Neil deGrass Tyson, on learning:

I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.

- Neil deGrass Tyson.

On this day in movie history - Saving Private Ryan (1998):

Saving Private Ryan

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Robert Rodat,

was released in the United States on July 24, 1998.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Harrison Young, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Dennis Farina, Ted Danson, Harve Presnell, Bryan Cranston, David Wohl, Nathan Fillion, Paul Giamatti, Ryan Hurst, Max Martini, Leland Orser, Joerg Stadler, Dylan Bruno, Demetri Goritsas, Rolf Saxon, Corey Johnson, John Sharian, Glenn Wrage, Stéphane Cornicard, Dale Dye, Amanda Boxer, Kathleen Byron, Andrew Scott, Erich Redman.

On this day in movie history - Wolfen (1981):

Wolfen

directed by Michael Wadleigh,

written by David M. Eyre, Jr., Michael Wadleigh and Eric Roth,

based on the novel The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber,

was released in the United States on July 24, 1981.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan, Dick O'Neill, Dehl Berti, Peter Michael Goetz, Sam Gray, Ralph Bell, Max M. Brown, Anne Marie Pohtamo, Sarah Felder, Reginald VelJohnson, James Tolkan, John McCurry, Chris Manor, Donald Symington, Jeffery Ware, E. Brian Dean, Jeffery V. Thompson, Victor Arnold, Frank Adonis, Richard Minchenberg, Raymond Serra, Thomas Ryan, Tony Latham, David Connell, Jery Hewitt, Roy Brocksmith, Michael Wadleigh, Joaquin Rainbow, John Ferraro, Rino Thunder, Glenn Benoit, Eddy Navas, Ricky Hawkeye, Pete Dyer, Paul Skyhorse, Gordon Eagle, Javier First-Day-Of-Light, George Stonefish, Julie Evening, Jane Lind, Annie Gagen, Max Goff, Cullen Johnson, Robert L. King, Robert Moberly, Caitlin O'Heaney, Tony Stratta, William Sheridan, Linda Gary, Charles Howerton, Burr DeBenning, Corey Burton, Patricia Parris, Andre Stojka, Dan Sturkie, Mel Welles, Diane Bivens, Robert Dahdah, Daniel D. Halleck, Angel Ramirez Jr., Tom Waits.

On this day in movie history - Death Wish (1974):

Death Wish

directed by Michael Winner,

written by Wendell Mayes,

based on the novel by Brian Garfield,

was released in the United States on July 24, 1974.
Music by Herbie Hancock.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Chris Gampel, Steven Keats, Stuart Margolin, Stephen Elliott, Fred J. Scollay, Kathleen Tolan, Jack Wallace, Robert Kya-Hill, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Logan, Gregory Rozakis, Christopher Guest, Hank Garrett, Helen Martin, Olympia Dukakis, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Edward Grover, Saul Rubinek, John Herzfeld, Eric Laneuville, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Sonia Manzano, Tom Hayden, Al Lewis, Billy Curtis, Paul Dooley, Robert Miano, William Bogert.

On this day in movie history - Blonde Ice (1948):

Blonde Ice

directed by Jack Bernhard,

written by Kenneth Gamet,

based on the novel Once Too Often by Whitman Chambers,

was released in the United States on July 24, 1948.
Music by Irving Gertz.

Cast:

Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Russ Vincent, Michael Whalen, James Griffith, James Griffith, Emory Parnell, Walter Sande, John Holland, Mildred Coles, Selmer Jackson, David Leonard.

Born on this day – Alexandra Hay:

Alexandra Hay

Actress

July 24, 1947 – October 11, 1993

Credits:

Another Time, Another Place (1989); Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied (1978); The One Man Jury (1978); That Girl from Boston (1975); Police Story (1975); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1974); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Manhunter (1974); Kojak (1974); How to Seduce a Woman (1974); Thriller (1973); The Screaming Woman (1972); The Virginia Graham Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); 1,000 Convicts and a Woman (1971); The Love Machine (1971); Dan August (1970); Love, American Style / Love and Mr. Nice Guy (1970); The Joan Rivers Show (1970); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969); Mission: Impossible (1969); CBS Playhouse (1969); Model Shop (1969); The Dating Game (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); Skidoo (1968); How Sweet It Is! (1968); Star Spangled Salesman (1968); The Ambushers (1967); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); The Monkees (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1967).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Brookes:

Jacqueline Brookes

Actress

July 24, 1930 – April 26, 2013