On This Day in History..., For the anniversaries of anything Options

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

It seems like there isn't a precedent for a thread such as this in this corner of the Internet, so I thought it would be interesting and fun to make this. Hopefully this is kept going every so often.

What happened on this day in history? Can be just about anything (within the rules and within reason, of course): birthday, deaths, premieres, releases of movies/video games/books/whatever, etc.

I'll start us off. Today in history:

Birthdays:
Richard the Lionheart (1157)
Peter Sellers (1925)
Patsy Cline (1932)

Apparently Star Trek also premiered on NBC in 1966 and Michelangelo debuted his statue of David in Florence in 1504 on this day.

EDIT: information courtesy of http://www.onthisday.com/

This post has been edited by RaderOfTheLostArk: Sep 9 2017, 05:32 AM

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

According to onthisday.com, the Native American tribal leader Crazy Horse was born today back in 1840. There is Mt. Rushmore-like monument that has been in the works for a long time in South Dakota, and while it's far from finished it is still a neat place to go visit. I went there back in 2006, IIRC, along with seeing Mt. Rushmore, Deadwood, and The Badlands.

And on this day in 1892, the Spanish dictator and general Francisco Franco was born. His coup in 1936 basically kickstarted the Spanish Civil War. Although he received support from Hitler and Mussolini, Franco never came to an agreement with Hitler regarding World War II and as a result Spain didn't enter that war.

Some other significant events:
1783 - George Washington bid farewell to his officers in the Continental Army, returning to civilian life
1945 - the U.S. Senate approves participation in the United Nations
1997 - for anyone who follows the NBA, Latrell Sprewell was suspended a whole year for choking P. J. Carlesimo