TODAY IN HISTORY - July 11th:

1944 - Franklin Roosevelt announces that he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States.
2007 - "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", the 5th film based on the books by J. K. Rowling is released.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1899 - E. B. White, writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style), (d. 1985)

GOODBYE TO:

1989 - Laurence Olivier, English stage and screen acting great (Hamlet, Rebecca), dies at 82

2007 - Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)

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