On this day in...

On this day in...
1536 – King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church.
1835 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
1861 – American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
1861 – American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
1877 – Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
1935 – New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
1941 – At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
1994 – Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
1998 – Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.

Births
1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794)
1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939)
1907 – Weeb Ewbank, American football coach (d. 1998)
1915 – Orson Welles, American film director and actor (d. 1985)
1931 – Willie Mays, American baseball player
1937 – Rubin Carter, American boxer
1945 – Bob Seger, American singer/songwriter
1961 – George Clooney, American actor
1972 – Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Chris Paul, American basketball player

Great list of birthdays today with a French revolutionary, the father or psychiatry, an old coach, a director, one of the greatest baseball players ever, a rocker, an actor, a hockey player and a great young point guard. But today I'm highlighting former boxer Rubin Carter. If you haven't already you should check out 'The Hurricane' with Denzel Washington. Great flick.