On this day in...

On this day in...
1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
1568 – Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.
1848 – Mexican-American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for $15 million USD.
1943 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the cross-English Channel landing (D-Day). It would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather.
1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of Happy Birthday.

Births
1795 – Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
1925 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)
1934 – Jim Lehrer, American television journalist
1945 – Pete Townshend, English musician (The Who)
1946 – André the Giant, French professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
1951 – Joey Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
1959 – Nicole Brown Simpson, American murder victim. (d. 1994)
1975 – London Fletcher, American football player
1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player

Good list of birthdays today with a deceased philantropist, a couple of dictators, the leader of "by any means necessary," a TV journalist, a few old rockers, a Pistons thug, O.J.'s ex wife, a stocky linebacker and a young baller. But today we're saluting the man who once drank 100 beers in a sitting, Andre the Giant.