July 18 - Happy Belated; Apparently We Take Requests

Happy Belated; Apparently We Take Requests

Yesterday was Cousin Liam's Birthday! And we forgot! Pardon us while we go get the sackcloth and ashes.
Hope you had a happy day, L!

And, by request, a little twirling.

This Day In History

1334

The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.

1555

The College of Arms was reincorporated by Royal Charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.

1870

The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.

1955

The first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public.

1966

Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.

1968

The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.

1976

Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

1986

A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station's helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.

Famous Birthdays

1635

Robert Hooke, English scientist (d. 1703)

1659

Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)

1811

William Makepeace Thackeray, English author (d. 1863)

1895

George "Machine Gun Kelly" Barnes, American gangster (d. 1954)

1909

Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (d. 1994)

1921

John Glenn, American astronaut and politician

1923

Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and inventor (d. 1997)

1954

Ricky Skaggs, American country/bluegrass musician

1967

Vin Diesel, American actor

1968

Alex Désert, Haitian-American actor and musician

1971

Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress

1980

Kristen Bell, American actress