July 1 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

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Canada Day - Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends here on MyLot!! International Chicken Wing Day 1881 - The world's first international call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States. 1908 - SOS is adopted as the international distress signal. 1963 - Zip codes are introduced for United States Mail. 1934 - Jamie Farr was born. He is an American actor of television, movies and theater. He is best known for his role of Maxwell Q. Klinger on M*A*S*H. 1945 - Debbie Harry was born . She is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as the lead singer of Blondie. Two of her hits: Heart of Glass (see below) and The Tide is High. She has appeared in over 60 movies and television programs. 1952 - Dan Aykroyd was born. He is a Canadian actor, producer, screenwriter, comedian and musician. From 1975-1979 he was on Saturday Night Live and was famous for his impersonations such as Julia Child, Richard Nixon and Tom Snyder. Some of his best known sketches were the Blues Brothers with John Belushi, Two Wild and Crazy Guys with Steve Martin and Super Bass-O-Matic '76. His best known movies - Ghostbusters, Coneheads and Driving Miss Daisy. Photo Credits: Pixabay