On This Day in History

Figure I'd bore y'all with some worthless knowledge:

    * 1847 - Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
    * 1901 - President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
    * 1917 - Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
    * 1944 - United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu.
    * 1948 - Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
    * 1960 - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
    * 1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
    * 1984 - Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
    * 1990 - Ken Griffey and his son Ken Jr. become the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs.
    * 1994 - The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
    * 1998 - Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
    * 2000 - Microsoft introduced the last update to the OS, MS-DOS. (Version 8.0)
    * 2000 - Windows Me is released.
    * 2003 - In a referendum Sweden rejects adopting the euro.
   
Births

    * 1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936) - Woof Woof!

    * 1950 - Michael Nifong, North Carolina district attorney - Dear god, I share my B-Day with this putz?
   
    * 1983 - Amy Winehouse, English singer - Yet another putz.

Deaths
  
    * 775 - Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718)
    * 1836 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
    * 1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, American author (b. 1789)
    * 1901 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
    * 1982 - Grace Kelly, American actress, Princess of Monaco (b. 1929)

And the biggest thing (IMO) relating to my Birthdate didn't happen on this date - In December 1st,  1969, America held the first lottery for the reinstituted Draft for the Vietnam War.  The first date pulled:  September 14th.