TODAY IN HISTORY - July 8th:

1889 - Wall Street Journal begins publishing
1900 - 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
1975 - US President Gerald Ford announced he'll seek Republican presidential
1999 - "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" the 3rd book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published by Bloomsbury in the UK
2000 - "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", the 4th book in the series by J. K. Rowling is published in the UK (Bloomsbury) and the US (Scholastic)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1839 - John D. Rockefeller, Richford New York, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil), (d. 1937)
1908 - Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77)
1931 - Roone Arledge, American President of ABC Sports (Monday Night Football), born in NYC, New York
1951 - Anjelica Huston, actress (Prizzi's Honor, Alien), born in Los Angeles, California
1961 - Toby Keith, American singer

GOODBYE TO:

1990 - Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
2011 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
2012 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor (Ice station Zebra, Marty), dies from renal failure at 95

 

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