July 25, 1954 – Chicago Bear Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton is born in Columbia, Mississippi. Nicknamed “Sweetness” he played 13 seasons with the Bears and is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time holding multiple league records when he retired.
July 26, 1856 – Prolific Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw is born in Dublin, Ireland.
July 28, 1929 – Jacqueline (Jackie) Bouvier Kennedy is born in Southampton, New York.
July 29, 1905 – Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish public servant, second Secretary General of the United Nations (1953-1961), and posthumous Nobel Peace Prize winner, is born in Jonkoping, Sweden.