1923

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The first restaurant at 4301 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, CA.

IHOP, formerly known as The International House of Pancakes, is a U.S. based restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods. Founders Al and Jerry Lapin,
along with early investors Al and Trudy Kallis (below),open the first International
House of Pancakes (above) in the Los Angeles suburb of Toluca Lake, California 
on Monday, July 7, 1958. Today, the company has 1,500 locations across America.

 
Al Lapin                                      Al and Trudy Kallis

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Mike Gracia

Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) is 73 years old today

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Sacramento Bee article

The Roswell incident took place on Monday, July 7, 1947, when an airborne
object crashed on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Explanations of what
actually occurred are based on both official and unofficial reports.The most
popular theory of what took place is that the object, or UFO, was a spacecraft
containing extraterrestrial life. Since the late 1970s, the Roswell incident has
been the subject of much controversy, and conspiracy theories have arisen
about the event.

The U.S. government maintains that what was recovered near Roswell was
debris from the crash of an experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon
belonging to what was then a classified top secret program named Mogul 
(see below).

MaJ. Jesse Mar­cel displays the Roswell balloon debris

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Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen 

Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon. After serving in 
the U.S. Army, he made his broadcasting debut playing live 
popular music on KODL radio in The Dalles, Oregon. 

Severinsen is best known for leading the NBC Orchestra on
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Doc Severinsen with the boss, Johnny Carson

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