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Today in History: March 23

1657 France and England form an alliance against Spain.

1775 American revolutionary hero Patrick Henry, while addressing the House of Burgesses, declares "give me liberty, or give me death!"

1862 Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson faces his only defeat at the Battle of Kernstown, Va

1903 The Wright brothers obtain an airplane patent.

1909 British Lt. Ernest Shackleton finds the magnetic South Pole.

1933 The Reichstag gives Adolf Hitler the power to rule by decree.

1951 U.S. paratroopers descend from flying boxcars in a surprise attack in Korea.

1981 U.S. Supreme Court upholds a law making statutory rape a crime for men but not women.



Born on March 23

1929 Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes.


JOTD

A man's in-laws are causing him severe stress....

It's gotten so bad that he's decided to talk to his doctor about the physical pain he's experiencing. The doctor prescribes him some painkillers and sends him on his way.
A few days later, the man comes back complaining that the painkillers aren't working. The doctor ups his dose and sees him out. This process continues until a few weeks later. The man is visibly happier and healthier. The doctor asks him if the painkillers worked.
"Yep! They're finally dead."