This Week’s Birthdays – Week of July 13

July 13, 1942 – Harrison Ford, an American film actor and producer.

Harrison Ford (StreetView)
Harrison Ford

July 14, 1913 – Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., 38th President of the United States

Portait of Gerald Ford in The White House (StreetView)
Portait of Gerald Ford in The White House

July 15, 1949 – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (StreetView)
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

July 16, 1887 – Joseph Jefferson Jackson, nicknamed “Shoeless Joe”, an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century.

Joseph Jefferson Jackson "Shoeless Joe" Statue (StreetView)
Joseph Jefferson Jackson "Shoeless Joe" Statue

July 17, 1898 – Berenice Abbott, an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s.

Photography exhibit by Bernice Abbott (StreetView)
Photography exhibit by Bernice Abbott

July 18, John Glenn Jr – US Astronaut.

'Mercury Seven' Astronauts (StreetView)
'Mercury Seven' Astronauts

July 19, John Purroy Mitchel, the mayor of New York from 1914 to 1917

John Purroy Mitchel (July 19, 1879 - July 6, 1918) (StreetView)
John Purroy Mitchel (July 19, 1879 - July 6, 1918)

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