On this day in...

On this day in...
1493 – Christopher Columbus lands on Puerto Rico.
1558 – Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
1871 – The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
1933 – United States recognizes Soviet Union.
1947 – The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".

Births
1925 – Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)
1942 – Martin Scorsese, American film director
1944 – Jim Boeheim, Hall of Fame basketball coach
1944 – Danny DeVito, American actor
1948 – Howard Dean, American politician
1951 – Stephen Root, American actor
1960 – RuPaul, American drag entertainer
1966 – Daisy Fuentes, Cuban model and actress
1978 – Reggie Wayne, American football player

A great day for birthdays including quite possibly the best twofer I've ever seen with Jim Boeheim and the loveable Frank Reynolds a.k.a. Danny Devito. I would have tried to pick out the best Frank moment I decided to go with the time Devito got drunk and went on "The View." Classic TV.