On this day in...

On this day in...

1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
1968 – Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
1981 – The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men. These will soon be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS.
1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
1996 – Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.

Births
1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (birthdate according to O.S.) (d. 1910)
1956 – Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor
1957 – Daniel Stern, American actor
1965 – Shania Twain, Canadian singer
1969 – Jason Priestley, Canadian-born actor
1969 – Jack Black, American actor
1973 – DJ Assault, American musician
1982 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer

Pretty historically significant day. The 68 DNC in Chicago, Emmitt Teele, Gorbachev steps down and Prince Charles gets divorced. Plus, Jason Priestly and Jack Black have the same birthday. I wonder whose been layed more on that day. I'm guessing its the Sideburns Assassin. Plus its D.J. Assault's b-day. You know what that means.