Archive for July, 2013

TODAY IN HISTORY

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Ross Simpson

         

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ACTOR DONALD SOUTHERLAND IS 78 TODAY

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Donald Sutherland today
Donald McNichol Sutherland

Southerland’s career spans nearly 50 years with notable movie
roles such as the offbeat soldiers in popular war movies such as
The Dirty Dozen (1967), MASH (1970) and Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
and other films include Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978),
JFK
(1991)
, and Space Cowboys (2000). 

Donald is the father of actor Kiefer Southerland. All four of his
sons are named after directors that he worked with.

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PORTLAND’S PAST

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PORTLAND POSTCARD ~ 1908

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Harbor Scene

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POPCORN MAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN

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Orville Clarence Redenbacher (July 16, 1907 – September 19, 1995)

After graduation from Purdue University, he started a very successful
fertilizer company, devoting his free time to improving popcorn.

Redenbacher was found dead in the Jacuzzi of his condominium in 
Coronado, California. Authorities determined he had suffered a heart 
attack and drowned. He was cremated and his ashes scattered at
sea. 

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