On this day in 1775, the U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster
general. Franklin (1706-1790) put in place the foundation for many
aspects of today’s mail system.

Sir Michael Philip Jagger is 76 today.

On this day in 1943, musician, actor, film producer and Rolling Stones
front man Mick Jagger was born in Dartford, Kent, England.

Raised in a middle-class English family, Mick Jagger attended the
London School of Economics but left without graduating in order to
pursue a career in music.

Mick Jagger with The Rolling Stones.