bransonglobe.com ceptable • 2016 Hillary Clinton announces Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her Vice Presidential running mate • 2019 US President Donald Trump says US could win war in Afghanistan in a week “I just don’t want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth” Movies & TV • 1959 Ed Wood’s cult classic “Plan 9 from Outer Space”, called one of the worse films ever, premieres • 2019 Marvel superhero film “Avengers: Endgame” becomes the world’s highest-grossing film overtaking “Avatar” earning $2.9 billion Music • 1933 Caterina Jarboro sings “Aida” at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US • 1963 The Beatles release “Introducing the Beatles” • 1969 Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing the peace in Detroit • 1999 Woodstock 99 music festival begins Griffiss Park, Rome NY (till 25th) attended by 200,000. Ended due to violence. Sports • 1923 Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508) • 1997 Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches • 2017 South African golfer Branden Grace records lowest round for a men’s major championship - 62 in 3rd round at British Open, Royal Birkdale, England • 2018 Seattle basketball guard Sue Bird plays record 500th WNBA game as Storm go HISTORY July 22 - 23, 2020 • 23 down 87-74 to the Atlanta Dream; finishes career on 508 games for Seattle • 2019 NFL Dallas Cowboys named most valuable sports team in the world worth $5 billion, MLB New York Yankees 2nd at $4.6 billion, Real Madrid 3rd with $4.2 billion according to Forbes Birthdays • 1849 Emma Lazarus, Americn poet (“New Colossus” - on the base of Statue of Liberty), born in NYC, New York • 1890 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American matriarch, mother of JFK, RFK & Ted, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995) • 1908 Amy Vanderbilt, American authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette, Complete Cook Book), born in NYC, New York • 1922 Dan Rowan [Daniel Hale Rowan], American comedian (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In), born in Beggs, Oklahoma (d. 1987) • 1923 Bob [Robert] Dole, American politician (Senate Republican leader, 198596, Presidential candidate in 1996), born in Russell, Kansas • 1928 Orson Bean, American actor and comedian (To Tell the Truth), born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 2020) • 1932 Oscar de la Renta, Domincan American fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame1973), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (d. 2014) • 1940 Alex Trebek, Canadian-American TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy), born in Sudbury, Ontario • 1946 Danny Glover, American actor and activist (Lethal Weapon, The Color Purple), born in San Francisco, California • 1947 Don Henley, rock drummer/vocalist (Eagles-Desparado), born in Linden, Texas • 1949 Alan Menken, American Disney composer (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast - 8 Oscars), born in New Rochelle, New York • 1955 Willem Dafoe, Wisc, actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning) • 1964 David Spade, American comedian and actor (SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep), born in Birmingham, Michigan • 1972 Keyshawn Johnson, American NFL wide receiver (Super Bowl 2002; Pro Bowl 1998-99, 2001; ESPN), born in Los Angeles, California 1992 Selena Gomez, Ameri• • can actress and singer (Revival, Stars Dance), born in Grand Prairie, Texas 2013 Prince George of Cambridge, son of Prince William and Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, England (3rd in line to the English throne), born in London.
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