Today in history

1678 Tax protester, Lady Godiva, rode naked through Coventry.

1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress.

1879 New York's Madison Square Garden opened its doors.

1900 U.S. troops arrived in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion.

1907 The first taxis arrived in New York City. They were the first in the United States.

1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held its first conference.

1910 The Union of South Africa was founded.

1913 The 17th Amendment went into effect. It provided for popular election of U.S. senators.

1926 Frank Lockhart won his 14th Indy 500. He averaged 95.9 mph.

1929 In Beverly, MA, the first U.S. born reindeer were born.

1943 "Archie" was aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System for the first time.

1955 The U.S. Supreme Court ordered that all states must end racial segregation "with all deliberate speed."

1988 U.S. President Ronald Reagan arrived in Moscow in an effort to relieve Cold War tensions. He was the first president to do so in 14 years.

1994 The U.S. announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union.

2003 In North Carolina, Eric Robert Rudolph was captured. He had been on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for five years for several bombings including the 1996 Olympic bombing.

2003 In in strange and weird turn of events, which to this day feels like some kind of a weird-ass dream or something, Matt McClane's life took a sudden massive life-changing turn. Years afterwards the impact would beat the living hell out of me.

Today I smile about it. Happy Saturday, suckers!