On this day in...

On this day in...
70 – The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne.
1821 – Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
1892 – The family of Lizzie Borden is found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
1914 – World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
1964 – American civil rights movement: civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
1993 – A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.

Births
1821 – Louis Vuitton, French designer (d. 1892)
1901 – Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician (d. 1971)
1944 – Richard Belzer, American actor and comedian
1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor and writer
1961 – Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
1962 – Roger Clemens, American baseball player
1971 – Jeff Gordon, American race car driver
1978 – Kurt Busch, American race car driver

How can the President not get the highlight birthday? Because of the great Billy Bob Thornton. I'll have me some french fries and mustard mmmmm