Today In History
Today is Friday, July 1, the 183rd day of 2016. There are 183 days left in the year. This is Canada Day.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
1966: The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.
ON THIS DATE
1535: Sir Thomas More went on trial in England, charged with high treason for rejecting the Oath of Supremacy. (More was convicted, and executed.)
1863: The pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania.
1867: Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect.
1934: Hollywood began enforcing its Production Code subjecting motion pictures to censorship review.
1980: “O Canada” was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada. 1991: The Warsaw Pact formally disbanded.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actress Olivia de Havilland is 100. Actress-dancer Leslie Caron is 85. Actress Jean Marsh is 82. Actor Jamie Farr is 82. Bluesman James Cotton is 81. Actor David Prowse is 81. Cookiemaker Wally Amos is 80. Dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is 75. Actress Genevieve Bujold is 74. Rock singer-actress Deborah Harry is 71. Movie-TV producer-director Michael Pressman is 66. Actor Daryl Anderson is 65. Actor Trevor Eve is 65. Actor Terrence Mann is 65. Rock singer Fred Schneider (B-52’s) is 65. Pop singer Victor Willis (Village People) is 65. Actor-comedian Dan Aykroyd is 64. Actress Lorna Patterson is 60. Actor Alan Ruck is 60. Rhythm-and-blues singer Evelyn “Champagne” King is 56. Olympic gold medal track star Carl Lewis is 55. Country singer Michelle Wright is 55. Actor Andre Braugher is 54. Actor Dominic Keating is 54. Actress Pamela Anderson is 49. Rock musician Mark Pirro is 46. Rock musician Franny Griffiths (Space) is 46. Actor Henry Simmons is 46. Rock musician Bryan Devendorf (The National) is 41. Actor Thomas Sadoski is 40. Actress Liv Tyler is 39. Bluegrass musician Adam Haynes (Dailey & Vincent) is 37. Actress Hilarie Burton is 34. Actress Lynsey Bartilson is 33. Actress Lea Seydoux is 31. Actor Evan Ellingson is 28. Actors Andrew and Steven Cavarno are 24.