On this day in...

On this day in...
79 – Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.
1456 – The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
1572 – Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.
1831 – Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.
1912 – Alaska becomes a United States territory.
1932 – Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop.
1981 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
1990 – A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.
1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1992 – Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida as a Category 5 Hurricane.
1995 – Microsoft releases Windows 95, and revolutionizes the PC world, with the introduction of the Start Menu.

Births
1929 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader (d. 2004)
1944 – Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler
1945 – Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter
1952 – Mike Shanahan, American football coach
1955 – Mike Huckabee, American politician, Governor/Presidential candidate
1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
1962 – Craig Kilborn, American talk show host
1962 – David Koechner, American actor
1965 – Reggie Miller, American basketball player

What a historic day to come back on. It must have been written in th cards. Just look at all the history that happened in my lifetime on this day. Pete Rose gets suspended (either for gambling or the worst haircut known to man), Hurrican Andrew hits, Gorbachev steps down and Bill Gates rocks all our worlds. Who among us wasn't using Windows 95 to power their America Online until their mom picked up the phone and kicked them off the modem. Oh, nostalgia. Plus, look at the b-days. Enough said! Okay, maybe not enough.