On this day in...

On this day in...
1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe.
1941 – Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire, which triggers a crack-down on pollution in the river.
1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.

Births
1903 – John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
1941 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
1948 – Todd Rundgren, American songwriter and record producer
1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress
1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer
1958 – Bruce Campbell, American actor
1962 – Clyde Drexler, former American NBA player
1964 – Dan Brown, American author
1973 – Carson Daly, American television personality
1978 – Champ Bailey, American football player
1982 – Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
1984 – Dustin Johnson, American golfer

Good day for birthdays with a dead bank robber, Liv Tyler's step daddy, a legendary actress, a punk rock chick, a awful horror movie actor, Clyde the Glide, the author of The Da Vinci Code, the former host of TRL, a great cornerback, a yound baseball player and the young man who choked at the U.S. Open. But today I'll highlight the late Ed Bradley. Here's a '60 Minutes' tribute to him.