TODAY IN HISTORY - July 1st:

1874 -1st US zoo opens (Philadelphia)
1907 - World's 1st air force established (US Army)
1910 - Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0
1916 - Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market
1929 - US cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye"

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1906 - Estée Lauder, New York, NY, CEO (Estée Lauder cosmetics) (d. 2004)
1934 - Jamie Farr, Toledo Oh, actor (Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH)
1939 - Karen Black, American actress (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx), (d. 2013)
1952 - Dan Aykroyd, Ottawa Canada, comedian/actor (SNL, Dragnet)
1961 - Diana Spencer, Sandringham England, Princess of Wales, (d. 1997)
1977 - Liv Tyler, New York City, American actress and daughter of Aerosmith's frontman, Steven Tyler (Stealing Beauty)

GOODBYE TO:

2004 - Marlon Brando, actor ("The Godfather", "A Street Cart Named Desire" and "On the Water Front") dies at 80
2009 - Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)

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