ON THIS DAY - July 24th:

1897 - Amelia Earhart, Atchison Kansas, American aviator (1st woman to solo Atlantic)
1967 - Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game
1969 - Apollo 11 returns to Earth
1974 - Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1951 - Lynda Carter, Phoenix Az, Miss USA (1973)/actress (Wonder Woman)

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1958 - Pam Tills
1982 - Anna Paquin, oscar winning actress (Piano)
1987 - Mara Wilson, actress (Mrs Doubtfire)

GOODBYE TO:

1980 - Peter Sellers, actor (Pink Panther, Mouse that Roared), dies at 54
2012 - Chad Everett, American actor, dies from lung cancer at 75
2012 - Sherman Hemsley, American Actor, dies from natural causes at 74

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