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CAMILLE BOHANNON


Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

Robin Williams attended Juilliard Drama School alongside good friend
and fellow actor Christopher Reeve. He was considered a "national
treasure" by many in the entertainment industry and by the public.


Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987).

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CAMILLE BOHANNON


Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

Robin Williams attended Juilliard Drama School alongside good friend
and fellow actor Christopher Reeve. He was considered a "national
treasure" by many in the entertainment industry and by the public.


Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987).

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ESTABLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1930

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The establishment of the Veterans Administration (VA) came in 1930
when Congress authorized the president to "consolidate and coordinate
Government activities affecting war veterans". The three component
agencies became bureaus within the Veterans Administration. Brigadier
General
Frank T. Hines, who directed the Veterans Bureau for seven
years, was named as the first Administrator of Veterans Affairs, a job
he held until 1945.

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Frank Thomas Hines (April 11, 1879 – April 3, 1960)

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Carlos Santana is 69 today.

Carlos began playing the guitar when he was eight and
turned down an opportunity to attend Humbolt State
University to pursue a career in music.

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ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1938


Natalie Wood (Natalia Zacharenko) born in San Francisco, California.
(July 20, 1938 – missing November 28, found November 29, 1981)

Natalie Wood played Maria in West Side Story in 1961 and won a Golden Globe
Award for her role in the 1979 remake of From Here to Eternity. As a teenager,
she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her
work in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). She made her film debut at age four in
a fifteen-second scene in the film, Happy Land (1943). During the making of the
film Brainstorm, Wood drowned while on a weekend boat trip to Santa Catalina
Island
with her husband Robert Wagner.

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