06.06.1978

Twenty-eight years ago today, yours truly, mc, was born. Special thanks to 'the real mc' for the birthday greeting! Oh, and today is also National Yo-yo Day -- seriously.



On this day in...

• 1799 -- Patrick Henry, American revolutionary, gets what he asks for -- death (kids today simply know him as the "Give me liberty or give me death" dude)

• 1944 -- World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. Code named D-Day, 155,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy in France. More than two months later, Paris is liberated in what remains the largest seaborne invasion in history

• 1949 -- Robert Englund, actor (played Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street flicks), is born

• 1962 -- The Beatles audition for EMI

• 1967 -- Paul Giamatti, actor (you might know him as "Pig Vomit" from Private Parts, Sergeant Hill from Saving Private Ryan, Harvey Pekar from American Splendor, or Miles Raymond from Sideways-- one hell of an actor), is born

• 1969 -- The first Internet connection was created when network control protocol packets were sent from the data port of one IMP to another

• 1972 -- David Bowie releases the kick-ass The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

• 2005 -- The Supreme Court rules that users of "medical marijuana" can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws, regardless of their doctors' advice. Sorry, kids. (Today's gratuitous Mr Show reference: "Yeah, my doctor says I need medical marijuana to get high.")

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