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Today in History.


1763
The Treaty of Paris ends the French-Indian War. France gives up all her territories in the New World except New Orleans and a few scattered islands.

1799
Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Cairo, Egypt, for Syria, at the head of 13,000 men.


1846
Led by religious leader Brigham Young, the first Mormons begin a long westward exodus from Nauvoo, Il., to Utah.
1863
P.T. Barnum's star midgets, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, are married.
1904
Russia and Japan declare war on each other.
1915
President Wilson blasts the British for using the U.S. flag on merchant ships to deceive the Germans.

1939
Japanese occupy island of Hainan in French Indochina.

1941
London severs diplomatic relations with Romania.

1941
Iceland is attacked by German planes.

1942
The war halts civilian car production at Ford.

1955
Bell Aircraft displays a fixed-wing vertical takeoff plane.


1960
Adolph Coors, the beer brewer, is kidnapped in Golden, Colo.

1966
Protester David Miller is convicted of burning his draft card.

1979
The Metropolitan Museum announces the first major theft in its 110-year history, $150,000 Greek marble head.













Joke of the Day.



A woman walks out of the shower, winks at her boyfriend, and says, "Honey, I shaved myself down there. Do you know what that means?"

The boyfriend says, "Yeah, it means the drain is clogged again."