On this day in...

On this day in...
1787 – The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
1863 – New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
1973 – Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
1985 – The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.

Births
100 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic (d. 44 BC)
1935 – Jack Kemp, American football player and politician (d. 2009)
1940 – Patrick Stewart, English actor
1942 – Harrison Ford, American Actor
1946 – Cheech Marin, American actor
1948 – Tony Kornheiser, American sports journalist
1957 – Cameron Crowe, American film director
1957 – Phil Margera, father of Bam Margera

There might be better clips than this with the birthdays of a dictator, a former Bill, a Star Trek captain, Han Solo, Cheech, a famous director and a fat guy but here is one of my boy Tony Kornheiser's best rants.