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Today in History August 7

1782 General George Washington authorizes the award of the Purple Heart for soldiers wounded in combat.

1906 In North Carolina, a mob defies a court order and lynches three African Americans which becomes known as "The Lyerly Murders."

1922 The Irish Republican Army cuts the cable link between the United States and Europe at Waterville landing station.

1936 The United States declares non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War.

1964 Congress overwhelmingly passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing the president to use unlimited military force to prevent attacks on U.S. forces.

1971 Apollo 15 returns to Earth. The mission to the moon had marked the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

1990Operation Desert Shield begins as US troops deploy to Saudi Arabia to discourage Iraq's Saddam Hussein from invading that country as he had Kuwait.

2007 Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks Hank Aaron's record with his 756th home run. Bonds' accomplishments were clouded by allegations of illegal steroid use and lying to a grand jury.

Born on August 7

1927 Edwin Edwards, governor of Louisiana.


Joke of the Day

A poor man meets a rich man around Christmas.


The poor man asks the rich man, "What are you getting your wife this Christmas?" The rich man replies, "Diamond earrings and a Mercedes." The poor man asks, "Why are you getting her two gifts?" The rich man says, "Well, if she doesn't like the earrings then she can drive to the store and exchange them."

The poor man nods. Then the rich man asks him, "So what are you getting your wife this year?" The poor man thinks about it for a second and replies, "A pair of slippers and a dildo."
The rich man asks, "Why those two things?" The poor man astutely reponds, "This way, if she doesn't like the slippers she can go f*ck herself."