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Heading down the bayou. It’s a beautiful morning.



Today in History

1803
Chief Justice John Marshall, by refusing to rule on the case of Marbury vs. Madison, asserts the authority of the judicial branch.
1813
Off Guiana, the American sloop Hornet sinks the British sloop Peacock.
1821
Mexico gains independence from Spain.
1836
Some 3,000 Mexicans launch an assault on the Alamo with its 182 Texan defenders.
1895
The Cuban War of Independence begins.
1908
Japan officially agrees to restrict emigration to the U.S.
1912
The Jewish organization Hadassah is founded in New York City.

1912
Italy bombs Beirut in the first act of war against the Ottoman Empire.
1914
Civil War soldier Joshua Chamberlain dies.
1916
A film version of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea opens in New York.
1921
Herbert Hoover becomes Secretary of Commerce.
1928
The New Gallery of New York exhibits works of Archibald Motley, its first show to feature a black artist.

1944
Merrill's Marauders, a specially trained group of American soldiers, begin their ground campaign against Japan into Burma.
1945
U.S. forces liberate prisoners of war in the Los Baños Prison in the Philippines.
1947
Franz von Papen is sentenced to eight years in a labor camp for war crimes.
1959
Khrushchev rejects the Western plan for the Big Four meeting on Germany.
1968
North Vietnamese troops capture the imperial palace in Hue, South Vietnam.

1972
Hanoi negotiators walk out of the peace talks in Paris to protest U.S. air raids on North Vietnam.
1991
General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War.


Joke of the Day.


What do you do if your wife starts smoking?
Slow down and use some lubricant.