On this day in...

On this day in...
1846 – Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
1865 – American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – in far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
1912 – The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom.
1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
1958 – The trade mark Velcro is registered.
1960 – Hundreds of UC Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.
1994 – Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.

Births
1914 – Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
1922 – Beatrice Arthur, American actress (d. 2009)
1931 – Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
1939 – Harvey Keitel, American actor
1941 – Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. 1959)
1950 – Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician
1961 – Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
1964 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor
1966 – Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
1978 – Mike Bibby, American basketball player
1978 – Barry Zito, American baseball player
1987 – Carrie Prejean, American beauty pageant contestant

Great list of birthdays today with a former 'Golden Girl,' a cult leader, a tough guy actor, the singer of La Bamba, a blind guy, the king of rebounding and defense, a conservative character, the first black country singer since Charley Pride, a point guard, a pitcher and my favorite conservative slut. But today I'm featuring Joe Louis. You know, he lived to be 137 years old.