"The Gene Autry Show" premiered on CBS-TV on July 23, 1959.
The western/cowboy television series starring Gene Autry aired for 91
episodes from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored
by Wrigley’s Doublemint chewing gum.
Gene and Pat promoting the TV and radio
shoe in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, c. 1953.
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CAMILLE BOHANNON
The first major battle of the U.S. Civil War began on this day in
1861. It was the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Junction, VA. The Confederates won the battle.
The "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, TN. on this day in 1925. John
T. Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating the state law
on teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. The conviction was later
overturned on a legal technicality because the judge had set the
fine instead of the jury.
Photo taken of Clarence Darrow (left) and William Jennings Bryan
(right) during the Scopes Trial in 1925.
John Thomas Scopes.
The Geneva Conference partitioned Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam on this day in 1954.
The Geneva Conference of 1954.
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was a
Pulitzer and Nobel Prize American novelist/short story writer.
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was
popular actor and comedian.
1987 1993
1990 1997
Mork & Mindy sitcom aired on ABC from September
14, 1978 to May 27, 1982.
Roger Perry (May 7, 1933 – July 12, 2018)
(Fox News/Variety) – Character actor Roger Perry died
Thursday at his home in Indian Wells. Calif., after a
battle with prostrate cancer.
Perry compiled dozens of feature, television, and stage
credits during a long career that began when he was
discovered by Lucille Ball, who put the young actor
under contract to Desilu Studios. He co-starred with
Pat O’Brien in the ABC series “Harrigan and Son,”
and co-starred with Chuck Connors and Ben Gazzara
in the 90-minute drama “Arrest & Trial.”
Perry was a guest star on the “Star Trek” TV series in
a memorable first-season episode in 1967, “Tomorrow
Is Yesterday,” playing Captain John Christopher (below).
From left: Roger Perry and William Shatner
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar (July 12, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC)
On this day in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F.
Mondale named U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be
his running mate. Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice
president on a major party ticket.
Russian republic president Boris N. Yeltsin (above) announced
his resignation from the the Soviet Communist Party on this day
in 1990.
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932)
George Eastman was an American entrepreneur who
founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized
the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the
mainstream.
George Eastman taking pictures with his Kodak
camera, 1926.
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II
(July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960)
Oscar Hammerstein was an American music writer,
theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre
director of musicals for almost forty years. He won
eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for
Best Original Song.
ROSS SIMPSON
From left: John Lennon and Paul McCartney were introduced to each other on this day in 1957.
The first All-Star baseball game was held in Chicago on this day in
1933. The American League beat the National League 4-2.
The Biafran War erupted on this day in 1967. The war lasted two-
and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died.
Late Odumegwu Ojukwu (left) leader of the breakaway Republic
of Biafra from 1967 to 1970.
One of the casualties of the war.
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo de Rivera (Magdalena Carmen Frida
Kahlo y Calderón) (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954)
Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title on
this day in 1957. She was the first black athlete to win the event.
Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye)
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)
Roy Rogers was one of the most popular Western stars of his
era. Known as the "King of the Cowboys", he appeared in over
100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of The
Roy Rogers Show.
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
Rogers died of congestive heart failure on July 6, 1998. He had
been residing in Apple Valley, CA. Roy was buried at Sunset Hills
Memorial Park in Apple Valley, as was his wife Dale Evans three
years later.
