Today in History- September 3rd

Happy Birthday!
1875 Ferdinand Porsche, auto designer
1913 Alan Ladd, actor (Citizen Kane, Shane, Star Spangled Rhythm)
1914 Kitty Carlisle, actress (A Night at the Opera, To Tell the Truth)
1918 Helen Wagner, actress (As the World Turns)
1938 Eileen Brennan, actress (Private Benjamin, Clue)
1944 Valerie Perrine, actress (Maid to Order, Superman)
1965 Charlie Sheen, actor (Wall Street, Platoon, Hot Shots, Young Guns, Major League, Two and a Half Men)

Deaths:
1962 E. E. Cummings, poet
1970 Vince Lombardi, football coach
1991 Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
2005 Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

Events:
1777 The American flag is flown for the first time in battle.
1939 Allies declared war on the Germans for World War II.


History Lesson:
Charlie Sheen's real name is Carlos Irwin Estevez.

My dream car is a Porsche.