Archive for July 1st, 2014
FORMER ACTRESS IS 98 TODAY
De Havilland in the stage play Alice in Wonderland, 1933
De Havilland portrayed the gentle character Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the
Wind (1939). Her performance in the 1946 film, To Each His Own, earned her
an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the last living actors/actresses
living in Paris since 1960. In recent years, she has made only rare appearance in
public.
Olivia de Havilland received the National Medal of the Arts
award from President George W. Bush in 2008
TODAY IN HISTORY
CELEBRATING 80 YEARS TODAY
1952 Woodward High School yearbook
Jamie as Maxwell Q. Klinger
Jamie Farr (Jameel Joseph Farah)
Farr played the role of cross-dressing Corporal Klinger on CBS-TV’s
M*A*S*H (1972-1983). He was born in Toledo, Ohio where his first role
won him two dollars in a acting contest at age 11. Farr’s first film roles
were in 1955 in Blackboard Jungle (billed as Jameel Farah) and as a
fruit vendor in Kismet (un-credited). After this, he joined the United
States Army for two years, with service in Japan and Korea
.
FIRST ZIP CODE ION THIS DAY IN 1963
The postmaster of the United States Postal Service introduced the five-digit ZIP
code. The term is an acronym for Zoning Improvement Plan. Robert Moon, an
employee of the post office, is considered to be the father of the ZIP code. He
submitted his proposal in 1944 for the initial three-digit code while working as
a postal inspector.
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