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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

On this day in...


On this day in...
1520 – The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan.
1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of President James Garfield.
1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.
1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
1971 – Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
1997 – The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.

Births
1944 – Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer
1973 – Chan-ho Park, South Korean baseball player
1984 – Miles Austin, American football player
1985 – Trevor Ariza, American basketball player
1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer
1985 – Cody Rhodes, American wrestler

An athletic list of birthdays with a large actor and a big list of athlete birthdays, incluing an Olympic gold medal winner, a breakout receiver, a former Laker swingman, a pitcher and two wrestlers with famous names. But today I'm highlighting former champ Mike Tyson. Here are some of his best knockouts ever.

3 comments:

  1. why is he kissing Jeff Van Gundy at the 39 second mark?

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  2. Cuss D'Mato's son does bear a striking resemblance to JVG. By the way, how cool of a first name is Cuss?

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  3. Cuss Clark? Sounds good to me.

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