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Today in History: September 23

1667 Slaves in Virginia are banned from obtaining their freedom by converting to Christianity.

1805 Lieutenant Zebulon Pike pays $2,000 to buy from the Sioux a 9-square-mile tract at the mouth of the Minnesota River that will be used to establish a military post, Fort Snelling.

1806 The Lewis and Clark Expedition arrives back in St. Louis just over three years after its departure.

1983 Gulf Air Flight 771 from Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi, UAE, bombed; all 117 aboard die.

1992 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates 3,700-lb. bomb in Belfast, completely destroying the Northern Ireland forensic laboratory, injuring 20 people and damaging 700 houses.

2002 The first public version of Mozilla Firefox browser released; originally called Phoenix 0.1 its name was changed due to trademark issues with Phoenix Technologies.

2004 Hurricane Jeanne causes severe flooding in Haiti; over 1,000 reported dead.

Born on September 23

1838 Victoria Claflin Woodhull, the first woman presidential candidate (1872) in the United States.

1930 Ray Charles, rhythm 'n' blues piano player and singer.

1943 Julio Iglesia, singer, songwriter with more than 2,600 certified gold and platinum records ("To All the Girls I've Loved Before," "Summer Wind").

1949
Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen, singer, songwriter, musician ("Born to Run," "Born in the U.S.A"); his multiple awards include 20 Grammys, two Golden Globes, and an Oscar, the latter for "Streets of Philadelphia" (1994).

Joke of the Day

A man takes a day off work to go golfing

He’s ready to tee off when he hears a frog, “ribbit, 9 iron”
The man is confused, but the frog speaks again, “ribbit, 9 iron”
To prove the frog wrong, the man pulls out his 9 iron and swings at the ball.
Hole in one.
The man bends down and says “you must be a lucky frog”
The frog replies, “ribbit, lucky frog”
The man takes the frog to the next hole and the frog goes, “ribbit, 3 wood”
The man pulls out a three wood and swings.
Hole in one.
“Wow you really are a lucky frog, what’s next?” the man asks.
“Ribbit, Vegas.”
So the man takes the frog to the casino and walks up to the roulette table and asks the frog, “what’s the bet?”
“Ribbit, $6000, black, 6.”
“That’s a million-in-one bet,” the man says. He puts down the bet anyways and he hits.
The man then goes and gets the most expensive penthouse in all of Vegas.
“How can I ever repay you?” the man asks.
“Ribbit, kiss me”
So he kisses the frog and it turns into a 15 year old girl
and THAT your honor, is how she ended up in my room last night