On this day in...

On this day in...
1692 – Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides".
1953 – Cold War: the CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1989 – Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events which began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

Births
1946 – Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
1948 – Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States
1965 – Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
1965 – Kevin Dillon, American actor
1969 – Nate Dogg, American rapper
1969 – Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)
1969 – Matthew Perry, American actor
1969 – Clay Walker, American singer
1970 – Fat Joe, American rapper

Here's a big birthday Go Eff Yourself to King Douche Kirk Herbstreit, aka one of the foremost haters of my Cornhuskers.