Straddlebug || Today

Birthdays
1905 - Leo Durocher
1922 - Norman Lear
1948 - Peggy Flemming
1949 - Maureen McGovern

Quote
I think God invented rain to give dead people something to compain about.
-- David Brenner

History
1586 - Sir Walter Raleigh introduced Virginian tobacco to England.
1940 - Billboard magazine published its first top selling record chart.

Events
1st battle of Bouvines -- 1214 King Philips II vs Emperor Otto IV
1st tobacco -- 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings to England from Virginia.