86 years ago – In 1937, Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont, received a patent for the process that would lead to his style-changing invention . . . Nylon.  He took his own life two months later.  He suffered from depression.

55 years ago – In 1968, Aretha Franklin Day was declared in Detroit.

55 years ago – In 1968, the first 9-1-1 Call was made in the United States.

54 years ago – In 1969, George Jones and Tammy Wynette were married.  She didn’t stand by her man.  They split up in 1975.  (If you’d like to climb up my colon, there’s room for you.)

33 years ago – In 1990, Ike Turner was sentenced to four years in prison on cocaine charges.

31 years ago – In 1992, the Los Angeles Lakers officially retired Magic Johnson’s #32 jersey.  Magic became the fifth Laker to receive this honor, joining Jerry West (#44), Elgin Baylor (#22), Wilt Chamberlain (#13) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (#33). 

Since then, they’ve also retired #8 and #24 for Kobe Bryant, plus #25 for Gail Goodrich, #34 for Shaquille O’Neal, #42 for James Worthy, and #52 for Jamaal Wilkes.

26 years ago – In 1997, Jeff Gordon became the youngest winner of the Daytona 500.  He was 25 years old.  Trevor Bayne claimed that title back in 2011 . . . he was only 20.

18 years ago – In 2005, Kid Rock was arrested for punching the DJ at a Nashville strip club.  He pleaded no contest and the guy sued him for $575,000.

16 years ago – In 2007, Britney Spears walked into Esther’s Haircutting Studio (in Tarzana, California) with a couple bodyguards, and asked to have her head shaved.  When the salon owner refused, Britney shaved it herself.

Britney then went to a tattoo parlor where she got two new tats:  a small pair of red and pink lips on her wrist, and a black, white and pink cross on her lower hip.

10 years ago – In 2013, Angelina Jolie had a preventative double mastectomy after learning she genetically had a very high risk of breast cancer.