George W. Bush is shown climbing the steps to his Texas National Guard fighter plane. He was inducted into the
Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2017.
On July 6, 1946, George Walker Bush—the son of 41st U.S.
President George Herbert Walker Bush—was born in New
Haven, Connecticut. He went on to become the 43rd U.S.
president.
On this day in history, July 3, 1962, Tom Cruise — who would
go on to become one of Hollywood’s most iconic leading men
— was born.
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born in Syracuse, New York,
and his acting career emerged in the 1980s.
COMILLE BOHANNON
Teddy Roosevelt on horse leads the charge up San Juan Hill
in 1898.
Gatling guns hauled by mules arrive to turn the tide at San
Juan Hill.
10th Cavalry USCT advances on San Juan Hill.
Melvin (Mel) James Brooks (Kaminsky)
Mel Brooks is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker. With a career
spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and
director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A
recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 18 entertainers to
win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award,
an Academy Award ("Oscar"), and a Tony Award. He received a
Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in
2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film
Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a
BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and the Honorary Academy Award
in 2023.
He began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar‘s
variety show Your Show of Shows from 1950 to 1954.
1974
1974
Dick Novak (1924 – 2002)
Dick Novak was a popular radio personality for over 29
years working at KXL, KGON and KGW.
On April 11, 1955 Dick moved to KPOJ AM/FM in Portland,
Oregon where he began "Dick Novak’s Rhythm Room”- 9:30
to 2:00am, Monday through Friday from KPOJ’s transmitter
studio located on Mount Scott at S.E. Eastview Drive
(pictured below).
Interior view of the KPOJ AM & FM Transmitter at Mt. Scott
in 1956.
Dick also broadcast live from Scotty’s Hamburgers at 12th and
N.E. Sandy Blvd and Amato’s Supper Club on Broadway in
downtown Portland.
On July 12, 2002 Dick Novak passed away from cancer at age
78 in Portland.
