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This day in History : June 03
1861
Stephen Douglas, U.S. politician, died.

1937
The Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) married Wallis Simpson.

1965
Maj. Edward White became the first U.S. astronaut to walk in space, during the Gemini 4 mission.

1979
The world's worst oil spill occurred when an exploratory oil well, Ixtoc 1, blew out, spilling over 140 million gallons of oil into the Bay of Campeche off the coast of Mexico.

1989
Chinese army troops head to Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.

Today’s - Weather: Hot
High Pressure Ridge over the South East US


JOTD
A sailor meets a pirate at a bar.

The sailor notes that the pirate has a peg-leg, hook, and an eyepatch.
The sailor asks "So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?"
The pirate replies "We were in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as my men were pulling me out a shark bit my leg off."
"Wow!" said the sailor. "What about your hook"?
"Well...", replied the pirate, "While my men and I were plundering in the middle east, I was caught stealing from a merchant and the punishment for theft in the middle east is the loss of the hand that steals"
"Incredible!" remarked the sailor. "How did you get the eyepatch"?
"A sea gull dropping fell into my eye.", replied the pirate.
"You lost your eye to a sea gull dropping?" the sailor asked incredulously.
"Well...", said the pirate, "..it was my first day with the hook."