On this day in...

On this day in...
1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1598 – Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
1829 – The British Parliament grants freedom of religion to Roman Catholics.
1861 – American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
1943 – James Boarman, Fred Hunter, Harold Brest and Floyd G. Hamilton take part in an attempt to escape from Alcatraz .
1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.
1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for Lilies of the Field.
1970 – An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon.
1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win The Masters Tournament.

Births
1743 – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
1866 – Butch Cassidy, American outlaw (d. 1908)
1946 – Al Green, American singer
1951 – Max Weinberg, American drummer
1964 – Davis Love III, Professional Golfer
1964 – Caroline Rhea, Canadian actress
1975 – Lou Bega, German-born musician and artist
1979 – Baron Davis, American basketball player

Pretty skimpy list of birthdays today but we've got one of the fathers of our country, a dead outlaw, an old singer, Conan's sidekick, a washed up golfer and a washed up point guard. The lackluster list of birthdays has forced me to highlight Lou Bega and Mambo #5. I thought this was just the beginning for Lou in 1999. Oh, how I was wrong.