On July 28, 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, a movie
spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi,
opened in U.S. theaters. It was the first film produced by
National Lampoon.
Produced with an estimated budget of $3 million, Animal House
became a huge, multi-million-dollar box-office hit, spawned a
slew of cinematic imitations and became part of pop-culture
history.
On July 28, 1868: Following its ratification by the necessary three-
quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, granting citizenship
to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—was officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Secretary of State William Seward (below) issued a
proclamation certifying the amendment.
Dr. Frederick Banting, a Canadian surgeon and Charles
Best, a medical student.
Insulin was discovered in 1921 by Frederick Banting and Charles
Best at the University of Toronto. They worked to isolate an
extract from a dog’s pancreas that could lower blood sugar
in other diabetic dogs.
Their discovery, initially a "thick brown muck," proved to be a groundbreaking treatment for diabetes.
TIM MAGUIRE
1959
Adam John Walsh (above), age 6,was abducted from a mall
in Hollywood, Florida, and later found murdered.
In the aftermath of the crime, Adam’s father, John Walsh,
became a leading victims’ rights activist and host of the
long-running television show America’s Most Wanted.
TV series aired on FOX from February 7, 1988 to
June 18, 2011.
