On July 13, 1990, the romantic-thriller Ghost, starring
Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg,
opened in theaters across the United States.

The film was a commercial success, grossing $505 million
against a budget of $22–23 million and emerging as the
highest-grossing film of 1990 and at the time of its release,
was the third-highest-grossing film of all time.

The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise
going towards the score and performances of the cast.
Ghost earned five nominations at the 63rd Academy
Awards: Best Picture, Best Original Score, Best Film
Editing, and winning Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg
and Best Original Screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin.

"Dakota" Fred Hurt, a fan favorite on Discovery’s "Gold Rush,"
has died.

Hurt’s family confirmed on his social media page Wednesday,
the "Gold Rush" star lost his battle with brain cancer.

Krispy Kreme founder Vernon Rudolph "bought a secret yeast-
raised doughnut recipe from a New Orleans French chef."

According to Krispy Kreme’s website, Rudolph set up a doughnut
factory in present-day Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
and began to sell doughnuts to area grocery stores on this day in
1937.

"The delicious scents of cooking doughnuts drifted into the
and passersby stopped to ask if they could buy hot doughnuts."

Rudolph created the first Krispy Kreme storefront by cutting a
hole in the wall of his building, allowing people to buy a glazed
doughnut right on the sidewalk.

Vernon Carver Rudolph
(June 30, 1915 – August 16, 1973)

In Los Angeles, California, Senator John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts was nominated for the presidency by the
Democratic Party Convention, defeating Senator Lyndon
B. Johnson of Texas. The next day, Johnson was named
Kennedy’s running mate by a unanimous vote of the
convention.

Senators Kennedy and Johnson during the 1960 campaign.