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Today in History: June 21

1834 C. H. McCormick patents the first practical reaper.

1862 Union and Confederate forces skirmish at the Chickahominy Creek.

1915 Germany uses poison gas for the first time in warfare in the Argonne Forest.

1919 Germans scuttle their own fleet at Scapa Flow, Scotland.

1939 Baseball legend Lou Gehrig is forced to quit baseball because of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis--a disease which wastes muscles.

1945 Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to American troops.

1982 John Hinckley Jr. is found not guilty by reason of insanity for attempting to assassinate President Ronald Reagan.


Born on June 21

1882 Rockwell Kent, artist, book illustrator.

1922 Judy Holliday, actress.


JOTD

A recently married couple are in bed, when the man asks his wife how many men she has slept with

After the question, the woman doesn't respond.
The man asks again "Just tell me, it's fine. How many men have you slept with?"
His wife, still in total silence, just stares at the roof.
The man says "I am sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. I just thought we could trust each other..."
Still silence from his wife.
The man, giving up, says "It's OK. Please don't be upset."
Since the woman is still silent, the man starts hugging and kissing her, showing his affection. While he is doing this, his wife seems to come to her senses, stops looking at the roof, looks at him, and upset, tells her husband, "Damn it! You made me lose count!"