Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Adam Sandler is 53. Iron Butterfly singer, Doug Ingle is 73. Kentucky Fried Chicken genius, Colonel Sanders was born on this day in 1890. Today in 1850, California ("The Golden State") became the 31st state in the Union. Today in 1884, St. Louis frankfurter vender/genius Antoine Feuchtwanger stopped giving away a white glove with each frank. Instead, he put them in long buns . . . creating the FIRST HOT DOG.