John Matthew Heard Jr. (March 7, 1945 – July 22, 2017)

Heard, who played Peter McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost
in New York, has died. According to the Santa Clara Medical Examiner’s office
he was found dead today in a Palo Alto, California hotel where he was reportedly recovering after undergoing recent back surgery. 

John Heard and Catherine O’Hara from Home Alone (1990).

SANDY KOZELL

Wiley Post ended his around-the-world flight on this day in 1933. He
had traveled 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.

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Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935)

It was on this day in 1934 when the Depression-era gangster was
killed by federal agents.

John Herbert Dillinger
(June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934)

In northern Iraq on this day in 2003, Saddam Hussein’s sons
Odai and Qusai died after a gunfight with U.S. forces.

The September 11 commission’s final report was released on this day
in 2004. The 575-page report concluded that hijackers exploited “deep institutional failings within our government.” The report was released
to White House officials the day before.

The idea for this toy was born on this day in 1957.