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Good morning

Good morning baws and bawettes.

Friday is here, which means the weekend is almost upon us. Hallelujah!


On this day in history:

10 BC
Roman Emperor Claudius I, who extended Roman rule in North Africa and made Britain a province, was born in Lugdunum, Gaul (now Lyon, France).

1498
Explorer Christopher Columbus sights the coast of present-day Venezuela. Thinking it an island, he christened it Isla Santa and claimed it for Spain. His men go ashore at what is now the Paria Peninsula a few days later.

1589
Henry III of France stabbed by assassin
King Henry III of France was stabbed this day in 1589 by Jacques Clément, a Jacobin friar, and died the next day after acknowledging his Bourbon ally, Henry of Navarre (Henry IV), a Huguenot, as his successor.

1714
Queen Anne, the last Stuart ruler of England, died at age 49.

1834
Great Britain’s Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 goes into effect in most British colonies. The act makes Canada a safe haven for fugitive enslaved people from the US, where slavery remains in effect.

1861
World’s first weather forecast published. Robert FitzRoy, a British naval officer who had been researching ways to predict the weather, publishes the first known weather forecast in The Times. The report, which includes a prediction of 62 degrees and clear skies in London, is largely accurate.

1876
Colorado was admitted to the union, becoming the 38th U.S. state.

1936
The Summer Olympics opened in Berlin, and the efforts by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to demonstrate the superiority of the “Aryan race” were undermined by the success of African American athletes, notably Jesse Owens.

1940
John F. Kennedy's Why England Slept, a critical account of the British military that became a best seller, was published.

1943
Simmering racial tensions and economic frustrations boil over in New York City on the night of August 1, 1943, culminating in what is now known as the Harlem Riot of 1943. During an altercation in the lobby of the Braddock Hotel, a white police officer shoots a Black soldier, Robert Bandy, triggering a massive uprising.

1943
177 B-24 bombers take off from an Allied base in Libya, bound for the oil-producing city Ploie?ti, Romania, nicknamed “Hitler’s gas station.” The daring raid, known as Operation Tidal Wave, resulted in five men being awarded the Medal of Honor—three of them posthumously—but failed to strike the fatal blow its planners had intended.

1944
The final entry was recorded in the diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who spent two years in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

1944
The Warsaw Uprising began as the Polish underground tried to oust the German army and seize control of the city before it was occupied by the advancing Soviet army; after running out of supplies, the Poles were forced to surrender in October.

1961
The first Six Flags opens in Texas. Amusement park lovers “head for the thrills” as Six Flags Over Texas, the first park in the Six Flags chain, has its soft opening. Five days later, on August 5, the park had its grand opening.

1966
Charles Whitman, a student and ex-marine, fired down from the clock tower on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, killing 14 people and wounding 31 others (one of whom died years later from complications related to his wounds); it was one of the worst mass murders in a public area in U.S. history.

1980
Icelandic teacher and politician Vigdís Finnbogadóttir became president of Iceland; she was the first woman in the world to be elected head of state in a national election.

1981
The cable television network MTV debuted, with the broadcast of the music video for Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.

1987
American boxer Mike Tyson defeated Tony Tucker and was unanimously recognized as heavyweight champion by all three sanctioning organizations (World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association, and International Boxing Federation).

1996
American author George R.R. Martin published A Game of Thrones, the first installment in his hugely popular fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire.

1996
Sprinter Michael Johnson breaks the world record in the 200 meters to win gold at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Three days earlier, Johnson had also won the 400 meters, making him the first man in history to win both events at the Olympics.

Hope everyone has a great day and a wonderful weekend!

Mornin

Happy Friday Y’all!

Morning all

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Morning all. Slept in and was late for work.