Today Is National Underwear Day And International Beer Day

Today is National Underwear Day, National Oyster Day, Green Peppers Day and International Beer Day. Please don't celebrate by drinking a lot of beer and walking around in your underwear. And if you've had oysters, well, that creates an even worse visual. There are a few things that happened on this day in history, too. Here they are:

-- On this date in 1861, The federal government levied an income tax for the first time.

-- On this date in 1914, the U.S.' first traffic lights were installed
-- On this date in 1957, American Bandstand debuted on ABC

-- On this date in 1962, Nelson Mandela was jailed. He would not be released until 1990.

-- On this date in 1962, Marilyn Monroe died of an apparent suicide .. she supposedly overdosed on sleeping pills

-- On this date in 1974, Joan Jett formed her rock group, The Runaways.

-- On this date in 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order to return to work.

-- On this date in 1989, the world's largest hamburger, weighing 5,520 pounds, was served at the Outagamie County Fair in Seymour, Wisconsin

-- On this date in 1990, the world's tallest cake, at 101 feet, was served at the Shiawassee County Fair in Corunna, Michigan

-- On this date in 1994, Bill Cosby was ordered to pay 20 cents in damages for assaulting a photographer who had sued him for $2 million

-- On this date in 2000, Alec Guinness, aka Obi-Wan Kenobi, died at age 86

-- On this date in 2006, Floyd Landis was fired by his biking team. The Tour de France no longer considered him its champion after his second doping sample tested positive for higher-than-allowable levels of testosterone

-- On this date in 2013, Major League Baseball suspended ARod and 12 other players for 50 games for their role in the Biogenesis case.