Today would have been the 95th birthday of Milton Friedman.
It also marks the end of the British army's 38-year Operation Banner in Northern Ireland to quell sectarian violence.
Today in SCOTUS History (2000) - Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe is argued; Erie v. Pap's A.M. is decided, with Justice O'Connor writing that "the dancers... are free to perform wearing pasties and G-strings."