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Today n History


1742
A Spanish force invading Georgia runs headlong into the colony's British defenders. The battle decides the fate of a colony.
1777
American troops give up Fort Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, to the British.
1791
Benjamin Rush, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones found the Non-denominational African Church.
1795
Thomas Paine defends the principal of universal suffrage at the Constitutional Convention in Paris.
1798
Napoleon Bonaparte's army begins its march towards Cairo from Alexandria.

1807
Czar Alexander meets with Napoleon Bonaparte.
1814
Sir Walter Scott's novel Waverley is published anonymously so as not to damage his reputation as a poet.
1815
After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, the victorious Allies march into Paris.
1853
Japan opens its ports to trade with the West after 250 years of isolation.
1863
Confederate General Robert E. Lee, in Hagerstown, Maryland, reports his defeat at Gettysburg to President Jefferson Davis.

1925
Afrikaans is recognized as one of the official languages of South Africa, along with English and Dutch.
1927
Christopher Stone becomes the first British 'disc jockey' when he plays records for the BBC.
1941
Although a neutral country, the United States sends troops to occupy Iceland to keep it out of Germany's hands.
1943
Adolf Hitler makes the V-2 missile program a top priority in armament planning.
1966
The U.S. Marine Corps launches Operation Hasting to drive the North Vietnamese Army back across the Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam.

1969
The first U.S. units to withdraw from South Vietnam leave Saigon.
1981
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.


Joke of the Day.


How can you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?




Ask them to pronounce "unionized."