July 26 /\ Link below is to entire blog... /\ Historical Highlights for Today 657 - Battle of Siffinduring, the first Muslim civil war in Syria. 1524 - James V declared by Scottish Parliament fit to govern 1775 - United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created under Benjamin Franklin 1835 - 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii 1847 - Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society 1887 - 1st Esperanto book published 1946 - President Harry Truman orders desegregation of all US forces 1947 - US Department of Defense forms 1947 - National Security Act establishes CIA 1953 - Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the 26th of July Movement, against Batista 1956 - Egypt seizes Suez Canal 1990 - President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act /\ Today Is One Voice- an international grassroots movement that amplifies the voice of mainstream and nonmainstream groups National Dance Day National Day of the Cowboy Paddle for Perthes Disease Awareness Day /\ Ratification Day (New York-1788-US Constitution) Curacao Day (Curacao) Independence Day (Maldives-1965 from British) National Day (Cuba-1959-establish Socialist gov’t) /\ Birthday’s Today Marjorie Lord [Wollenberg], actress (Make Room for Daddy) is 95 Mick Jagger, English, rock vocalist (Rolling Stones) is 71 Helen Mirren [Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironoff], London, actress is 69 Susan George, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo) is 64 Dorothy Hamill, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) is 58 Kevin Spacey, actor (Dad, Henry & June, Darrow) is 55 Sandra Bullock, actress (Speed, Net, Love & War) is 50 Jeremy Piven, actor and producer (Entourage, Serendipity) is 49 Remembered for being born today George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1739-1812) George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) (1796-1872) George Bernard Shaw, Dublin, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) (1856-1950) Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology) (1875-1961) Aldous Huxley, Surrey, author (Brave New World, Island) (1894-1963) Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen) (1902-1964) Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy) (1909-1979) Jason Robards Jr, actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday) (1922-2000) Stanley Kubrick, Bronx NY, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita) (1928-1999) Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedys car passenger (1940-1969) /\
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