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Today in History: July 11

1533 Henry VIII is excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Clement VII.

1786 Morocco agrees to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000.

1804 Alexander Hamilton is mortally wounded by Aaron Burr in a duel.

1972 American forces break the 95-day siege at An Loc in Vietnam.

1975 Archaeologists unearth an army of 8,000 life-size clay figures created more than 2,000 years ago for the Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

1995 Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.


Born on July 11

1767 John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States (1825-1829).

1899 E.B. White, author (Charlotte's Web).


JOTD
So there were 3 Mathematicians and 3 Engineers...

... and they were all traveling to the same conference. At the train station, the mathematicians each bought a train ticket, and the engineers only bought one to share between the three of them.
"What a bunch of idiots," the mathematicians said. "When the ticket master comes through, they'll be kicked off the train!"
Sure enough, on board the train, they could hear the ticket master in the next car, saying, "Tickets please."
The three engineers ran into the train bathroom and closed the door. The ticket master came in and knocked on the door and said, "Tickets please."
They slipped the ticket under the door and the ticket master moved on.
"That's brilliant!" The mathematicians exclaimed. "We should do that on our way home!"
After the conference ended and they were traveling home the mathematicians all bought one ticket to share between them... and the engineers didn't buy ANY ticket at all!
"What a bunch of idiots," the mathematicians said. "What are they going to do when the ticket master comes through? They'll be kicked off the train."
On the train they soon heard the ticket master in the next car saying, "Tickets please."
All three mathematicians ran into one bathroom and closed the door. All three engineers ran into the other bathroom and closed the door. As soon as both doors were closed, an engineer came out of the bathroom and knocked on the mathematicians door and said, "Tickets please."