Picture of the Day and Birthdays for July 29

Posted July 28, 2008, 9:37 pm
Credit Growing Bolder

Today is Tuesday, July 29, the 211th day of 2008. There are 155 days left in the year.

Fifty years ago today , on July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which created NASA.

Today's Birthdays: Comedian Professor Irwin Corey is 94. Actor Robert Horton ("Wagon Train") is 84. Actor Robert Fuller ("Wagon Train") is 74. Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole, R-N.C., is 72. Rock musician Neal Doughty (REO Speedwagon) is 62. Documentary maker Ken Burns is 55. Style guru Tim Gunn (TV: "Project Runway") is 55. Rock singer Patti Scialfa (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) is 55. Actress Alexandra Paul is 45. Country singer Martina McBride is 42. Actor Rodney Allen Rippy is 40.

Picture of the Day: Child discipline in the '50s (Before Dr. Spock)