Guest Author - Judith Hodges

Today in History- July 10th

Happy Birthday!
1834 James Whistler, artist (Whistler’s Mother)
1905 Mildred Wirt Benson, author (Nancy Drew mystery books)
1917 Reg Smythe, cartoonist (Andy Capp)
1920 David Brinkley, news anchor
1922 Jean Kerr, author (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
1923 Earl Hamner, Jr. author (The Waltons)
1926 Fred Gwynne, actor (The Munsters, My Cousin Vinny)
1931 Nick Adams, actor (Pillow Talk, No Time for Sergeants)
1943 Arthur Ashe, tennis player/author
1945 Ron Glass, actor (Barney Miller, Deep Space, Houseguest)
1947 Arlo Guthrie, folk singer (Alice's Restaurant)
1949 Winston Rekert, actor (Agnes of God, Droids)
1954 Neil Tennant, singer from Pet Shop Boys (West End Girls)
1972 Sofia Vergara, model/actress (Acapulco)
1976 Adrian Grenier, actor (Entourage, Drive Me Crazy)
1980 Thomas Ian Nicholas, actor (Radio Flyer, Party of Five, American Pie)
1980 Jessica Simpson, singer/ actress (The Dukes of Hazzard)

Dead:
1989 Mel Blanc, cartoonist/ voice actor (Bugs Bunny, The Flintstones)