BIRTHDAYS:
1950, Jim Varney, actor

1954, Jim Belushi, actor, comedian

1955, Julie Haggerty, actress

1963, Helen Hunt, actress

1964, Courtney Cox, actress (FRIENDS)

1969, O'shea Jackson - aka Ice Cube, rap artist

1973, Neal Patrick Harris, actor Doogie Houser M.D.


EVENTS:
1215, King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede.

1775, Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American Army.

1836, Arkansas became the 25th state in the Union.

1844, Charles Goodyear receives patent for his process to strengthen rubber.

1851, Jacob Fussell, a Baltimore dairyman, sets up the first ice-cream factory.

1878, First attempt at motion pictures (using 12 cameras, each taking one picture (done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground during a gallop. Leland Stanford bet they didn't. He lost).

1916, Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.

1928, Fay Wray marries John Monk Saunders.

1940, France surrenders to Hitler.

Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger. Think big and act big, and we'll get smaller.
- Herb Kelleher