GMT 1/9/2018

Today in History January 9

1719--Philip V of Spain declares war on France.

1776--Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense, a scathing attack on King George III's reign over the colonies and a call for complete independence.

1861--Mississippi secedes from the Union.

1924--Ford Motor Co. stock is valued at nearly $1 billion.

1943--Soviet planes drop leaflets on the surrounded Germans in Stalingrad requesting their surrender with humane terms. The Germans refuse.
1945

U.S. troops land on Luzon, in the Philippines, 107 miles from Manila.
1947--French General Leclerc breaks off all talks with Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh.

1952--Jackie Robinson becomes the highest paid player in Brooklyn Dodger history.

1964--U.S. forces kill six Panamanian students protesting in the canal zone.

2007--Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, unveils the first iPhone.


Born on January 9

1913--Richard Nixon, 37th President of the U.S. and first President to resign from office.

1941--Joan Baez, American folk singer and activist.


JOKE of the day

A man and woman had been married for 30 years, and in those 30 years, they always left the lights off when having sex. He was embarrassed and scared that he couldn't please her, so he always used a big dildo on her. All these years she had no clue. One day, she decided to reach over and flip the light switch on and saw that he was using a dildo. She said "I knew it, a-hole, explain the dildo!" He said, "Explain the kids!"