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Today in History: June 20

0451 Roman and barbarian warriors halt Attila's army at the Catalaunian Plains in eastern France.

1793 Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent.

1898 On the way to the Philippines to fight the Spanish, the U.S. Navy seizes the island of Guam.

1923 France announces it will seize the Rhineland to assist Germany in paying her war debts.

1941 The U.S. Army Air Force is established, replacing the Army Air Corps.

1963 The United States and the Soviet Union agree to establish a hot line between Washington and Moscow.

1964 General William Westmoreland succeeds General Paul Harkins as head of the U.S. forces in Vietnam.

1967 Boxing champion Muhammad Ali is convicted of refusing induction into the American armed services.


Born on June 20

1909 Errol Flynn, film actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood).

1924 Audie Murphy, American soldier during World War II, author and actor.


Joke of the Day

The husband leans over and asks his wife

"Do you remember the first time we had sex together over fifty years ago? We went behind the village tavern where you leaned against the back fence and I made love to you."
Yes, she says, "I remember it well."
OK, he says, "How about taking a stroll around there again and we can do it for old time's sake?"
"Oh Jim, you old devil, that sounds like a crazy, but good idea!"
A police officer sitting in the next booth heard their conversation and, having a chuckle to himself, he thinks to himself, I've got to see these two old-timers having sex against a fence. I'll just keep an eye on them so there's no trouble. So he follows them.
The elderly couple walks haltingly along, leaning on each other for support aided by walking sticks. Finally, they get to the back of the tavern and make their way to the fence The old lady lifts her skirt and the old man drops his trousers. As she leans against the fence, the old man moves in..
Then suddenly they erupt into the most furious sex that the policeman has ever seen. This goes on for about ten minutes while both are making loud noises and moaning and screaming. Finally, they both collapse, panting on the ground.
The policeman is amazed. He thinks he has learned something about life and old age that he didn't know.
After about half an hour of lying on the ground recovering, the old couple struggles to their feet and put their clothes back on.
The policeman, is still watching and thinks to himself, this is truly amazing, I've got to ask them what their secret is.
So, as the couple passes, he says to them, "Excuse me, but that was something else. You must've had a fantastic sex life together. Is there some sort of secret to this?"
Shaking, the old man is barely able to reply,
"Fifty years ago that wasn't an electric fence."