UPI almanac for Sunday, July 1, 2007.

Today is Saturday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2006 with 183 to follow.

PALM DESERT, Calif., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Actor John Bromfield, best known for his TV role as U.S. Marshal Frank Morgan, has died of kidney failure in Palm Desert, Calif., at age 83.

Today is Friday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2005 with 183 to follow.

Today is Thursday, July 1, the 183rd day of 2004 with 183 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2003 with 183 to follow.

Alto saxophonist Frank Morgan is a survivor -- three times over. First came drugs. Then came 35 years in and out of the California prison system. Then came a me

Cornet player and bandleader Joe "King" Oliver was born this day in 1885 in Louisiana. A young Louis Armstrong was his protege in Oliver's Chicago-based Creole Jazz Band from 1922 to 1924.

Mel Lewis was born this day in 1929 in Buffalo, N.Y. The late drummer was co-founder of the original Thad Jones-Lewis Orchestra, which in 1966 started the Monday night "off night" big band tradition that still thrives in many jazz clubs in New York and be