Daily Chat 22/07/09

King Edward I defeated the forces of William Wallace in the Battle of Falkirk in 1298. Alexander Mackenzie became the first white person to complete a transcontinental journey of Canada on this day in 1793 and in 1934, FBI agents mortally wounded John Dillinger outside the Biograph Theatre in Chicago. Celebrating birthdays today: Terence Stamp, George Clinton, Bobby Sherman, Danny Glover, Mireille Mathieu, S.E. Hinton, Willem Dafoe, Rhys Ifans, Rufus Wainwright and Dirk Kuyt. It is Pi Approximation Day.