On this day in...

On this day in...
1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris (1783) — In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles.
1804 – The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase.
1908 – A mine explosion in the mining town of Marianna, Pennsylvania kills 154.
1940 – Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.
1994 – The National Football League announced that the Jacksonville Jaguars would become the league's the 30th franchise.
1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
2004 – Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700 USD, television's all-time biggest game show haul.

Births
1835 – Mark Twain, American writer (d. 1910)
1929 – Dick Clark, American television host
1931 – Bill Walsh, American football coach (d. 2007)
1936 – Abbie Hoffman, American activist (d. 1989)
1955 – Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad), British musician
1962 – Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
1965 – Ben Stiller, American actor
1978 – Clay Aiken, American singer
1981 - Christopher Max Brown, American beer drinker/metal roofing salesman
1982 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
1985 – Kaley Cuoco, American actress and model
1986 – Jordan Farmar, American basketball player

Lots of big brithdays today (a TV legend, a punk rocker and the best two sport athlete) but none bigger than my long time running buddy Boscoe Brown. It's quite fitting that he gets to share his birthday with his favorite musician Clay Aiken. It's also probably the same day spaghetti was invented but I can't prove that.