On this day in...

On this day in...
1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention is begun in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
1861 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly convened for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
1973 – The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations about the scandal.
1983 – Lebanon Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. Marines. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
2001 – Apple releases the iPod.

Births
1925 – Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)
1940 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer
1956 – Dwight Yoakam, American singer
1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist
1962 – Doug Flutie, American football player
1975 – Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
1976 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor

Great b-day date with the greatest talk show host, spoof music artist and soccer player ever. Not to mention my favorite Bills QB since Jim Kelly retired and a vastly underrated actor/singer. Here is some of his finest work. NSFW