On this day in 1786, David Crockett was born to become Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier. Member of Congress, Defender of the Alamo, subject of a song drummed into Boomer heads by Disney and played by future vintner Fess Parker. What's not to like? #OTD

Tim McCreight Judith Wilmot Had the cap, the jacket, the toy rifle, a comic book, the 45. Standard issue if born in 1951.