On this day in...

On this day in...
1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
1945 – Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1969 – The first automated teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York.
1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.

Births
1901 – Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
1948 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player
1951 – Mark Harmon, American actor
1960 – Eric Dickerson, American football player
1964 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor
1966 – Salma Hayek, Mexican actress

Pretty solid day for birthdays here on the playing field and on the silver screen. I wish I were watching Summer School with Mark Harmon right now. And I wish Courtney Thorne Smith lived on my couch, especially since I just got rid of my bed.