On this day in...

On this day in...
1901 – The Socialist Party of America founded.
1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
1948 – Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad – after a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin open in London.
1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1976 – In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watched the Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

Births
1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)
1924 – Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
1936 – Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-born journalist (d. 2005)
1956 – Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
1962 – Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
1966 – Martina McBride, American singer
1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor
1974 – Afroman, American rapper

Pretty good list of birthdays here but I'm going to highlight Wil Wheaton and his fued with Sheldon on 'The Big Bang Theory.'