On this day in...

On this day in...
1796 – Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
1847 – Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz
1916 – Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to the Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1954 – McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
1977 – The Hanafi Muslim Siege: In a thirty-nine hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
1993 – Rodney King testifies against the four LAPD officers accused of violating his civil rights when they beat him during his 1991 arrest.

Births
1943 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player (d. 2008)
1956 – Mark Dantonio, American football coach
1961 – Mike Leach, American football coach
1964 – Steve Wilkos, American police officer and talk show host
1965 – Brian Bosworth, American football player
1971 – C-Murder, American rapper
1980 – Chingy, American rapper
1983 – Wayne Simien, American basketball player
1986 – Brittany Snow, American actress
1987 – Bow Wow, American rapper and actor

Great list of birthdays today with a chess legend, a former Jerry Springer bodyguard, two 'C' rappers and some young actors. Plus we have everyone's favorite pirate Mike Leach who I'm sure is enjoying his big day in Palm Beach. I'd also like to wish a Happy Birthday to my sister-in-law. Today's highlight birthday is Brian Bosworth. For those who don't remember the Boz, he was an All-American linebacker at Oklahoma whose pro career ended with one play. He then started one of the worst acting careers of all time. Here's some evidence of how bad the Boz sucked both as a Seahawk and a thespian.