He already had a few TV credits to his name at the time, the
first being an episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre in 1959
on CBS, a 31- year – old Robert Duvall introduced himself
to many audiences in 1962 with a silent and inscrutable 
stare with his film debut as Boo Radley, the harmless
oddball neighbor in the Robert Mulligan-directed, Horton
Foote-written adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a
Mockingbird.
 

 

Robert Selden Duvall will be 94 on January
5, 2025.

On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first baby to be
conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) was born at Oldham and
District General Hospital in Manchester, England, to parents
Lesley and Peter Brown. The healthy baby was delivered shortly
before midnight by caesarean section and weighed in at five
pounds, 12 ounces.

Louise Brown, the world’s first "test tube baby" today.

The jury deliberated for a total of 24 hours over the course of four
days. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity to all his
13 charges.

Four decades after shooting Reagan, John
Hinckley seeks redemption through music.

Hinckley turned 69 on  M ay 29th.

 
SANDY KOZEL

Jerome Allen Seinfeld

Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer is 70
today. Comedy Central named him the 12th-greatest
stand-up comedian of all time.            

The “Twin Towers” of the World Trade Center officially opened in
New York City after years of delays. The buildings replaced the
Empire State Building as the world’s tallest building. Though they
would only hold that title for a year, they remained a dominant
feature of the city’s skyline and were recognizable the world over
long before they were destroyed in a terrorist attack in 2001. 

Manhattan in 1973.

Sept. 19, 2001: Smoke rises from ground zero of the
collapsed World Trade Center, more than a week after
the terrorist attacks in New York. (AP)

Today, the One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. A 
height of 1,776 feet includes its spire.