Happy Birthday to my friend Stuart Cramer !

Today in History (July 27)
1990     Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop
1988     Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer
1986     Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France
1977     John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in U.S.
1974     House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
1962     Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission
1953     Truce ending Korean War signed
1949     1st jet-propelled airline, De Havilland Comet, flies
1947     Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
1940     Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
1940     Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare"
1921     Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolates insulin at University of Toronto
1888     Philip Pratt unveils 1st electric automobile
1866    1st permanent Atlantic cable completed
1844     Fire destroys U.S. mint at Charlotte, North Carolina
1837     U.S. Mint opens in Charlotte, North Carolina
1789     Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs, State Department
1694     Bank of England incorporated

Today’s Birthdays
1975     Alex Rodriguez, New York City, shortstop for the Seattle Mariners
1960     Stuart Cramer IV, real estate tycoon
1957     Bill Engvall, comedian
1948     Peggy Fleming Jenkins, born in San Jose, California, figure skater, Olym-gold-1968
1931     Jerry Van Dyke, born in Danville, Illinois, actor, My Mother the Car, Coach
1922     Norman Lear, TV writer/producer, All in The Family
1916     Kennan Wynn, born in New York City, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor
1906     Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants
1899     C. S. Forester, English Novelist
1824     Alexandre Dumas, born in France, playwright/novelist, Camille

 
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