By Cynthia Charlene Greason
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Jimmy L. Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s–1990s legal drama L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s–2000s police drama NYPD Blue, Matt Santos on the political drama The West Wing, and for appearing in Switch (1991), My Family (1995), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), and In the Heights (2021). He also appeared as Bail Organa in the Star Wars franchise and as ADA Miguel Prado in Dexter. From 2012 to 2014, he joined the main cast of Sons of Anarchy as Nero Padilla. Smits also portrayed Elijah Strait in the NBC drama series Bluff City Law.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Celebrated by the residents of Nunavut, Canada, on July 9 each year, Nunavut is a time to honor the efforts of those who helped to bring this territory into being. For many years, the Inuit had worked toward forming their own territory. On July 9, 1993, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act took effect, and Nunavut was established on April 1, 1999. Nunavut Day was declared an official government holiday in 2001.
Question of the Day
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Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Ann Radcliffe (novelist) –
- Elias Howe (inventor) –
- The Earl of Minto (Canadian Governor General 1898-1904) –
- Franz Boas (anthropologist) –
- Dean R. Koontz (author) –
- Jimmy Smits (actor) –
- Tom Hanks (actor) –
- Fred Savage (actor) –
Died
- Zachary Taylor (12th U.S. president) –
- Eric Sevareid (journalist) –
- Douglas George Chapman (Canadian-born American wildlife statistician) –
- Rod Steiger (actor) –
- Isabel Sanford (actress) –
- Kevin Hagen (actor) –
- Milan B. Williams (musician) –
- Rip Torn (actor) –
Events
- Henry VIII of England annulled his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves–
- Samuel Latham Mitchill became the first agriculture college professor in the United States when he was appointed by Columbia College in New York City.–
- First natural gas well discovered near what is now Charleston, West Virginia–
- Argentina declared independence from Spain–
- The U.S. Congress ratified the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting citizenship to all those born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves–
- John F. Blondel received a patent for a doughnut cutter–
- Henry Tibbe patented an improved corn cob pipe–
- In his Wright biplane, aviator Walter Brookins flew higher than a mile–
- New York Mayor LaGuardia read the comics over the radio during a newspaper strike–
- At age seven, Roger Woodward became the first person to fall accidentally over the Niagara River’s Horseshoe Falls and live–
- Canada’s Official Languages Act adopted–
- Clarence M. Kelley, is sworn in as director of the FBI–
- Jim Purol set a Guinness World Record for Most Seats Sat in 48 Hours by sitting in 39,250 seats–
Weather
- 43 degrees F, Williamstown, Massachusetts–
- Tucson, Arizona, hit 102 degrees F in its 33rd consecutive day with temperatures above 100–
- 96 degrees F, Glennallen, Alaska–
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