On this day in...

On this day in...
1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
1871 – The Great Chicago Fire is brought under control.
1888 – The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
1907 – Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
1919 – Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds "win" the World Series.
1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
1967 – A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.

Births
1940 – John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)
1940 – Joe Pepitone, American baseball player
1941 – Trent Lott, American politician
1948 – Jackson Browne, American musician
1952 – Sharon Osbourne, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
1953 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor
1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor
1958 – Mike Singletary, former American football player
1965 – Jimbo Fisher, Offensive Coordinator for Florida State
1981 – Darius Miles, American basketball player

Great list of birthdays today. Especially the 40s and 50s. We've got masters of music, TV and film. 'Monk' and 'Quantum Leap' are two of my favorite shows ever. Mike Singletary has to be feeling good on his b-day, now that Crabtree has signed. I bet Jimbo Fisher would be happier if Bowden's present was his retirement. I also had to throw in the inclusion of Las Cruces for Muench.