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FRED ASTAIRE DANCE PARTNER BORN

Ginger Rogers at age 10. This photo publicized one of her earliest stage appearances: singing in ...

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GINGER ROGERS AND FRED ASTAIRE

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Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath)
(July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995)


On this day in history, July 16, 1911, American star Ginger
Rogers was born in Independence, Missouri.

Ginger Rogers was an American actress and dancer who
was best known for work with the legendary Fred Astaire
during that time period and much of the 20th century. 

Rogers won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her
starring role in
Kitty Foyle (1940).

Kitty Foyle

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OFFICIAL OPENING FOR BUSINESS IN 1995

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On July 16, 1995, Amazon officially opened for business as
an online bookseller. Within a month, the fledgling retailer
had shipped books to all 50 U.S. states and to 45 countries.

Founder Jeff Bezos’s motto was “get big fast,” and Seattle-
based Amazon eventually morphed into an e-commerce
colossus, selling everything from groceries to furniture to
live ladybugs, and helping to revolutionize the way people
shop.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will step down as CEO | LaptrinhX / News
Jeffrey Preston Bezos, the founder, executive chairman,
and former president and CEO of
Amazon.

Amazon to Invest $700 Million in Training, Upskilling its Workforce - The College Post

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MISSION LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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At 9:32 a.m. EDT, Apollo 11, the first U.S. lunar landing mission, 
was launched on a historic journey to the surface of the moon.

After traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into
a lunar orbit on July 19.

Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later – Chico Enterprise-Record
The Apollo 11, from left, Neil Armstrong, commander;
Michael Collins, module pilot; Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin,
lunar module pilot.

To the moon! 20 newspaper headlines from the Apollo 11 launch on July 16, 1969 | Apollo 11 ...

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PLANE CRASH TOOK THE LIFE OF JFK JR.

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On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy, Jr.; his wife, Carolyn
Bessette Kennedy (above) and her sister, Lauren Bessette,
died when the single-engine plane that Kennedy was piloting
crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha’s Vineyard,
Massachusetts.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., was born on November 25,
1960, just a few weeks after his father and namesake was
elected the
35th president of the United States.

Washingtonpost.com: JFK Jr. Feared Dead in Plane Crash

U.S. President John F Kennedy holds hands with his son, John F Kennedy Jr
President John F. Kennedy and son
JFK Jr.(‘John John’)

John F Kennedy Jr. Death Plane Crash Newspaper July 18, 1999 Cape Cod Times MA | eBay

John F Kennedy Jr. Death Funeral Newspaper July 22, 1999 Cape Cod Times MA | eBay

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