On July 24, 1998, the director Steven Spielberg’s World War II
epic, Saving Private Ryan, was released in theaters across the 
U.S. The film, which starred Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, was
praised for its authentic portrayal of war and was nominated
for 11 Academy Awards. It took home five Oscars, for Best
Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Film Editing
and Best Sound Effects Editing.

Director Steven Spielberg behind the camera.

ED DANAHUE

Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre, notorious criminal
John Dillinger—America’s “Public Enemy No. 1″—was
killed in a hail of bullets fired by federal agents.

In a fiery bank-robbing career that lasted just over a year,
Dillinger and his associates robbed 11 banks for more
than $300,000, broke jail and narrowly escaped capture
multiple times, and killed seven police officers and
three federal agents.

John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934)

Bob Newhart has died at the age of 94 in Los Angeles. The
comedy icon’s publicist Jerry Digney said he died after a
series of short illnesses.

Newhart spent six decades making America laugh. He began
his long and storied career with a wildly influential stand-up
record in 1960, starred in a pair of long-running and much-
loved sitcoms through the 1970s and 1980s and continued
to win over new fans with appearances in films such as Elf
and a recurring role as Professor Proton on The Big Bang
Theory.
(THE INDEPENDENT)

Shortly after leaving a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator
Edward “Ted” Kennedy of Massachusetts drove an Oldsmobile
off a wooden bridge into a tide-swept pond. Kennedy escaped
the submerged car, but his passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo
Kopechne, did not. The senator did not report the fatal car
accident for 10 hours.

Edward Moore Kennedy
(February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009)