On this day in...

On this day in...
1868 – In New York City the Jolly Corks organization is renamed the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
1923 – Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon.
1947 – Canadians granted Canadian citizenship after 80 years of being British subjects. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
1985 – The founding of Hezbollah.
2005 – The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labor dispute.

Births
1935 – Sonny Bono, American entertainer & U.S. Congressman (d. 1998)
1941 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader
1957 – LeVar Burton, American actor
1958 – Ice-T, American rapper and actor
1959 – John McEnroe, American tennis player
1972 – Jerome Bettis, American football player
1972 – Sarah Clarke, American actress
1977 – Ahman Green, American football player
1982 – Lupe Fiasco, American hip hop artist

Another great list of birthdays with a famous dictator, a dead singer/politician, the 'Reading Rainbow' guy, my favorite black character from 'Law & Order: SVU,' and a twofer with a heavy running back and the second Becky from 'Roseanne.' But the highlight birthday is tennis legend John McEnroe. Here's Johnny Mac and Larry David getting kicked out of a party for accidentally calling Heather Mills a freak.