JULY 31 2014 – NATIONAL MUTT DAY – NATIONAL CHILI DOG DAY – NATIONAL RASPBERRY CAKE DAY
Birthdays: Zack Brown 36; Mark Cuben 56; Wesley Snipes 52
Advice of the Day (Old Farmers Almanac): http://www.almanac.com/advice/daily
When silk flowers get dusty, put them in a paper bag with several tablespoons of salt and shake gently for two minutes to clean them.
1970 – GOOD NIGHT, CHET: HUNTLEY LEAVES NBC NEWS
1969 – Elvis Presley begins a historic four-week run at Las Vegas’ International Hotel in his first live show since 1961. In the audience are Liberace, Herb Alpert, Dick Clark, Cary Grant, Fats Domino, Burt Bacharach, Pat Boone and Paul Anka
1964 – Jim Reeves and pianist Dean Manuel die in a plane crash in Brentwood, Tennessee. Numerous locals–including Eddy Arnold, Chet Atkins and Ernest Tubb–search for three days before discovering the wreckage
1948 – Country music appears on national television for the first time, with a show taped at Washington, D.C.’s Constitution Hall. Kitty Wells, Eddy Arnold and Johnny & Jack are beamed to five ci
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