SON OF FAMOUS ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 77

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Mickey Rooney Jr. (July 3, 1945 – July 16, 2022)


Rooney was an actor and the eldest son of the actor
Mickey Rooney.

He operated the Rooney Entertainment Group, a film and television production company. Mickey Rooney Jr. was a born-again Christian
who had an evangelical ministry in
Hemet, California.

After appearing as a "Mouseketeer" in the Mickey Mouse Club in
1955 along with his brother Tim, he played his first film role in 1967
in Hot Rods to Hell
.


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Mickey Rooney
(September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014)

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SOME HUMOR FROM THE RETRO BLOG

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Portland, Oregon makes TIME’s World’s Greatest Places of
2022 list. (July 25 / Aug 1, 2022)


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A RARE LOBSTER’S LIFE HAS BEEN SAVED

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HOLLYWOOD, Flor. — A rare lobster was rescued from a restaurant,
all thanks to employees.

The orange lobster named "Cheddar," arrived in a shipment at a
Red Lobster restaurant in Hollywood, Florida earlier this month.

Employees noticed the lobster had an unusual coloring. They
reached out to Ripley’s Aquarium in Myrtle Beach.

According to Ripley’s, the chance of finding an orange lobster is
just 1 in 30,000,000.

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The lucky orange lobster is being researched before officially moving to the aquarium.





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THEME PARK OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy and
futurism, opened on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park
was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim,
California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today,
Disneyland hosts more than 18 million visitors a year, who
spend close to $3 billion.

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Movie producer and animator Walt Disney sits in front of 
Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at the grand opening of Disneyland 
in 1955.


The Disneyland parking lot, full on opening day, July 17, 1955.

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APOLLO 11 LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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At 9:32 a.m. EDT, Apollo 11, the first U.S. lunar landing mission,
was launched on a historic journey to the surface of the moon.

After traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into
a lunar orbit on July 19.

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50 Lesser-known Details About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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From left: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, the Apollo 11 crew.

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