On this day in...
1610 – Galileo Galilei discovers Ganymede, 4th moon of Jupiter.
1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison
Births
1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)
1934 – Rip Taylor, American actor
1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
1962 – Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor
1972 – Nicole Eggert, American actress
1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor
1977 – James Posey, American basketball player
1983 – Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
Pretty good birthdays in the BYB today with two odd old actors, Elaine from 'Seinfeld', my dad's favorite country singer, a pirate and two basketball players. Plus there's the doctor the ladies call 'McDreamy.' They might not remember he used to look like this.
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