As many of you know today is a day that will always be remembered. One for the books. Even people with their heads in the sand will always look back and fondly remember that on this day more than a few incredible things happened:

In the year 1783 - Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War
1809 - 1st US geology book published by William Maclure (schoolchildren curse his name forever)
1840 - Dumont D’Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica (baked Alaska now possible)
1841 - China cedes Hong Kong to British (Indian givers!)
1869 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress
1930 - 1st radio broadcast of “Lone Ranger” (WXYZ-Detroit)
1937 - 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
1953 - 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
1956 - Buddy Holly records “Blue Days Black Night” in Nashville
1986 - 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
1990 - 47th Golden Globes: Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy wins!
1995 - Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)
1996 - Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM
2009 - a dude got elected President of the United States of America after voting to bilk the taxpayers out of $750 billion that went straight to the rich and corporate greed with no strings attached. He promised change and that’s all people have left now in their pockets. Change.

GOD. BLESS. AMERICA!

PS. Cheney in a wheelchair? Priceless.

So where were you on this historic day?