1964

Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells) is an English
actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous
accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades,
including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award,
three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and seven Golden
Globe wards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.   

       
One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has
been honored with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the
AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022.

(FOX NEWS) – Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist who
taught the world about chimpanzees and their striking similarities
to humans, has died. 

Her death was announced by her foundation, the Jane Goodall
Institute (JGI), on Wednesday.

According to the organization, Goodall passed away "due to
natural causes."

                   
TIM  MAGUIRE

On October 1, 1958, the American Express Company issued
its first charge card in the U.S. and Canada to give traveling
customers more flexibility.

The purple paperboard card—which later became the iconic
green or gold plastic card—pre-dates a new era of paying for
purchases with revolving credit cards, with MasterCard and
Visa following years later.

William George Fargo (1818 – 1881)  

        
          
 
 John Butterfield (1801 – 1869)         
       

 
In 1850, American Express was started as a
freight forwarding company in Buffalo, New
York.

owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company),
William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Co.)
and John W. Butterfield.