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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

On this day in...


On this day in...
1538 – Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
1830 – The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.
1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory.
1868 – The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1928 – The first motion picture is projected publicly in Athens, Greece.
1972 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
2004 – The New York Times publishes an admission of journalistic failings, claiming that its flawed reporting and lack of skepticism towards sources during the buildup to the 2003 war in Iraq helped promote the belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.

Births
1907 – John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)
1939 – Brent Musburger, American sports broadcaster
1948 – Stevie Nicks, American songwriter
1949 – Pam Grier, American actress
1949 – Hank Williams Jr., American singer
1964 – Lenny Kravitz, American musician
1971 – Matt Stone, American animator and filmmaker

Short but sweet list of birthdays today with The Duke, the voice of ABC's college footbal coverage, the lead lady of Fleetwood Mac, Miss Foxy Brown, Old Hank Jr. and the best half Jewish, half black musician ever. But today I'm highlighting 'South Park' co-creator Matt Stone. Here are his best scenes from the lesser known movie 'Orgazmo.'

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