On this day in...

On this day in...
1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States.
1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington
1850 – The Compromise of 1850 strips Texas of a third of its claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
1926 – The U.S. National Broadcasting Company is formed.
1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.

Births
1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (d. 1910)
1930 – Frank Lucas, Drug Lord
1941 – Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)
1949 – Joe Theismann, American football player and commentator
1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor
1960 – Bob Stoops, American football coach
1965 – Dan Majerle, American basketball player
1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian
1978 – Shane Battier, American basketball player

Talk about your great b-day days. There were tons of deserving people today. I een left a few off, including NBA PG B.J. Armstrong and baseball player Mike Hampton. Plus its Bobby Stoops birthday. I'm going to go out on a limb and bet he's having a pretty rotten day. Maybe he can call some medicine man or shaman to do a Mr. Miyagi style treatment on Bradford's shoulder.

Here are some "Thunder" Dan Majerle shots for ya.