Elaine Stritch (February 2, 1925 – July 17, 2014)

Stritch was an actress and singer, best known for her work on Broadway. She
appeared in numerous stage plays and musicals, feature films, and many TV 
programs. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995. 

Stritch died early this morning at her home in Birmingham, Michigan following
a period of poor health.

James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986)

Cagney won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of
performances. He is best remembered for playing tough guys
in movies like The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels
with Dirty Faces (1938) and White Heat (1949). Orson Welles
said of Cagney that he was "maybe the greatest actor who
ever appeared in front of a camera."

Camille Bohannon

 
Tim Maguire

Mel Brooks (Melvin James Kaminsky) is 88 today

1987

Camille Bohannon

Harry Randall Truman was the owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens
Lodge at Spirit Lake, located at the foot of the mountain and was in the
danger zone at the time of the eruption.

 
The eruption of Mt. St. Helens as seen from downtown Portland, Oregon