The first American bicycle race took place on Friday, May 24th, 1878 in Boston,
Massachusetts, it was not long before Chicago became a premier location for 
cycling races.

Standard Columbia bicycle, built by the Pope Manufacturing co.
of Hartford, Connecticut. Front-wheel diameters ranged from 42
to 58 inches and sold for around $95.

Ross Simpson

Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) is 73 today

 
Former child star Lauren Ann Chapin rose to fame for playing Kathy “Kitten”
Anderson on the long-running CBS television series Father Knows Best
(1954-1960). She had her first acting role on a 1952 episode of Lux Video
Theatre when she was seven. Chapin wrote the book “Father Does Know
Best-The Lauren Chapin Story” in 1988. 

Sandy Kozel