TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS FRIDAY, JULY 5, the 186th day of 2019. There are 179 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1954, Elvis Presley’s first commercial recording session took place at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee; he recorded “That’s All Right.”
In 1865, the Secret Service Division of the U.S. Treasury Department was founded in Washington, D.C., to suppress counterfeit currency.
In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act.
In 1946, the bikini, created by Louis Reard, was modeled by Micheline Bernardini during a poolside fashion show in Paris.
In 1947, Larry Doby made his debut with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League three months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the National League. In the game against the Chicago White Sox, Doby struck out in his first at-bat during the seventh inning; Chicago won 6-5.
In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title as he defeated Jimmy Connors, 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.
In 1991, a worldwide financial scandal erupted as regulators in eight countries shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
In 2011, a jury in Orlando, Florida, found Casey Anthony, 25, not guilty of murder, manslaughter and child abuse in the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
In 2013, Pope Francis cleared two of the 20th Century’s most influential popes to become saints in the Roman Catholic church, approving a miracle needed to canonize Pope John Paul II and waiving Vatican rules to honor Pope John XXIII.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:
Actress Shirley Knight is 83. Julie Nixon Eisenhower is 71. Rock star Huey Lewis is 69. Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rich “Goose” Gossage is 68. Country musician Charles Ventre is 67. Actress Edie Falco is 56. Actress Jillian Armenante is 55. Actress Kathryn Erbe is 54. Actor Michael Stuhlbarg is 51. Country musician Brent Flynn (Flynnville Train) and rapper RZA are 50. Rock musician Bengt Lagerberg (The Cardigans) is 46. Rapper Bizarre is 43. Rapper Royce da 5’9” is 42. Rock singer Jason Wade (Lifehouse) is 39. Country musician Dave Haywood (Lady Antebellum) is 37. Rock musician Nick O’Malley (Arctic Monkeys) is 34. Actor Jason Dolley is 28. California Angels player Shohei Ohtani is 25.
— Associated Press