownies/
Macaroni day
5 Minute Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
http://picky-palate.com/2012/02/20/5-minute-homemade-mac-and-cheese/
Today in History – Interesting Highlights July 7
Holidays and Observances
Christian Feast Day:
Æthelburg of Faremoutiers
Illidius
Job of Maniava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
Willibald (Catholic Church)
July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Ivan Kupala Day (Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine)
Saba Saba Day (Tanzania)
Tanabata (Japan)
In the News
1875 - Jesse James robs train in Otterville Missouri
1908 - Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay
1928 - Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped”.
1947 - Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.
1980 - Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
1986 - IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
1988 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Movies/Television
1949 - “Dragnet” premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967
Music
1607 - “God Save the King” is 1st sung
1713 - 1st performance of George F Handel’s “Te Deum” & “Jubilate”
1965 - Otis Redding records “Respect”
1967 - Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” is released
1967 - Doors’ “Light My Fire” hits #1
Sports
1937 - 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash
1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 - Philadelphia Phillies beat SF Giants 7-6 in 20 innings
Weddings
1932 - Author Damon Runyon (51) weds Patrice Amati del Grande
1946 - 39th US President Jimmy Carter (21) weds Rosalynn Smith (18) in Plains, Georgia
1970 - Actress Shelley Duvall (21) weds Bernard Sampson
1976 - NFL running back Walter Payton (21) weds Connie Norwood in Los Angeles, California
1977 - “American Bandstand” TV host Dick Clark (47) weds Kari Wigton (34) in Malibu, California
1984 - Frankie Valli marries Randy Clohessy
1986 - US actress Deborah Hunter marries actor Michael Tylo
1987 - “The Bold and the Beautiful” actress Hunter Tylo (25) weds actor Michael Tylo (38)
2001 - “Charlie’s Angels” star Drew Barrymore (26) weds actor-comedian Tom Green (29) in Malibu
2006 - “Extreme Makeover” Bill Dorfman (47) weds former contestant on “The Apprentice” and beauty queen Jennifer Murphy (27) at the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California
2006 - Three-time “Survivor” contestant Stephanie LaGrossa (26) weds Michael Ward in Seaside Heights, New Jersey
2006 - Anchor and Skating with Celebrities runner-up Jillian Barberie (39) weds actor Grant Reynolds (33) in Tarzana, California
2007 - Actress and model Eva Longoria (37) weds NBA player Tony Parker (30) at The Church of Saint Germain l’Auxerrois in Paris, France
2007 - Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck (38) weds handbag designer Gelila Assefa (38) in a three-day celebration on the Italian island of Capri
2012 - “The Office” Ellie Kemper (32) weds former “Conan O’Brien” writer Michael Koman at the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church in New York City
2012 - Documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux (42) weds TV director Nancy Strang (37)
Divorces
1943 - Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (48) divorces broadway singer Hannah Williams (32) after 10 years of marriage
1994 - Actress Diane Lane files for divorce from Christopher Lambert
2008 - Cynthia Rodriguez (35) divorces New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez (32) due to long period of infidelity and emotional abandonment after 6 years of marriage
Famous Birthdays
1851 – Charles Albert Tindley, American minister and composer (d. 1933)
1855 – Ludwig Ganghofer, German author (d. 1920)
1860 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
1880 – Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread (d. 1960)
1887 – Marc Chagall, Russian painter (d. 1985)
1891 – Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general (d. 1945)
1891 – Virginia Rappe, American model and actress (d. 1921)
1893 – Herbert Feis, American author (d. 1972)
1898 – Arnold Horween, American football player (d. 1985)
1899 – George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
1900 – Earle E. Partridge, American general (d. 1990)
1901 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director (d. 1974)
1901 – Sam Katzman, American director and producer (d. 1973)
1901 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese cinematographer and producer (d. 1970)
1903 – Ralph Tarrant, English super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1902 – Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1904 – Simone Beck, French chef and author (d. 1991)
1906 – William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician (d. 1970)
1906 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1907 – Robert A. Heinlein, American author (d. 1988)
1908 – Revilo P. Oliver, American academic and author (d. 1994)
1910 – Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter (d. 2010)
1911 – Gretchen Franklin, English actress (d. 2005)
1911 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer (d. 2007)
1913 – Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (d. 2011)
1915 – Margaret Walker, American author and poet (d. 1998)
1919 – Jon Pertwee, English actor (d. 1996)
1921 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975)
1922 – Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1923 – Liviu Ciulei, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 – Eduardo Falú, Argentinian guitarist and composer (d. 2013)
1924 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
1924 – Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1925 – Abdul Razak Abdul Hamid, Malaysian academic (d. 2013)
1925 – Gely Korzhev, Russian painter (d. 2012)
1925 – Wally Phillips, American radio host (d. 2008)
1927 – Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Louvin Brothers) (d. 2011)
1927 – Doc Severinsen, American trumpet player
1929 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
1930 – John Little, Scottish footballer
1930 – Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal
1930 – Hank Mobley, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)
1931 – David Eddings, American author (d. 2009)
1932 – T. J. Bass, American physician and author (d. 2011)
1932 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian-American keyboard player and composer (Weather Report) (d. 2007)
1933 – Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner
1933 – David McCullough, American historian and author
1933 – Bruce Wells, English boxer and actor (d. 2009)
1936 – Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician (d. 2013)
1936 – Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (d. 1971)
1936 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
1937 – Tung Chee Hwa, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
1940 – Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Beatles, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, and Plastic Ono Band)
1941 – Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby player and coach
1941 – Nancy Farmer, American author
1941 – Michael Howard, Welsh politician
1941 – Bill Oddie, English comedian and actor
1941 – Jim Rodford, English bass player (The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Zombies, The Kast Off Kinks, and Argent)
1942 – Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
1943 – Toto Cutugno, Italian singer-songwriter
1943 – Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (d. 2007)
1944 – Tony Jacklin, English golfer
1944 – Emanuel Steward, American boxer and trainer (d. 2012)
1945 – Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1945 – Matti Salminen, Finnish opera singer
1946 – Joe Spano, American actor
1947 – David Hodo, American singer and actor (Village People)
1947 – Víctor Manuel, Spanish singer-songwriter
1947 – Gyanendra of Nepal
1947 – Howard Rheingold, American author and critic
1947 – Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
1947 – Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family, The Blues Band, The Manfreds, and Axis Point)
1948 – Jean Leclerc, Canadian actor
1949 – Shelley Duvall, American actress and producer
1951 – Tom Fox, American activist (d. 2006)
1952 – Mando Guerrero, Mexican-American wrestler and stuntman
1954 – Pam Bricker, American singer (d. 2005)
1954 – Sandy Johnson, American model and actress
1954 – Rami Fortis, Israeli singer (Minimal Compact)
1955 – Len Barker, American baseball player
1957 – Jonathan Dayton, American director and producer
1957 – Berry Sakharof, Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist (Minimal Compact)
1958 – Alexander Svinin, Russian figure skater and coach
1959 – Billy Campbell, American actor
1959 – Jessica Hahn, American model and actress
1959 – Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)
1960 – Kevin A. Ford, American colonel and astronaut
1960 – Ralph Sampson, American basketball player and coach
1961 – Eric Jerome Dickey, American author
1963 – Vonda Shepard, American singer-songwriter and actress
1965 – Mo Collins, American actress
1965 – Paula Devicq, Canadian actress
1965 – Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player and sportscaster
1965 – Sam Holbrook, American baseball umpire
1965 – Jeremy Kyle, English talk show host
1966 – Jim Gaffigan, American comedian and actor
1966 – Gundula Krause, German-American violinist
1966 – Neil Tobin, American magician
1967 – Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver
1967 – Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005)
1968 – Amy Carlson, American actress
1968 – Jorja Fox, American actress
1968 – Allen Payne, American actor
1968 – Jeff VanderMeer, American author
1969 – Sylke Otto, German luger
1969 – Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Nathalie Simard, Canadian singer
1969 – Cree Summer, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (Subject to Change)
1969 – Robin Weigert, American actress
1970 – Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
1970 – Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
1970 – Erik Zabel, German cyclist
1970 – Zoë Tyler, English voice coach, cruise ship singer, performer and reality television show judge
1971 – Christian Camargo, American actor
1971 – Alistair Potts, English rower
1972 – Lisa Leslie, American basketball player and actress
1972 – Manfred Stohl, Austrian race car driver
1972 – Kirsten Vangsness, American actress
1973 – Troy Garity, American actor
1973 – José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
1973 – Kailash Kher, Indian singer-songwriter and director
1973 – Matt Mantei, American baseball player
1973 – Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1973 – Natsuki Takaya, Japanese illustrator
1974 – Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1974 – E.D.I. Mean, American rapper and producer (Outlawz)
1975 – Tony Benshoof, American luger
1975 – Michael Voss, Australian footballer and coach
1976 – Natasha Collins, English actress (d. 2008)
1976 – Dominic Foley, Irish footballer
1976 – Bérénice Bejo, Argentinian-French actress
1976 – Vasily Petrenko, Russian conductor
1978 – Chris Andersen, American basketball player
1978 – Davor Kraljević, Croatian footballer
1979 – Carl Breeze, English race car driver
1979 – Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
1980 – John Buck, American baseball player
1980 – Fyfe Dangerfield, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Guillemots and Senseless Prayer)
1980 – Deidre Downs, American model, Miss America 2005
1980 – Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
1980 – Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used and The New Transit Direction)
1981 – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
1981 – Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold and Pinkly Smooth)
1982 – Cassidy, American rapper, producer, and actor (Larsiny Family)
1982 – Mike Glita, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Senses Fail)
1982 – Nick Karner, American actor and director
1982 – Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
1982 – George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
1983 – Justin Davies, Australian footballer
1983 – Ciara Newell, Irish singer (Bellefire)
1984 – Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
1984 – Alberto Aquilani, Italian footballer
1984 – Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Marie-Mai, Canadian singer
1985 – Marc Stein, German footballer
1986 – Ana Kasparian, American journalist and producer
1986 – Udo Schwarz, German rugby player
1987 – Julianna Guill, American actress
1987 – Lena Ma, Chinese-Canadian model, Miss World Canada 2009
1987 – Carly Telford, English footballer
1988 – Kaci Brown, American singer
1988 – Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player
1988 – Ilan Rubin, American drummer (Angels & Airwaves, Nine Inch Nails, Lostprophets, Denver Harbor, and Fenix TX)
1988 – Jack Whitehall, English comedian and actor
1989 – Bii, Taiwanese singer
1989 – Landon Cassill, American race car driver
1989 – Miina Kallas, Estonian footballer
1989 – Kim Bum, South Korean actor and singer
1990 – Lee Addy, Ghanaian footballer
1990 – Pascal Stöger, Austrian footballer
1992 – Ellina Anissimova, Estonian hammer thrower
1992 – Toni Garrn, German model
1997 – Erina Ikuta, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
2000 – Princess Purnika of Nepal
Deaths
1890 – Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)
1901 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
1913 – Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general (b. 1841)
1922 – Cathal Brugha, Irish soldier and politician, 1st President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
1925 – Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b. 1871)
1927 – Émile Coste, French fencer (b. 1862)
1927 – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (b. 1846)
1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician and author, created Sherlock Holmes (b. 1859)
1932 – Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
1932 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
1937 – Nikolajs Švedrēvics, Latvian javelin thrower (b. 1891)
1939 – Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)
1942 – Thomas Xenakis, Greek gymnast (b. 1875)
1949 – Bunk Johnson, American trumpet player (b. 1879)
1950 – Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1923)
1954 – Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (b. 1874)
1956 – Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (b. 1886)
1960 – Francis Browne, Irish photographer (b. 1880)
1964 – Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower (b. 1904)
1965 – Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
1967 – Vivien Leigh, Indian-English actress and singer (b. 1913)
1968 – Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
1971 – Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1925)
1971 – Ub Iwerks, American animator and director (b. 1901)
1972 – Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
1972 – Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
1973 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
1973 – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
1975 – Ruffian, American race horse (b. 1972)
1976 – Walter Giesler, American soccer player and referee (b. 1910)
1978 – Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1933)
1980 – Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
1981 – Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (b. 1908)
1984 – Carl Boenish, American BASE jumper and cinematographer (b. 1941)
1984 – Alexander Fu, Hong Kong actor (b. 1954)
1984 – George Oppen, American poet (b. 1908)
1984 – Ricky Kasso, Killer “The Acid King” (b. 1967)
1987 – Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (b. 1902)
1987 – Hannelore Schroth, German actress (b. 1922)
1990 – Cazuza, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Barão Vermelho) (b. 1958)
1990 – Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
1993 – Mia Zapata, American singer-songwriter (The Gits) (b. 1965)
1994 – Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (b. 1924)
1994 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
1994 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general (b. 1907)
1998 – Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (b. 1937)
1999 – Vikram Batra, Indian captain (b. 1974)
1999 – Julie Campbell Tatham, American author (b. 1908)
2000 – Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969)
2001 – Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
2003 – Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian conductor (b. 1924)
2003 – Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter, animator and director (b. 1923)
2006 – Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pink Floyd and Stars) (b. 1946)
2006 – Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)
2006 – John Money, New Zealand-American psychologist and author (b. 1921)
2008 – Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1933)
2008 – Dorian Leigh, American model (b. 1917)
2011 – Allan W. Eckert, American historian and author (b. 1931)
2011 – Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
2012 – Ronaldo Cunha Lima, Brazilian poet and politician (b. 1936)
2012 – Mouss Diouf, Senegalese-French actor (b. 1964)
2012 – Dennis Flemion, American drummer (The Frogs) (b. 1955)
2012 – Ralph Raymond Loffmark, Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
2012 – Doris Neal, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2012 – Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (b. 1936)
2012 – Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician (b. 1927)
2012 – Jimmy Tansey, English footballer (b. 1929)
2013 – John Bockris, South African–American chemist (b. 1923)
2013 – Sudhakar Bokade, Indian film producer (b. 1956)
2013 – Joe Conley, American actor (b. 1928)
2013 – MC Daleste, Brazilian rapper (b. 1992)
2013 – Artur Hajzer, Polish mountaineer (b. 1962)
2013 – Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (b. 1938)
2013 – Donald J. Irwin, American politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (b. 1926)
2013 – Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
2013 – Charles Quinn, American journalist (b. 1931)
2013 – Anna Wing, English actress (b. 1914)
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