Guest Author - Judith Hodges

Today in History- July 11th

Happy Birthday!
1767 John Quincy Adams, president of the USA
1892 Thomas Mitchell, actor (Gone with the Wind, It's a Wonderful Life)
1899 E.B. White, author (Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web)
1906 Harry von Zell, actor/announcer
1920 Yul Brynner, actor (The King and I, The Ten Commandments)
1922 Gene Evans, actor (Support Your Local Sheriff, Operation Petticoat)
1924 Brett Somers, actress (The Odd Couple, Perry Mason)
1929 David Kelly, actor (Waking Ned Devine, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
1933 Bob McGrath, Bob on Sesame Street
1934 Giorgio Armani, designer
1946 Beverly Todd, actress (Clara’s Heart, Baby Boom)
1950 Bonnie Pointer, singer from the Pointer Sisters
1950 Bruce McGill actor (Runaway Jury, Shallow Hal)
1952 Stephen Lang, actor (Gods and Generals, Tombstone, Last Exit to Brooklyn)
1953 Leon Spinks, boxer
1956 Sela Ward, actress (Sisters, The Fugitive, Once and Again)
1958 Mark Lester, actor (Oliver, The Prince and the Pauper, Fahrenheit 451)
1959 Suzanne Vega, singer (Luka, Tom's Diner)
1959 Richie Sambora, guitar player from Bon Jovi (Livin' On A Prayer)
1965 Lisa Rinna, model/actress (Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place)
1966 Debbie Dunning, actress (Home Improvement)
1972 Michael Rosenbaum, actor(Sorority Boys, Smallville)

Deaths:
1804 Alexander Hamilton, killed in a duel with Aaron Burr.
1973 Robert Ryan, actor (The Dirty Dozen)
1989 Laurence Olivier, actor (Spartacus)