JUNK FOOD!!

Today is National Junk Food Day. I thought that was everyday. Not like I need a special day to celebrate and eat junk food. What is your Fave?

On July 21^st,

1998, The death of everyone’s favorite 50’s dad, Father Knows Best actor, Robert Young died.

1973, Soul Makossa hit the top 40. Soul Makossa was a song recorded in 1972 by Emmanual “Manu” Dibango and would be the first Disco song to break into the Billboard chart.

1957, Actor (and whiner) Jon Lovitz was born.

1953- Comedian and actor, Robin Williams was born.

1938, Janet Reno, former US Attorney General (under Clinton, no pun in tended), was born.

1938, Owen Wister (b1860), died. The author is known as the “Father of Western Fiction” with titles such as The Virginian, Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship; Spit Cat Creek and Little Big Horn Medicine.

1925, “The Trial of the Century”, aka the Scopes Monkey Trial, aka TN v John T Scopes, ended. Tennessee teacher, Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution to his students in direct violation of state law. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine. The verdict and fine were overturned on ‘a technicality’. In the press, evolution won.

1924, Funnyman/Actor, Don Knotts was born.

1899, Great American Novelist, Ernest Hemingway was born.

1873, Jesse James robbed his first train along with his gang and the ‘rival’ Younger Gang by derailing it. They got away with $3,000 (that’s like about $50k in 2007).

1865, Wild Bill Hickok fought in his first western shootout in Springfield, MO. David Tutt was killed.

1861, The First Battle of Bull Run, (Manassas Junction, VA) was fought. I remember learning about this in school (we lived one town over from Manassas in elem/middle school times), and were able to go to the battlefield ‘museum’ on a field trip. I thought the idea that people from surrounding area would gather up on the hill with picnic lunches and watch the fighting fascinating.