~FACTUAL FRIDAY~

Today is the 142nd day of 2009. There are 223 days left in the year.

*ON THIS DATE*
- 1803 The 1st public library in the US opens in Connecticut
- 1906 The Wright brothers patent the aeroplane
- 1933 The 1st reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster
- 1965 The Beatles "Ticket To Ride" charts #1 in the US
- 1973 President Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate cover-up
- 1986 Cher calls David Letterman an asshole on National TV (NBC)
- 1992 After almost 30 years, Johnny Carson hosts his final appearance of the Tonight Show

*BIRTHS*
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (writer)
- Harvey Milk (activist-politician)
- Morrissey (musician)
- Naomi Campbell (nasty bitch-model)

*DEATHS*
- Constantine The Great (Roman emperor)
- Rocky Graziano (Boxer)
- C. Day Lewis (Poet)
- Victor Hugo (writer)