On August 7, 1987, Lynne Cox braved the freezing waters of the
Bering Strait to make the first recorded swim from the United
States to the Soviet Union with a time of 2 hours and 6 minutes
and the water temperature averaged around 43 to 44 °F. She
turned 65 years young in January.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A new heat record was broken Sunday,
July 31 in Portland. The last time was 40 years ago.
The temperature bypassed 95 degrees for the seventh consecutive day.
SANDY KOZEL
Retired Scottish actor Sir Thomas Sean Connery
is 89 today.
James Bond: 1962-1969 and 1983
1989
DIANE KEPLY
On this day in 1957, the Arkansas National Guard was ordered by Governor Orval Faubus to keep nine black students from going into
Little Rock’s Central High School.
Orval Eugene Faubus (January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994)
The Ford Motor Company began selling the Edsel on this day in
1957. The car was so unpopular that it was taken off the market
two years later.
Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers on this day in
1781. The original name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina
de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translates as "The Town of
the Queen of Angels."
View of a statue depicting the Governor Felipe de Neve, in Los
Angeles Plaza.
George Eastman registered the name "Kodak" and patented his
roll-film camera on this day in 1888. The camera took 100 photos
per roll.
On this day in 1972, swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh
Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.
Mark Andrew Spitz turned 68 in February.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is 37 years young today.
Former member of the R&B girl group Destiny’s Child who also
became a widely successful solo artist. She has won a total of 2
2 Grammy Awards for songs such as "Single Ladies (Put a Ring
on It)," "Drunk in Love" and "Crazy in Love." She won her first
school talent show with her rendition of "Imagine" by John
Lennon.
