Happy Birthday! A.J. Foyt
1547 - Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
1866 - Mr. Everett Barney patented the metal screw, clamp skate.
1919 - The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages, was ratified. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
1920 - Prohibition went into effect in the U.S.
1944 - General Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.
1970 - Colonel Muammar el-Quaddafi became virtual president of Libya.
1979 - The Shah of Iran and his family fled Iran for Egypt.
1988 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after telling a TV station in Washington, DC, that, during the era of slavery, blacks had been bred to produce stronger offspring.
In 1991, the first Gulf War began as Allied forces launched a major air strike against Iraq (Desert Storm).
2002 - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted sanctions against Osama bin Laden, his terror network and the remnants of the Taliban. The sanctions required that all nations impose arms embargoes and freeze their finances.
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