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Today in History: October 9

0028 The Temple of Apollo is dedicated on the Palatine Hill in Rome.

1825 The first Norwegian immigrants to America arrive on the sloop Restaurationen.

1888 The Washington Monument, designed by Robert Mills, opens to the public.

1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt requests congressional approval for arming U.S. merchant ships.

1949 Harvard Law School begins admitting women.

1950 U.N. forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking northward towards the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

1999 Last flight of the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" stealth reconnaissance aircraft.

2006 North Korea reportedly tests its first nuclear device.


Born on October 9


1873 Charles Rudolph Walgreen, "the father of the modern drugstore."

1940 John Lennon, musician, singer, songwriter; one of the Beatles ("Imagine," "Give Peace a Chance").

1941 Trent Lott, politician, Republican Senate Majority Whip (1995-96), Senate Majority Leader (1996–2001) and Minority Leader (2001-02); resigned during controversy over making remarks that praised Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential campaign that had called for preservation of racial segregation.


JOKE of the Day
A cowboy walks into a bar and sits next to a beautiful woman

He gives her a quick glance then causally looks at his watch for a moment.
The woman notices this and asks, "Is your date running late?"
"No", he replies, "I just got this state-of the-art watch, and I was just testing it."
The intrigued woman says, "A state-of-the-art watch? What's so special about it?"
The cowboy explains, "It uses alpha waves to talk to me telepathically."
The lady says, "What's it telling you now?"
"Well, it says you're not wearing any panties."
The woman giggles and replies, "Well it must be broken because I am wearing panties!"
The cowboy smiles, taps his watch and says, "Damn thing's an hour fast."