On this day in...

On this day in...
1586 – Mary I of Scotland goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I of England.
1789 – George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day.
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Bristoe Station – Confederate General Robert E. Lee forces fail to drive the Union Army out of Virginia.
1933 – Nazi Germany withdraws from The League of Nations.
1967 – Vietnam War: Folk singer Joan Baez is arrested in a blockade of the military induction center in Oakland, California.
1968 – Jim Hines of the USA becomes the first man ever to break the ten second barrier in the 100 metres Olympic final at Mexico City with a time of 9.95 sec. He would be the only man to do so until 1983.
1982 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.

Births

1894 – E. E. Cummings, American poet (d. 1962)
1910 – John Wooden, American basketball player and coach
1939 – Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer
1941 – Jerry Glanville, American football coach
1964 – Joe Girardi, American baseball player
1964 – Jim Rome, American sport talk show host
1974 – Natalie Maines, American musician (Dixie Chicks)
1975 – Floyd Landis, American cyclist
1978 – Usher, American singer and actor
1978 – Javon Walker, American football player
1979 – Stacy Keibler, American actress and professional wrestler

Another great day of birthdays including the lovely Stacy Keibler. I really thought she would get more work when she left wrestling. That hasn't really panned out. Maybe she should go for the boob job.