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Today in History: March 25

1634 Lord Baltimore founds the Catholic colony of Maryland.

1668 The first horse race in America takes place.

1905 Rebel battle flags that were captured during the American Civil War are returned to the South.

1919 The Paris Peace Commission adopts a plan to protect nations from the influx of foreign labor.

1953 The USS Missouri fires on targets at Kojo, North Korea, the last time her guns fire until the Persian Gulf War of 1992.

1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage a bed-in for peace in Amsterdam.

1970 The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight.

1986 President Ronald Reagan orders emergency aid for the Honduran army. U.S. helicopters take Honduran troops to the Nicaraguan border.

2020 Spain's death toll from COVID-19 overtakes China's at 3,434 to become then second worldwide behind Italy with 7,503 deaths with a worldwide toll of 20,836

2020 United Kingdom's Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19

Born on March 25

1867 Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore.

1942 Aretha Franklin, American singer, the "Queen of Soul."


JOTD
A girl with tight skirt tries to get on a bus....

In a crowded city at a busy bus stop, a woman who was waiting for a bus was wearing a tight leather skirt. As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus.
Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg. Again, she tried to make the step only to discover she still couldn't.
So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more. For the second time she attempted the step, and once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg. With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to make the step.
About this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus. She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and screeched, "How dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!' The Texan smiled and drawled, "Well, ma'am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kinda figured we are friends."