On this day in...

On this day in...
1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1949 – German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed.
1952 – "American Bandstand" debuts on a local Philadelphia station.
1982 – Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
2003 – Gray Davis is recalled as Governor of California, three years before the official end of his office term. Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor.

Births
1897 – Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975)
1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
1939 – Bill Snyder, American football coach
1943 – Joy Behar, American television personality
1943 – Oliver North, American former military officer
1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist
1967 – Toni Braxton, American singer
1976 – Taylor Hicks, American musician
1976 – Charles Woodson, American football player
1985 – Evan Longoria, American baseball player
1986 – Chase Daniel, American football player

An interesting smattering of birthdays with a couple two-fers. How about Joy Behar and Ollie North on the same day? I'd like to see them in a political smackdown, especially if Elizabeth Hasslebeck was nude in Ollie's corner. And Taylor Hicks and Charles Wood son on the same day. I wonder how old Taylor Hicks really is? Speaking of the Soul Patrol, Chase Daniel may need some soul when Nebraska beats Missouri's ass tomorrow night! BOOM!