Today in History

From wikipedia.org:

Events
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar
1877 - Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles
1969 - The first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus

Births
1882 - Robert Goddard, rocket scientist
1902 - Ray Kroc, entrepreneur (McDonald's Corp.) (d. 1984)

Deaths
1813 - Tecumseh, Native American leader
1996 - Seymour Cray, American computer pioneer