July 23 /\ Full blog with more information at link below /\ Historical Highlights for Today 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France. 1664 - 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston 1764 - James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation 1798 - Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt 1829 - William Austin Burt patents typographer (typewriter) 1904 - Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo 1920 - British East Africa renamed Kenya & becomes a British crown colony 1929 - The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words. 1931 - France announces it cant afford to send a team to 1932 LA Olympics 1935 - Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building 1958 - 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords /\ Today Is Gorgeous Grandma Day Hot Enough For Ya Day National Day of the Cowboy /\ Revolution Day (Egypt-1952) /\ Birthday’s Today Gloria De Haven, LA, actress (Bog, Yellow Cab Man, Irene-Nakia) is 88 Don Imus, radio disc jockey (WNBC) is 74 Woody Harrelson, actor (Woody Boyd-Cheers) is 53 Eriq La Salle, actor (Dr Peter Benton-ER) is 52 Slash, [Saul Hudson], London, rock guitarist (Guns N Roses) is 49 Monica Lewinsky, White House intern is 41 Daniel Radcliffe, London, actor (Harry Potter) is 25 Remembered for being born today Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia (1892-1975) Arthur Treacher, announcer (Merv Griffin Show) (1894-1975 ) Charles S. Frazier, my father (1914-1994) [Harold] Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop (Dodgers) (1919-1999) Bert Convy, St Louis Mo, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw) (1933-1991) Don Drysdale [Donald Scott], MLB player (Dodgers-Cy Young) (1936-1993) Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (Capote, Moneyball) (1967-2014) /\
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