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Golf Results for July 22

Women’s Golf Association: Teri Heilsberg, low gross in A division; Velma Ulrich, low gross in Bs; Dixie Brannon, low net Heilsberg booked a birdie and chip-in.

Lady Hackers: Chapman format for play July 22: Diana Hall and Lisa Williams, first; Karen Aeschliman and Carol Evans, second; Melissa Smith and Sherri Swan, third; Becky McLeod and Trudi Allenbach, fourth.

TRIVIA TEST

By Fifi Rodriguez

1. GEOGRAPHY: What country claims Addis Ababa as its capital?

2. MUSIC: What is the real name of Irish rock ban U2’s lead singer Bono?

3. SCIENCE: Which famous scientist was known as “the Wizard of Menlo Park”?

4. MOVIES: What was the name of the fictional town that was the setting for “Back to the Future”?

5. SPACE: Who was the last astronaut to step on the moon?

6. ENTERTAINERS: What was the name of Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee?

7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the name for an animal that eats insects?

8. MEDICINE: Who produced the first vaccine for rabies?

9. TELEVISION: What was Andy Kaufman’s character named on the comedy series “Taxi”?

10. LITERARY: Who wrote the novel “The Bridge of San Luis Rey”?

Answers

1. Ethiopia

2. Paul Hewson

3. Thomas Edison

4. Hill Valley

5. Eugene Cernan

6. Bubbles

7. Insectivore

8. Louis Pasteur

9. Latka Gravas

10. Thornton Wilder

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MOMENTS IN TIME

The History Channel

• On Aug. 2, 1876, “Wild Bill” Hickok, one of the greatest gunfighters of the American West, is murdered in a saloon in Deadwood, S.D., by a gunslinger named Jack McCall. According to legend, Hickok held a pair of black aces and eights when he died, a poker combination that has since been known as the “Dead Man’s Hand.”

• On July 27, 1921, at the University of Toronto, Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolate insulin — a hormone they believe could prevent diabetes — for the first time.

• On July 28, 1932, during the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover orders the U.S. Army under Gen. Douglas MacArthur to use force to evict the Bonus Marchers from the nation’s capital. The group of some 1,000 unemployed World War I veterans was seeking cash payments for their veterans’ bonus certificates.

• On Aug. 1, 1942, Grateful Dead singer Jerry Garcia is born in San Francisco. At age 15, he traded a birthday gift from his mother — an accordion — for an electric guitar and was soon playing in San Francisco coffeehouses. The Grateful Dead’s only Top 10 hit was “Touch of Grey” in 1987.

• On July 29, 1958, the U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space. NASA was created in response to the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of its first satellite, Sputnik I.

• On July 30, 1976, singing star and radio personality Kate Smith makes her last public appearance. She sang her trademark number, “God Bless America,” on a TV program honoring the U.S. Bicentennial. Smith launched her first radio show in 1931. She died in 1986.

• On July 31, 1990, Nolan Ryan wins the 300th game of his career, leading the Texas Rangers to an 11-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Ryan believed that pitching power comes from the legs, not the arms, and he ran every day. He pitched for 27 years in the big leagues, with the Mets, Angels, Astros and Rangers.

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