On this day in...

On this day in...
1513 – Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida, becoming the first European known to do so.
1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
1810 – Napoleon Bonaparte marries Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
1865 – American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
1980 – President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
1992 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.

Births
742 – Charlemagne (d. 814)
1743 – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
1875 – Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940)
1908 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
1939 – Marvin Gaye, American singer (d. 1984)
1961 – Christopher Meloni, American actor
1965 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality
1966 – Bill Romanowski, American football player
1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
1983 – Yung Joc, American rapper

It's an all boys day with a historic ruler, a father of the U.S., a soulful singer, a guy who got beat, a psycho linebacker, Tiger's golf rival and a young rapper. But I'm highlighting my boy Chris Meloni aka Stabler from 'Law & Order: SVU.' Here's Meloni as my favorite movie character ever, Gene from 'Wet Hot American Summer.'