By Michelle Dumas
![](https://megasportsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kristin-Chenoweth-in-2018-at-Celebrity-Fight-Night-XXIV-in-Phoenix-Arizona.-By-Gage-Skidmore-CC-BY-SA-3.0-https-commons.wikimedia.org_-785x1024.jpg)
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (/ˈtʃɛnoʊwɛθ/; born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968) is an American actress and singer, with credits in musical theatre, film, and television. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway. In 2003, Chenoweth was nominated for a second Tony Award for originating the role of Glinda in the musical Wicked. Her television roles include Annabeth Schott in NBC’s The West Wing and Olive Snook on the comedy drama Pushing Daisies, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009.
Chenoweth sang gospel music as a child in Oklahoma and studied opera before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre. In 1997, she made her Broadway debut in Steel Pier, winning a Theatre World Award. Her other Broadway credits include The Apple Tree in 2006, Promises, Promises in 2010 and On the Twentieth Century in 2015, for which she received a third Tony Award nomination. She has also appeared in five City Center Encores! productions, Off-Broadway, and in regional theatre.
Chenoweth had her own sitcom, Kristin, in 2001, and has guest-starred on many shows, including Sesame Street and Glee, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2011. She also starred in the ABC TV series GCB in 2012, played Lavinia in Trial & Error in 2018, and played the characters Mildred Layton and Miss Codwell in the musical comedy series Schmigadoon! in 2021 and 2023, respectively. In films, she has played mostly character roles, such as in Bewitched (2005), The Pink Panther (2006) and RV (2006). She has played roles in made-for-TV movies, such as Descendants (2015) and several Christmas-themed ones; done voice work in animated films such as Rio 2 (2014) and The Peanuts Movie (2015) along with the animated TV series Sit Down, Shut Up and BoJack Horseman; hosted several award shows; and released several albums of songs, including A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas (2008), Some Lessons Learned (2011), Coming Home (2014), The Art of Elegance (2016) and For the Girls (2019). Chenoweth also wrote a 2009 memoir, A Little Bit Wicked.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Pioneer Day commemorates the day in 1847 when Brigham Young led his “pioneer band” of Mormons into the Salt Lake valley to establish a settlement—their new Zion. The Mormons had been driven from New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois and had spent four difficult months traveling 1,073 miles overland to reach the Great Basin, chosen by Young because of its remoteness. It was the most organized and disciplined westward migration in American history, and unlike most emigrants intent on their destination, the Mormon pioneers were equally concerned with improving the trail for those who would follow. Pioneer Day is celebrated as the second most important date in the Mormon calendar, behind April 6, the day Joseph Smith established the church.
![](https://megasportsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Utah-county-boundaries.-CC-BY-SA-3.0-https-commons.wikimedia.org_-791x1024.png)
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Simón Bolívar (South American liberator) –
- Alexandre Dumas (author) –
- Ruth Buzzi (actress) –
- Chris Sarandon (actor) –
- Lynda Carter (actress) –
- Karl Malone (basketball player) –
- Barry Bonds (baseball player) –
- Kristin Chenoweth (actress) –
- Jennifer Lopez (singer & actress) –
- Eric Szmanda (actor) –
- Anna Paquin (actress) –
- Bindi Irwin (animal activist; daughter of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin) –
Died
- Martin Van Buren (8th U.S. president) –
- Peter Sellers (actor) –
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (writer) –
- Sherman Hemsley (actor) –
Events
- Mary Queen of Scots was deposed–
- Brigham Young and followers arrived at Salt Lake, Utah–
- Tennessee readmitted to Union after Civil War–
- O. Henry released from Ohio State Penitentiary–
- James MacGillivray published first account of Paul Bunyan in the Detroit News–
- Archaeologist Hiram Bingham “discovered” the Machu Picchu Incan ruins in Peru–
- Steamer Eastland overturned in the Chicago River, killing 844 people–
- Debut of Marvin the Martian in Bugs Bunny’s Haredevil Hare–
- 67-pound 8-ounce muskellunge caught in Lac Courte Oreilles, Hayward, Wisconsin–
- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and ordered him to surrender the tapes–
- Hulda Crooks climbed Mt Fuji at age 91–
- 9-yr.-old Emma Houlston became youngest person to pilot plane across Canada (Victoria, B.C., to St. John’s, N.L.)–
Weather
- Wahluke, Washington, tied a record high temperature of 118 degrees F–
- 345,000 amperes of electricity were measured in a lightning stroke in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–
- The record for 24-hour rainfall in the United States was set in Alvin, Texas with 43 inches of rain from hurricane Claudette; the rain ended on July 25–
- Hail the size of oranges fell on Calgary, Alberta.–
- EF2 tornado struck Epsom, New Hampshire, destroying homes and causing at least one death–
COURTESY www.almaanc.com