On this day in...

On this day in...
1659 – The Mexican border town Ciudad Juárez is founded by Fray García de San Francisco.
1660 – Margaret Hughes becomes the first actress to appear on an English public stage, playing the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.
1854 – Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin.
1941 – World War II: Pacific War – After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan.
1980 – John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
1982 – Activist Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police.
1991 – The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Births
1542 – Mary Queen of Scots (d. 1587)
1925 – Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1933 – Flip Wilson, American comedian (d. 1998)
1943 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (d. 1971)
1953 – Kim Basinger, American actress
1953 – Roy Firestone, American sports announcer
1953 – Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992)
1961 – Ann Coulter, American political commentator
1964 – Teri Hatcher, American actress
1966 – Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician
1967 – Jeff George, American football player
1968 – Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator
1968 – Mike Mussina, American baseball player
1981 – Philip Rivers, American football player
1985 – Dwight Howard, American basketball player

Lots of quantity in the BYB birthdays today including the Superman of basketball, one of the best passers in the NFL, an overrated rock singer and the soul power of the Rat Pack. Not to mention we have a rare three-for-one with Kim Basinger, Roy Firestone and Sam Kinison in 1953. Here is my favorite Kinison performance.