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“Born Today” Jaden Smith (17) Sky Ferreira (23) Sophia Bush (33) Milo Ventimiglia (38) Kathleen Robertson (42) Beck (45) Billy Crudup (47) Michael Weatherly (47) Joan Osborne (53) Andrew Fletcher of Depeche Mode (54) Toby Keith (54) Kevin Bacon (58)(Featured Above) Monty Don (60) Angelica Houston (64) Wolfgang Puck (66) Raffi (67) Jeffrey Tambor (71) Janice Pennington (73) Steve Lawrence (80) Hugo Boss (RIP) “Died Today” Vivien Leigh (Born: November 5, 1913 / Died: July 8, 1967) Dick Sargent (Born: April 19, 1930 / Died: July 8, 1994) Betty Ford (Born: April 8, 1918 / Died: July 8, 2011) Ernest Borgnine (Born: January 24, 1917 / Died: July 8, 2012) “Movies” Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1988 - Arthur 2: On the Rocks 1988 - It Couldn't Happen Here 1994 - Pentathlon “Music” 1966 - The Beatles released the ‘Nowhere Man’ 4-track EP in the UK 1968 - Pink Floyd kicked off their first 20-date North American tour at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago 1972 - Bill Withers started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Lean On Me' 1972 - The Who's "Join Together" was released in the U.S. 1972 - Donny Osmond was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of the Paul Anka song 'Puppy Love. 1973 - Led Zeppelin's fifth album Houses Of The Holy was on both the US and UK album charts. 1978 - Exile's "Kiss You All Over" was released. 1978 - Gerry Rafferty's album 'City To City' went to No.1 on the US chart 1979 - The B-52's made their UK live debut at London's Lyceum Ballroom, supported by The Tourists 1995 - Outhere Brothers scored their second UK No.1 hit single with 'Boom Boom Boom'. 1995 - TLC started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Waterfalls' 1996 - The Spice Girls debut single "Wannabe" was released in Great Britain. “TV/RADIO TODAY” 1953 - Notre Dame announced that the next five years of its football games would be shown in theatres over closed circuit TV. 1970 - "The Everly Brothers Show" was launched on ABC-TV as a summer series. 1990 - The final episode of "Mr. Belvedere" aired on ABC. “Other Important Events…” 1881 - Edward Berner, druggist in Two Rivers, WI, poured chocolate syrup on ice cream in a dish. To this time chocolate syrup had only been used for making ice-cream sodas. 1889 - The Wall Street Journal was first published. businessinsider.com 1947 - Demolition work began in New York City for the new permanent headquarters of the United Nations. 1950 - General Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea. 1969 - The U.S. Patent Office issued a patent for the game "Twister." 1970 - The San Francisco Giant’s Jim Ray Hart became the first National League player in 59 seasons to collect six runs batted (RBI) during a single inning. 1981 - The Solar Challenger became the first solar-powered airplane to cross the English Channel. 2000 - J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was released in the U.S. wikipedia.org