On this day in...

On this day in...
1539 – Spain annexes Cuba.
1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
1952 – NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
1967 – Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. Between 20,000 to 30,000 people attend.
1975 – Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther".

Births
1741 – Benedict Arnold, American Traitor (d. 1801)
1919 – Andy Rooney, American journalist
1941 – Faye Dunaway, American actress
1948 – Carl Weathers, American actor
1954 – "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler
1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director
1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
1969 – Jason Bateman, American actor
1969 – David Grohl, American drummer and composer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
1972 – Kyle Brady, American football player
1980 – Byron Leftwich, American football player
1981 – Pitbull, American rapper

Great day for birthdays in the blog today with a cranky old journalist, a traitor, Apollo Creed, Hacksaw Duggan, a great director and a rapper. Plus there's a big twofer in 69 with Jason Bateman and Dave Grohl. But today I'm highlighting Byron Leftwich who had one of the most memorable moments in college football history at Marshall.