BlogJuly 27, 948 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater and sportscaster
July 28, 1929 – Jacqueline Lee “Jackie” Kennedy Onassis, the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy.
July 29, 1883 – Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party.
July 30, 1863 – Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (d. 1947)
July 31, 1826 – William Smith Clark, a professor, Massachusetts State Senator, founder and first functioning president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst)
August 1, 1920 – Henrietta Lacks, the unwitting source of cells (from her cancerous tumor) which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create an immortal cell line for medical research.
August 2, 1932 – Lamar Hunt, an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer, basketball, tennis and ice hockey in the United States and an inductee into three sports’ halls of fame.
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