Born on this day – Diana Lynn:

Diana Lynn

Actress

July 5, 1926 – December 18, 1971

Credits:

Adventures in Paradise (1959); An Annapolis Story (1955); And the Angels Sing (1944); Bedtime for Bonzo (1951); Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1952); Burke's Law (1964); Bus Stop (1962); Checkmate (1961); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1955–1957); Company of Killers (1970); Crime Photographer (1952); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Easy Come, Easy Go (1947); Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950); Every Girl Should Be Married (1948); Footlights Theater (1953); Front Row Center (1956); General Electric Theater (1953); Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943); Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944); Here's Hollywood (1960); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); I've Got a Secret (1953); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1961); Low Man on a Totem Pole (1964); Lux Playhouse (1959); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1956); Make the Connection (1955); Matinee Theatre (1956); Medallion Theatre (1954); Meet Me at the Fair (1953); My Friend Irma (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946); Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944); Out of This World (1945); Paid in Full (1950); Paramount Victory Short No. T2-4: The Aldrich Family Gets in the Scrap (1943); Peggy (1950); Place the Face (1955); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Plunder of the Sun (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Ruthless (1948); Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1956); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Hollywood Fun Festival (1952); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Thirtieth Anniversary Special (1950); Screen Snapshots: Mr. Rhythm's Holiday (1956); Stage 7 (1955); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948); The Alan Young Show (1951); The Alcoa Hour (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Bigelow Theatre (1950–1951); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The Eyes Have It (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1954); The Frank Sinatra Show (1952); The Investigators (1961); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Ken Murray Show (1950–1951); The Kentuckian (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Major and the Minor (1942); The Match Game (1963); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); The Morey Amsterdam Show (1949); The Name's the Same (1953); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Philadelphia Story (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1955); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Virginian (1965); There's Magic in Music (1941); They Shall Have Music (1939); This Is Your Life (1954); To Tell the Truth (1963); Track of the Cat (1954); TV Club (1950); Variety Girl (1947); We, the People (1949); World by the Tail (1953); You Are There (1953); You Bet Your Life (1956–1958); You Don't Say (1963); Your Show of Shows (1953); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Isa Miranda:

Isa Miranda

Actress

July 5, 1909 – July 8, 1982

Born on this day – Anthony Berkeley Cox:

Anthony Berkeley Cox

Writer

July 5, 1893 – March 9, 1971

Credits:

Books:

A Scream in Soho (1940); A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries (2020); Antidote to Venom (1938); Ask a Policeman (1933); Bats in the Belfry (1937); Blood on the Tracks (2018); Bodies from the Library (2019); Calamity in Kent (1950); Capital Crimes: London Mysteries (2015); Castle Skull (1931); Checkmate to Murder (1944); Continental Crimes (2017); Crimson Snow (2016); Crossed Skis (1952); Dead Mrs. Stratton / Jumping Jenny (1933); Death Has Deep Roots (1951); Death in Fancy Dress (1933); Death in the House (1939); Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel (1936); Death Makes a Prophet (1947); Death of a Busybody (1942); Death of an Airman (1934); Death of an Author (2024); Death of Anton (1936); Death on the Cherwell (1935); Death on the Riviera (1952); Deep Waters: Murder on the Waves (2019); Due to a Death (1963); Excellent Intentions (1938); Family Matters (1933); Fell Murder (1944); Fire in the Thatch (1946); Foreign Bodies (2017); Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book (2018); Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror (1931); Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries (2021); It Walks by Night (1930); Jumping Jenny (1933); Malice Aforethought (1931); Miraculous Mysteries (2017); Mr Priestley's Problem (1927); Murder at the Manor (2016); Murder by Matchlight (1945); Murder in Piccadilly (1936); Murder in the Basement (1932); Murder in the Mill-Race (1952); Murder in the Museum (1938); Murder of a Lady (1931); Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2021); Murder Underground (1934); Murder's a Swine: A Second World War Mystery (1943); Mystery in the Channel (1931); Mystery in White (1937); Not to Be Taken (1937); Panic Party (1934); Portrait of a Murderer (1933); Quick Curtain (1934); Resorting to Murder (2015); Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery (1927); Scarweather (1934); Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm (1960); Serpents in Eden (2016); Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries (2020); Seven Dead (1939); Silent Nights (2015); Six Against the Yard (1937); Smallbone Deceased (1950); Somebody at the Door (1943); Surfeit of Suspects (1964); The 12.30 from Croydon (1934); The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939); The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham's Casebook (2004); The Belting Inheritance (1965); The Body in the Dumb River (1961); The Cheltenham Square Murder (1937); The Chianti Flask (1934); The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories (2018); The Christmas Egg (1958); The Colour Of Murder (1957); The Cornish Coast Murder (1935); The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder (1932); The Danger Within / Death in Captivity (1952); The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack (1942); The Division Bell Mystery (1932); The End of the Web (1976); The Hog's Back Mystery (1933); The Incredible Crime (1931); The Lake District Murder (1935); The Last Best Friend (1967); The Layton Court Mystery (1925); The Long Arm of the Law (2017); The Lost Gallows (1931); The Man Who Didn't Fly (1955); The Measure of Malice (2019); The Mysterious Mr. Badman (1934); The Notting Hill Mystery (1862); The Piccadilly Murder (1929); The Pocket Detective 2: 100+ More Puzzles, Brainteasers and Conundrums (2019); The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929); The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929); The Port of London Murders (1938); The Progress of a Crime (1960); The Santa Klaus Murder (1936); The Scoop and Behind the Screen (1983); The Second Shot (1930); The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham (1930); The Silk Stocking Murders (1928); The Spoilt Kill (1961); The Spy Paramount (1934); The Sussex Downs Murder (1936); The Traitor (1936); The Wintringham Mystery: Cicely Disappears (1926); The Wychford Poisoning Case (1926); The Z Murders (1931); Thirteen Guests (1938); Top Storey Murder (1931); Trial and Error (1937); Trouble on the Thames (1945); Two-Way Murder (2021); Verdict of Twelve (1940); Weekend at Thrackley (1934).

Movies and television:

American Playhouse (1987); Detective (1968); Flight from Destiny (1941); Leave It to Todhunter (1958); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Malice Aforethought (2005); Mystery!: Malice Aforethought (1979); Smrt pocestné paní (1969); Suspicion (1941 / 1948); TV Teatro (1958).

Recommended reading - Backyard Homesteading: A Back-to-Basics Guide to Self-Sufficiency (2011):

Backyard Homesteading: A Back-to-Basics Guide to Self-Sufficiency (2011).
by David Toht.

Grow and preserve your own vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries, keep chickens, goats, and bees.
Make Beer, Wine, and Cider.

ISBN-10: 1580115217
ISBN-13: 978-1580115216
Creative Homeowner

Back cover description:

BACKYARD HOMESTEADING

GETTING STARTED

Benefits of pure food
Family recreation
Local regulations
Potential yields and savings

RAISING VEGETABLES AND HERBS

Garden planning/layout
Structures/irrigation
Vegetable profiles
Planting techniques
Composting/healthy soil
Seasonal gardening

GROWING FRUITS, BERRIES, AND NUTS

Planting fruit trees and bushes
Fruit profiles
Organic pest control
Grafting and pruning
Harvesting methods

RAISING CHICKENS

The joy of chickens
Collecting eggs
Care and feeding tips
Other small animals

RAISING GOATS

Benefits of goat milk
Structures/fencing
Care and feeding tips
Other large animals

BEEKEEPING

Benefits of beekeeping
Care and harvesting
Building hives
Collecting honey

HARVEST HOME

Canning/drying/freezing
Making beer, wine, cider
Making jerky, sausage
Making jams, jellies
Pickling/salting/smoking
Building root cellars

Veronica Roth, on writing:

I've done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.

- Veronica Roth.

On this day in music history - American V: A Hundred Highways, by Johnny Cash (2006):

The album American V: A Hundred Highways,

by Johnny Cash,

was released on July 4, 2006.

On this day in movie history - Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956):

Somebody Up There Likes Me,

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Ernest Lehman,

based on the autobiography by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber,

was released in the United States on July 4, 1956.
Music by Bronislau Kaper.

Cast:
Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, Joseph Buloff, Sal Mineo, Ray Stricklyn, Robert Loggia, Steve McQueen, Angela Cartwright, Jack Orrison, Frank Campanella, Dean Jones.