On this day in...

On this day in...
1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1888 – Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the German Empire.
1911 – Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated.
1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
1985 – Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.

Births
1934 – Jerry Buss, American basketball team owner
1937 – Waylon Jennings, American singer (d. 2002)
1948 – Mike Holmgren, American football coach
1949 – Dusty Baker, baseball player and manager
1954 – James Belushi, American actor
1963 – Helen Hunt, American actress
1964 – Courteney Cox, American actress
1969 – Ice Cube, American rapper and actor
1971 – Jake Busey, American actor
1972 – Justin Leonard, American golfer
1972 – Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
1973 – Neil Patrick Harris, American actor

Great list of birthdays today with the voice of 'The Dukes of Hazard,' a mustachioed football coach and baseball manager, John Belushi's brother, Helen Hunt, a great rapper turned terrible TV producer, Gary Busey's son, a once good golfer, a Yankee pitcher and Doogie Howser. But today I'm highlighting Courtney Cox. I was never a fan of 'Friends' but I have taken a shine to her new show 'Cougar Town.' It's better than the title and its on reruns Wednesdays on ABC all summer. Check it out.



P.S. - The Lakers have to win tonight right? It's Jerry Buss' birthday. Another loss to the Celtics might just kill him.