Thanks to Wikipedia for all this:
- 1484 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of THE WAR OF THE ROSES
- 1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia Canada
- 1858 - Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" speech in Springfield, IL
- 1884 - First rollercoaster in the US begins operations at Coney Island, NY
- 1903 - Ford Motor Company incorporates
- 1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho opens in NYC
- 1996 - First round of voting in the Russian presidential elections
- 1829 - Geronimo
- 1890 Stan Laurel - Laurel & Hardy
- 1970 - Phil Mickelson - golfer
- 1971 - Tupac - rapper
- 1977 - Kerry Wood - baseball pitcher
- 1987 - Diana DeGarmo - American Idol runner-up
Happy Birthday! You share a birhtday with the greats. What would this world be without Tupac and Mickelson? I definately know it wouldn't be the same without you. Thank god for 1954.
Happy Birthday Vince