On this day in...

On this day in...
1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas.
1629 – Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
1789 – In New York City, the first United States Congress meets, putting the Constitution of the United States into effect.
1794 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1797 – In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams is sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.
1837 – Chicago is incorporated as a city.
1861 – First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the 'Stars and Bars') is adopted.
1918 – The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
1997 – U.S. President Bill Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research.

Births
1938 – Roy Hazelwood, former FBI profiler of sex crimes
1947 – Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor (Leatherface)
1950 – Rick Perry, Governor of Texas
1954 – Adrian Zmed, American actor
1966 – Kevin Johnson, American basketball player and Mayor of Sacramento, California
1969 – Chastity Bono, American actress and gay rights activist

Now thats a weak birthday day. We've got Cher's daughter, a former point guard turned politician, a movie serial killer and a serial killer profiler and our shitty governor. I've really got nothing here but we'll go with Adrian Zmed from 'Bachelor Party.'