On this day in...

On this day in...
1307 – Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy.
1775 – The United States Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy).
1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
1967 – The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California.
1971 – 1971 World Series: The first night game in World Series history is played at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium between the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates.
1983 – Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.

Births
1925 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian (d. 1966)
1925 – Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1941 – Paul Simon, American singer and musician (Simon & Garfunkel)
1942 – Jerry Jones, American football team owner
1947 – Sammy Hagar, American singer (Van Halen)
1957 – Reggie Theus, American basketball player and head coach
1959 – Marie Osmond, American entertainer
1962 – Jerry Rice, American football star
1969 – Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater
1971 – Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian
1977 – Paul Pierce, American basketball player
1980 – Ashanti, American singer

Top to bottom this may be the best b-day date I've ever seen in the BYB's young history. There's a whole lot of famous going on here. What I found interesting was that it is Margaret Thatcher's birthday while yesterday was the anniversary of a famous assasination attempt on her. That had to make for a shitty birthday.

So we don't end on a bummer note here's a clip for another birthday boy.