On this day in...

On this day in...
1562 – Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
1896 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
1967 – Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
1990 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report.

Births
1904 – Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)
1954 – Ted DiBiase, Retired Professional Wrestler
1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor
1961 – Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Dave Attell, American writer and comedian
1969 – Dave Bautista, American professional wrestler
1980 – Julius Peppers, American football player
1980 – Jason Segel, American actor

Great day for birthdays here with two big time wrestlers, a once great actor, two other great athletes and 'How I Met Your Mother' funny man Jason Segel. But here's birthday boy Dave Attel with some stand up on drinking.