Born on this day – Eileen Bennett:

Eileen Bennett

Actress

July 8, 1919 – March 9, 2025

Credits:

Adventure in Blackmail (1942); Back-Room Boy (1942); Cæsar's Friend (1939); Clouds Over Europe (1939); Design for Murder (1939); He Found a Star (1941); Much Too Shy (1942); The Amazing Mr. Forrest (1939); The Outsider (1939); Thursday's Child (1943).

Born on this day – Faye Emerson:

Faye Emerson

Actress

Talk show host

July 8, 1917 – March 9, 1983

Credits:

20 Questions (1950); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Affectionately Yours (1941); Air Force (1943); Arthur Godfrey Time (1958); At the Stroke of Twelve (1941); Author Meets the Critics (1952); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); Between Two Worlds (1944); Blues in the Night (1941); Cavalcade of Bands (1951); Chesterfield Presents (1952); Colgate Theatre (1950); College of Musical Knowledge (1950); Crime by Night (1944); Damon Runyan Cancer Fund Telethon (1950); Danger Signal (1945); Destination Tokyo (1943); Faye and Skitch (1953); Fifteen with Faye (1950); Find the Blackmailer (1943); Food and Magic (1943); Girl Talk (1963); Goodyear Playhouse (1953); Guilty Bystander (1950); Her Kind of Man (1946); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hotel Berlin (1945); In Our Time (1944); It's News to Me (1952); I've Got a Secret (1952–1963); Juke Girl (1942); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1953–1961); Lady Gangster (1942); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Manpower (1941); Masquerade Party (1957–1960); Matinee in New York (1952); Murder in the Big House (1942); Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Of All Things (1956); Paris Cavalcade of Fashions (1948–1949); Person to Person (1953); Premiere (1951); Project Twenty (1960); Quick as a Flash (1953–1954); Secret Enemies (1942); Showtime, U.S.A. (1950); Star of the Family (1952); Studio One (1954); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959); The 27th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1953); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Billy Rose Show (1950); The Bob Hope Show (1952); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The David Susskind Show (1961); The Desert Song (1943); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949); The Eloise McElhone Show (1953); The Eyes Have It (1950); The Faye Emerson Show (1949–1951); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); The George Gobel Show (1954); The Great Lie (1941); The Hard Way (1943); The Jack Benny Program (1951); The Joyce Mathews Show (1951); The Mask of Dimitrios (1944); The Match Game (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1963); The Milton Berle Show (1952–1955); The Nurse's Secret (1941); The Sam Levenson Show (1951); The Silver Theatre (1949); The Stork Club (1952); The Story of Late Night (2021); The Swift Show Wagon with Horace Heidt and the American Way (1955); The Tonight Show (1954); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1960); The Very Thought of You (1944); This Is Show Business (1949–1953); To Tell the Truth (1960–1963); Today (1955); Uncertain Glory (1944); What's in a Word (1954); What's My Line? (1950–1962); Who Said That? (1948–1951); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Women at War (1943); Women Want to Know (1956–1957); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951–1952); Your Show of Shows (1951–1954).

Recommended reading - The Backyard Beekeeper (2024):

The Backyard Beekeeper

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

By Kim Flottum.

Revised and Updated.

Published 2024.
5th Edition.

ISBN-10: 0760385823
ISBN-13: 978-0760385821

Description:

Enjoy the time-honored tradition of beekeeping in your own backyard or urban rooftop with this accessible resource for beekeepers of all skill levels, now in its 5th edition.

More than a guide to beekeeping, The Backyard Beekeeper features expert advice for:

Setting up and caring for your own colonies

Selecting the best location to place your new bee colonies for their safety and yours

The most practical and nontoxic ways to care for your bees

Swarm control

Using top bar hives

Harvesting the products of a beehive and collecting and using honey

Bee problems and treatments

New in this edition:

Natural beekeeping techniques like insulating hives for the winter to mimic the advantages of bee homes in the wild

Important new treatments for and updated info on the battle with Varroa mites

How to deal with the new antibiotic recommendations for American foulbrood

Introduction to new recordkeeping technology to consider

In addition to content updates to reflect the most recent research and technology in beekeeping, the book features a new design with larger, easier-to-read text, many new photos, and a more easily navigable structure.

With this complete reference and the expert advice of Bee Culture editor emeritus Kim Flottum, your bees will be healthy, happy, and more productive.

Madeleine L'Engle, on writing:

You have to write the book that wants to be written.

- Madeleine L'Engle.

On this day in music history:

The Grand Illusion by Styx (1977)

Moving Through Worlds by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2020)

The Grand Illusion

Album by Styx,

released July 7, 1977.

Track list: The Grand Illusion; Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man); Superstars; Come Sail Away; Miss America; Man in the Wilderness; Castle Walls; The Grand Finale.

Moving Through Worlds

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

released July 7, 2020.

Track list: Calling County Clare; Bushfire Moon; Prayer For Rain; All That Is Left; Aqua 1; Prelude In E Minor (Chopin, #4); Desert Of Crystal; Tolling Of The Fire Bell; Aqua 2; Passing Of Midnight; Moving Through Worlds; For The Roses (Solo Piano); Song For Louise; Twilight Moment.

On this day in movie history - The Last Run (1971):

The Last Run

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Alan Sharp,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1971.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish Van Devere, Colleen Dewhurst, Aldo Sambrell, Antonio Tarruella, Robert Coleby, Pat Zurica, Rocky Taylor, Robert Rietty.

On this day in movie history - Mirage (1965):

Mirage

directed by Edward Dmytryk,

written by Peter Stone,

based on the novel Fallen Angel by Walter Ericson,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1965.
Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Weston, Leif Erickson, Walter Abel, George Kennedy, Robert H. Harris, Anne Seymour, House B. Jameson, Hari Rhodes, Syl Lamont, Eileen Baral, Neil Fitzgerald, Franklin Cover.