On this day in...

On this day in...
1789 – The U.S. Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment, the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
1846 – U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
1911 – Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York, New York.
1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the 102nd Justice sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the first woman to hold the office.

Births
1897 – William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)
1917 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1929 – Barbara Walters, American broadcaster
1930 – Shel Silverstein, American humorist and author (d. 1999)
1943 – Robert Gates, American Secretary of Defense
1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model
1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor
1951 – Bob McAdoo, American basketball player
1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (d. 2004)
1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress and model
1968 – Will Smith, American actor and rapper
1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
1971 – John Lynch, American football player
1973 – Bridgette Wilson, American actress
1980 – T.I., American rapper

Birthday week concludes with quality and quantity. A great day for heros/superheros too. You've got Superman, Hancock and Luke Skywalker. Plus there are greats in their field literary, film and music. Then there's John Lynch. Well, at least he could hit really hard.