(The National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act
on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational
on October 1, 1958.

“Shout was the Isley Brothers first million-selling hit. It did not reach
higher than #47 on the Billboard Hot 100, it became their first gold
single on the basis of its longevity. The song was inducted to the
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and is ranked #118 on Rolling
Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.

                (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945)

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led
the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the
key figures in the creation of Fascism. He became the 40th
Prime Minister of Italy in 1922. In late April 1945 during World 
War ll with total defeat looming, Mussolini attempted to escape
to Switzerland, only to be quickly captured and executed by
Italian partisans.

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler in 1940

NBC asked Paar to succeed Steve Allen as host of The Tonight Show. He hosted
the talk show from July 29,  1957 to March 30, 1962. At first, the show was called
Tonight starring Jack Paar; after 1959 it was officially known as The Jack Paar
Show. During its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B (formerly known as the
Texaco Star Theatre) inside the RCA Building, the same studio that later
hosted early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In
1957 and 1958, The Jack Paar Tonight Show was awarded the Primetime
Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series.

Paar’s original announcer was actor Franklin Pangborn (above clip),
but he was fired after only a few weeks for not showing enough
“spontaneous enthusiasm”. His replacement was Hugh Downs who
remained with the show until the end.

Hugh Downs (left) co-hosting with Jack Parr

A devastating fire and series of chain-reaction explosions on 29 July 1967 that
killed 134 sailors and injured 161 took place on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal
(CV-59), after an unusual electrical anomaly discharged a Zune rocket on the
flight deck. Forrestal was engaged in combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin
during the Vietnam War at the time. The damage exceeded $72 million, not
including the damaged aircraft. 

USS Forrestal before the fire. It was decommissioned September 11, 1993.