**GMT Easy like Sunday am**

Good Morning Humans.

Y’all have a fantastic day of rest.

This Day in History: August 16, 2026

1777
The Revolutionary War battle of Bennington, Vt., won by American forces.

1829
The original Siamese twins, Eng and Chang, arrived in Boston.

1948
Baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York City at age 53.

1960
Cyprus, the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, became an independent republic.

1962
Algeria was admitted to the Arab League.

1977
Elvis Presley died at Graceland, his Memphis,Tenn., home, from heart failure at age 42.

2003
Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin died.


JOTD

An Old Pirate with a Peg leg, a Hook arm and an Eye patch was entertaining the younger pirates with his tales.

One of them asked him "how did you get your peg leg?"

"I was wrestling 10 men at once and we all fell overboard into shark filled waters, I was the only one to come up, but the sharks got my leg."

"How did you get your hook arm?" another asked.

"I was in a fierce battle with 20 men and I slew them all, but one of them got my arm"

"And how did you get your eye patch?" Asked a 3rd pirate.

"Oh, that? I got a bit of dust in my eye"

Confused, the young pirate asked "you lost your eye to a piece of dust?"

"Well," he answered "it was my first day with a hook arm"