On this date
Today: is the 103rd day of 2012. There are 263 days left in the year.
On this date
^ In 2007, CBS fired Don Imus from his radio program for insulting the Rutgers women's basketball team on the air; in the evening, Imus met with team members at the New Jersey governor's mansion in Princeton (Gov. Jon S. Corzine, who was en route to that meeting, was seriously injured when his official vehicle crashed).
Today's birthdays
Jazz musician Herbie Hancock is 72. Actor Frank Bank ("Leave It to Beaver") is 70. Rock singer John Kay (Steppenwolf) is 68. Talk show host David Letterman is 65. Country singer Vince Gill is 55.
