1951 - 2014
Comedic actor whose versatile range included "Aladdin's" Genie, an alien named Mork and Scottish nanny "Mrs. Doubtfire."
1899 - 1961
Nobel Prize-winning writer famed for his concise style and themes of war, love and loss in works like "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
1938 - 2016
Politician and lawyer who became the first female U.S. Attorney General under President Bill Clinton.
1972
JUL
21
Comedian George Carlin is arrested for his infamous "seven dirty words" routine. Charges were dropped, but a later complaint about a broadcast of his act would propel the issue of indecent speech to the Supreme Court.
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