On this day in...

On this day in...
1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1963 – Instant replay is used for the first time in a Army-Navy game.
1972 – Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
1982 – In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
1988 – Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.

Births
1923 – Ted Knight, American actor (d. 1986)
1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer
1942 – Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
1947 – Johnny Bench, American baseball player
1956 – Larry Bird, American basketball player
1958 – Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1966 – C. Thomas Howell, American actor
1967 – Tino Martinez, American baseball player
1973 – Terrell Owens, American football player
1987 – Aaron Carter, American singer and actor

Pretty decent list of birthdays today but most of them mean very little to me. Of course Larry Bird and T.O. stick out but I'm a Lakers/Bills fan so I'm forced to hate them both. Larry for beating the Lakers and T.O. for signing with the Bills. So instead lets have a look at Ted Knight portraying one of the best characters in film history.