More Birthday Sillyness.....

On July 14

1881 William H. Bonney Jr., alias Billy the Kid, was killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett. He was 21 years old.

1911 Harry N. Atwood landed an airplane on the lawn of the White House to accept an award from U.S. President William Taft.

1933 All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.

1946 Dr. Benjamin Spock’s, The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, was first published.

1965 The American space probe, Mariner 4, flew by Mars and sent back photographs of the planet.

1966 Eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory.

1968 Hank Aaron, while with the Atlanta Braves, hit his 500th career home run.

1981 The All-Star Game was postponed because of a 33-day-old baseball player's strike. The game was held on August 9.

1998 Los Angeles sued 15 tobacco companies for $2.5 billion over the dangers of secondhand smoke.

2001 Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympics. It was the first time that China had been awarded the games