On this day in...

On this day in...
1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1845 – For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.
1861 – Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
1873 – Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
1875 – The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
1915 – NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
1923 – TIME magazine is published for the first time.
1931 – The United States officially adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
2004 – Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world's largest brewer.

Births
1882 – Charles Ponzi, Italian fraud convict (d. 1949)
1962 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
1962 – Herschel Walker, American football player
1966 – Tone Lōc, American rapper and actor
1974 – David Faustino, American actor
1981 – Lil' Flip, American rapper
1982 – Jessica Biel, American actress

Slow start to the birthdays today but we make up for it with a twofer of athletes in 1962, an 80's rapper, a 2000's rapper and a film hottie. But I'm highlighting my boy Bud Bundy. Best kid star ever.