On this day in...

On this day in...
1495 – Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
1779 – Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
1958 – Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months
1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
2007 – Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan.
2009 – General Motors files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.

Births
1801 – Brigham Young, American colonizer and religious leader (d. 1877)
1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor
1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
1934 – Pat Boone, American singer
1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor
1964 – Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
1973 – Heidi Klum, German supermodel
1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress

Good list of birthdays today with a Mormon leader, the star of 'Matlock,' a blonde bombshell, am old singer, Mr. Cooper, a German hottie, a 90s singer and he star ofmany 'Halloween' sequels. But here's a nod to quite possibly the most famous name on the list.