Guest Author - Judith Hodges

Today in History- July 5th

Happy Birthday!
1810 P. T. Barnum, circus showman
1904 Milburn Stone, actor (Gunsmoke, Arrowhead)
1934 Katherine Helmond, actress (Soap, Who’s the Boss, Everyone Loves Raymond)
1936 Shirley Knight, actress (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood)
1951 Huey Lewis, singer from Huey Lewis and the News (The Power Of Love)date also 1950
1958 Bill Watterson, cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)
1968 Jillian Armenante, actress (Judging Amy, Girl Interrupted)
1975 Chris Gratton, hockey player

Deaths:
1969 Ben Alexander, actor (Dragnet (TV)
2001 Ely Callaway, golf mongul
2002 Ted Williams, baseball player

Events:
1865 The Salvation Army was formed.
1946 The first bikini was worn in public.
1996 Dolly the sheep is cloned.