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Today in History: July 19

1525
The Catholic princes of Germany form the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation.

1545
King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it leaves to battle the French.

1788
Prices plunge on the Paris stock market.

1799
The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, is found in Egypt.

1848
The first Women's Rights Convention convenes in Seneca Falls, N.Y, organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

1870
France declares war on Prussia.

1942
German U-boats are withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to American anti-submarine countermeasures.

1943
More than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attack Rome for the first time.

1975
Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts dock in orbit.

Today in History: Born on July 19
1814
Samuel Colt, gunmaker, inventor of the first practical revolver.

1834
Edgar Degas, French impressionist painter.

1860
Lizzie Borden, teacher, famous murder suspect.

1865
Charles Mayo, American surgeon, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic.

1893
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet.

1896
A.J. Cronin, Scottish novelist (The Citadel, The Keys of the Kingdom).

1905
Edgar Snow, journalist.

1922
George McGovern, U.S. senator and presidential candidate.

JOTD
The Queen's breasts

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful Queen with large breasts.

Sid, the Dragon Slayer, obsessed over the Queen for this reason. He knew that the penalty for his desire would be death, should he try to touch them, but he had to try.

One day Sid revealed his secret desire to his colleague, Nathan

the Erudite lawyer, the King's chief adviser. Nathan thought about this and said that he could arrange for Sid to more than satisfy his desire, but it would cost him 1000 gold coins to arrange it. Without pause, Sid readily agreed to the scheme.

The next day, Nathan got a batch of itching powder and poured a little bit into the Queen's bra while she bathed. Soon after she dressed, the itching commenced and grew intense.

Upon being summoned to the Royal Chambers to address this incident, Nathan informed the King and Queen that only a special saliva, if applied for four hours, would cure this type of itch, and Nathan advised that only the saliva of Sid would work as the antidote to cure the itch.

The King, eager to help his Queen, quickly summoned Sid to their chambers. Nathan then slipped Sid the antidote for the itching powder, which he put into his mouth, and for the next four hours, Sid worked passionately on the Queen's large and magnificent breasts. The Queen's itching was eventually relieved, and Sid left satisfied and hailed as a hero.

Upon returning to his chamber, Sid found Nathan demanding his payment of 1000 gold coins. With his obsession now satisfied, Sid couldn't have cared less knowing that Nathan could never report this matter to the King and with a laugh told him to get lost.

The next day, Nathan slipped a massive dose of the same itching powder into the King's underwear. The King immediately summoned Sid.