Today in History.....August 9

Yee-Haw....Yours truly was born on this day! I'm not one who's into the gift thing, but other than having dinner in the White House or playing August National Golf Club, a great gift would be going mano on mano with Bin Laden in a 10 x 10 room, just OBL and a this bent gringo.

On this day in …

1842, the United States and Canada resolved a border dispute by signing the Webster-Ashburton Treaty

1918, following the lead of countries all over the world, the U. S. government ordered automobile production to halt by January 1, 1919, and convert to military production. Factories instead manufactured shells, and the engineering lessons of motor racing produced light, powerful engines for planes
1930, a forerunner of the cartoon character Betty Boop made her debut in Max Fleischer's animated short "Dizzy Dishes"

1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, the United States exploded a nuclear device over Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people

1962, Chrysler Corporation set an industry milestone by announcing for 1963 a five-year, 50,000-mile warranty covering all of its cars and trucks

1965, Singapore proclaimed its independence from the Malaysian Federation

1969, actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found brutally murdered in Tate's Los Angeles home; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his disciples were later convicted of the crime

1974, President Nixon's resignation took effect. Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation's 38th chief executive

2001, a suicide bomber, a practitioner of that "religion of peace," detonated his explosives in a central Jerusalem pizzeria, killing himself and 15 other people

2005, the space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven safely returned to Earth, ending a 14-day safety test that was shadowed by the Columbia tragedy.
ALSO: Charles McCoy Jr. pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and 10 other charges in a series of Ohio highway shootings and was sentenced to 27 years in prison