On this day in...
1781 – At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over Cornwallis' sword and formally surrendered in person to George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the American Revolutionary War.
1789 – Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
1873 – Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.
1933 – Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
1973 – President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court demand to turn over the Watergate tapes.
1987 – (Black Monday) Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
Births
1945 – John Lithgow, American actor
1962 – Evander Holyfield, American boxer
1965 – Brad Daugherty, American basketball player
1966 – Jon Favreau, American actor, writer and director
1976 – Omar Gooding, American actor
1976 – Michael Young, baseball player
Pretty good b-day date. Left out a few people. I try to keep the birthdays pretty exclusive. By the way, how good has John Lithgow been on 'Dexter' this season? Not too shabby I'd say.
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