On this day in...

On this day in...
1852 – First Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, the first American intercollegiate athletic event. Harvard won.
1914 – World War I: Germany declares war against France.
1923 – Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th President of the United States in the early morning following the death of Warren G. Harding the previous day.
1934 – Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer.
1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
1949 – The National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.
2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.

Births
1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer
1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor
1941 – Martha Stewart, American media personality
1963 – James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica)
1977 – Tom Brady, American football player

Tony Bennett sure is old. Here's Alec Baldwin making fun of him.