Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Matthew McConaughey is 50. Ralph Macchio is 58. Alfred Heineken, the Dutch brewery genius was born on this date in 1923. Today in 1842, Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd at his sister's house in Springfield, Illinois. Randy playboy Abraham Lincoln was so depressed about getting married, friends had to keep sharp objects away from him. In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected president over the lustful Jimmy Carter. In 2008, Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States.