On this day in...
37 – Caligula becomes Roman Emperor after the death of his great uncle, Tiberius.
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.
1861 – Edward Clark becomes Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who was evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.
1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Versailles Treaty. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1978 – Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history.
1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later dies in captivity.
1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
1998 – Pope John Paul II asks God for forgiveness for the inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the Holocaust.
2003 – The largest coordinated worldwide vigil takes place, as part of the global protests against Iraq war.
Births
1751 – James Madison, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
1911 – Josef Mengele, German physician and SS officer (d. 1979)
1926 – Jerry Lewis, American comedian
1941 – Chuck Woolery, American game show host
1942 – Jerry Jeff Walker, American musician
1949 – Erik Estrada, Puerto Rican actor
1959 – Flavor Flav, American rapper, and reality tv star
1980 – Todd Heap, American football player
1989 – Blake Griffin, American basketball player
Great lists of birthdays today with a former president, a Nazi war criminal, a Texas country singer, the cop from 'Chips,' a tight end and an injured baller. But I'm highlighting America's favorite hype man Flavor Flav. Here is Flav getting roasted by Lisa Lampanelli.
| The Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav | ||||
| Lisa Lampanelli on Flav | ||||
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