Today In History

Today is Wednesday, July 5, the 186th day of 2017. There are 179 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 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 at Comiskey Park, Doby, pinch-hitting for Bryan Stephens, struck out in his first at-bat during the seventh inning; Chicago won 6-5.

ON THIS DATE

› 1687: Isaac Newton first published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy.

› 1865: The Secret Service Division of the U.S. Treasury Department was founded in Washington, D.C., with the mission of suppressing counterfeit currency.

› 1935: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act.

› 1946: The bikini, created by Louis Reard, was modeled by Micheline Bernardini during a poolside fashion show in Paris.

› 1954: Elvis Presley’s first commercial recording session took place at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee; the song he recorded was “That’s All Right.”

› 1984: The Supreme Court weakened the 70-year-old “exclusionary rule,” deciding that evidence seized in good faith with defective court warrants could be used against defendants in criminal trials.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actress Katherine Helmond is 88. Actress Shirley Knight is 81. Singer-musician Robbie Robertson is 74. Country musician Charles Ventre is 65. Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn is 58. Actor John Marshall Jones is

55. Actress Edie Falco is 54. Actress Jillian Armenante is 53. Actress Kathryn Erbe is 52. Actor Michael Stuhlbarg is 49. Country musician Brent Flynn (Flynnville Train) is 48. Rapper RZA is 48. Rhythm and blues singer Joe is 44. Actor Dale Godboldo is 42. Rapper Bizarre is 41. Rapper Royce da 5’9” is 40. Rock singer Jason Wade (Lifehouse) is 37. Country musician Dave Haywood (Lady Antebellum) is

35. Rock musician Nick O’Malley (Arctic Monkeys) is 32. Actor Jason Dolley is 26.