On this day in...

On this day in...
1917 – German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends the Zimmermann Telegram to Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance against the United States.
1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1946 – General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1953 – 68% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
1977 – Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in the Bahamas.
1981 – Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
1993 – IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992, the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.

Births
1807 – Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849)
1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)
1944 – Dan Reeves, American football coach
1949 – Robert Palmer, English singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
1954 – Katey Sagal, American actress
1962 – Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball coach
1969 – Luc Longley, Australian basketball player
1969 – Junior Seau, American football player

Good list of birthdays today with a losing general, a hippy chick, two washed uo coaches and a creepy poet. But let's highlight Robert Palmer whose videos were an 80s sensation because they included a bunch of hot chicks who looked like Lillith from 'Cheers.' Enjoy.