July 22

July 22 is the birthdate of novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler. In 1932, at age 44, he lost job as an oil company executive and decided to become a writer of detective fiction. His character Philip Marlowe is synonymous with the idea of a private detective, and Chandler is considered to be a founder of the “hard-boiled” school of crime/detective fiction. The Long Goodbye (1953) is notable for the role played by a “portrait of Madison” (a $5000 bill).