1864 – Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his "March to the Sea".
1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
1984 – Subway vigilante Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four African-American men on an express train in Manhattan, New York City.
1989 – Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
2001 – Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
Births
1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
1936 – Hector Elizondo, American actor
1944 – Steve Carlton, American baseball player
1945 – Diane Sawyer, American journalist
1960 – Luther Campbell (Luke), American rap artist (2 Live Crew)
Well after a good day of birthdays yesterday we've slumped back. I guess I could play 'Me So Horny' but I'll go with the segment of 'The U' that discusses Luther Campbell's payment of Hurricane players.
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