CELEBRATING 80 YEARS TODAY
Robert De Niro is considered to be one of the most influential
actors of his generation. He is the recipient of various awards
, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the
Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Life
Achievement Award. In 2009, De Niro received the Kennedy
Center Honor, and earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom
from U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016.
1976
PRESIDENT TESTIFIES BEFORE GRAND JURY
On August 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton became the first
sitting president to testify before the Office of Independent
Counsel as the subject of a grand-jury investigation.
The testimony came after a four-year investigation into
Clinton and his wife Hillary’s alleged involvement in
several scandals, including accusations of sexual
harassment, potentially illegal real-estate deals and
suspected “cronyism” involved in the firing of White
House travel-agency personnel.
A HUMBLE BEGINING FOR 7-ELEVEN IN 1927
The world’s largest chain of convenience stores originated in
1927 when Southland Ice Company employee John Jefferson
Green began selling basics like eggs and bread on a stand in
front of one of the firm’s ice houses in Dallas,Texas. Company
chairman Joe C Thompson loved the concept and opened
several locations in Texas. The chain’s name was changed to
Tot’em Stores then 7-Eleven in 1946 to reflect its long opening
hours.
Although a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based Seven & i Holdings
since 1973, 7-Eleven is headquartered in Dallas,Texas.
Joe C. Thompson, Sr. (1901–1961)
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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