- 1931] A radio first: CBS airs the first radio and TV simulcast. The show features Kate Smith, George Gershwin and New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker (7/18)...
- 1966] Wedding Bells: 50-year old Frank Sinatra and 21-year old Mia Farrow tie the knot. Old Blue Eyes had pants older than Mia (7/19)...1986] Caroline Kennedy, 28-year old daughter of JFK walks down the aisle with Edwin A. Schlossberg in Centerville (MA), not far from the Kennedy compound (7/19)...
- 1969] Chappaquiddick tragedy: This was the day that Mary Jo Kopechne died when Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy lost control of the car he was driving. Mary Jo was just 28 (7/18)...
- 1969] Bachelor's II: Joe Namath agrees to sell his interest in Bachelor's III to stay in the NFL (7/18)...
- 1969] Moonwalk: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" - the words of Neil Armstrong who becomes the first man to set foot on the moon (7/20)...
- 1976] Olympic: Tiny 14-year old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci scores a perfect "10" on the parallel bars. "Comaneech" becomes an overnight sensation (7/19)...1980] The Moscow Summer Olympics is boycotted by half the nations of the world including the U.S. because of Russia's intervention in Afghanistan (7/19)...1996] The most recognizable person in the world, Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic torch in Atlanta (7/19)...
- 1982] Going to Hall: 2007 inductee Tony Gwynn makes his MLB debut with 2 hits (7/19). Before he's through in 2001 he will tally 3,141 hits and earn 8 NL batting titles...
- 1998] 'Happy Trails': 74-year old former astronaut Alan Shepard passes away, a victim of leukemia (7/21)...2003] Barry White dies of renal failure at 58 (7/18)...2005] Retired commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam, General William Westmoreland, dies of natural causes at 91 (7/18)...
- 1999] Another sad day for the Kennedy's: Navy divers find the bodies of John F. Kennedy Jr., wife Carolyn and sister-in-law Lauren (Bessette) in the wreckage of Kennedy's plane in the Atlantic Ocean off the shore of Martha's Vineyard (7/21)...
- 1999] Perfecto: Yankee pitcher David Cone pitches a perfect game at YS against the Montreal Expos (7/18)...
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