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Today in History: September 12
0490
Athenian and Plataean Hoplites commanded by General Miltiades drive back a Persian invasion force under General Datis at Marathon.

1786
Despite his failed efforts to suppress the American Revolution, Lord Cornwallis is appointed governor general of India.

1919
Adolf Hitler joins German Worker's Party.

1939
In response to the invasion of Poland, the French Army advances into Germany. On this day they reach their furthest penetration-five miles.

1940
The Lascaux Caves in France, with their prehistoric wall paintings, are discovered.

1944
American troops fight their way into Germany.

1977
Steve Biko, a South African activist opposing apartheid, dies while in police custody.

1990
East and West Germany, along with the UK, US and USSR—the Allied nations that had occupied post-WWII Germany—sign the final settlement for reunification of Germany.

2003
UN lifts sanctions against Libya in exchange for that country accepting responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 and paying recompense to victims' families.

2011
In New York City, the 9/11 Memorial Museum opens to the public.


Today in History: Born on September 12

1913
Jesse Owens, track and field athlete who won four medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

1931
George Jones, country singer.

JOTD
You do the Math

A lawyer writes a letter to his wife Janie...

My Dear Janie,

You will surely understand that I have certain needs that you, being 57 years old, can no longer satisfy. I am very happy with you and I value you as a good wife. Therefore, after reading this letter, I hope that you will not wrongly interpret the fact that I will be spending the evening with my 18 year old secretary at the Comfort Inn Hotel.

Please don't be upset ---- I shall be home before midnight.

When he came home late that night, he found the following letter on the dining room table:

My "Dearest Husband" ,

I received your letter and thank you for your honesty about my being 57 years old. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that you are also 57 years old.

As a math teacher at our local college. I would like to inform you that while you read this, I will be at the Hotel Fiesta with Michael, one of my students, who is also the assistant tennis coach. He is young, virile, and like your secretary, is 18 years old.

As a successful lawyer who has an excellent knowledge of math, you will understand that we are in the same situation, although with one small difference - 18 goes into 57 a lot more times than 57 goes into 18.

Therefore, I will not be home until sometime tomorrow.