bransonglobe.com HISTORY Movies & TV • 1952 “High Noon”, American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper and Thomas Mitchell, is released • 1974 “Death Wish”, based on the novel by Brian Garfield, directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson is released in the US • 1998 “Saving Private Ryan”, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns and Matt Damon, is released (Academy Awards Best Director 1999) Music • 1942 Irving Berlin’s musical “This is the Army” premieres in NYC • 1965 Bob Dylan releases “Like a Rolling Stone” • 1982 Single “Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor from “Rocky III” soundtrack starts 6-week run at No. 1 on US charts (Grammy for Best Rock Performance) • 1984 “Careless Whisper” single released by George Michael (Billboard Song of the Year 1985) Sports • 1958 Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again • 1961 Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show • 1983 Pine Tar Game: George Brett’s HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned) • 2005 92nd Tour de France: no winner; Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive victory but disqualified in 2012 for doping • 2019 19-year-old Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milák breaks Michael Phelps’ 10 year old 200m butterfly world record at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea; swims 1:50.73, 0.78s faster than Phelps Birthdays • 1783 Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan political and military leader (freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule), born in Caracas (d. 1830) • 1802 Alexandre Dumas, French author (The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo), born in Aisne, France (d. 1870) • 1897 Amelia Earhart, American aviator (1st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic), born in Atchison, Kansas (d. 1939) • 1900 Zelda Fitzgerald, American writer (This Side of Paradise) and wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, born in Montgomery, 1948) Alabama (d. • 1920 Bella Abzug “Battling Bella”, American politician, feminist and activist (Rep-DNY, 1970-74), born in New York City (d. 1998) • 1936 Ruth Buzzi, Westerly RI, comedienne (Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl) • 1948 Marvin the Martian, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in “Haredevil Hare” • 1949 Michael Richards, American comedian (Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld), born in Los Angeles, California • 1951 Lynda Carter, American actress (Wonder Woman, Sky High) and Miss USA (1973), born in Phoenix, Arizona • 1953 Claire McCaskill, American politician, junior senator from Missouri • 1957 Pam Tillis, American country singer (Melancholy Child), born in Plant City, Florida • 1963 Karl Malone, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (Utah Jazz, Olympic • 1964 Barry Bonds, American • baseball left fielder (MLB home-run record [762], 7 x NL MVP), born in Riverside, California • 1968 Kristin Chenoweth, American singer and actress 1969 Jennifer Lopez, actress and pop singer (Selena), born in The Bronx, New York • 1981 Summer Glau, American actress • 1982 Anna Paquin, Canadian-born New Zealand Oscar-winning actress (The Piano, True Blood), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba • 1989 Carley Ann McCord, American sports reporter July 24 - 25, 2020 • 23 (Cox Sports TV; in-game host New Orleans Pelicans, New Orleans Saints), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (d. 2019) • 1998 Bindi Irwin, Australian TV personality, conservationist; daughter of Steve Irwin, born in Buderim, Australia
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