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Today in History: February 18

1861 Jefferson F. Davis is inaugurated as the Confederacy's provisional president at a ceremony held in Montgomery, Ala.

1885 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is published in New York.

1945 U.S. Marines storm ashore at Iwo Jima.

1967 The National Art Gallery in Washington agrees to buy a Da Vinci for a record $5 million.

1972 The California Supreme Court voids the death penalty.

1974 Randolph Hearst is to give $2 million in free food for the poor in order to open talks for his daughter Patty.

1982 Mexico devalues the peso by 30 percent to fight an economic slide.


Born on February 18

1516 Queen Mary I, also known as Bloody Mary for her persecution of Protestants.

1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassware artist and designer.

1892 Wendell Wilkie, Presidential candidate against President Franklin Roosevelt.


JOTD
A blind man enters a ladies bar by mistake.

He finds his way to a bar stool and orders a drink. After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender, "Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?"
The bar immediately falls absolutely quiet. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, "Before you tell that joke sir, you should know five things....
1 - The bartender is a blonde girl. 2 - The bouncer is a blonde girl. 3 - I'm a 6 feet tall, 200-pound blonde woman with a black belt in karate. 4 - The woman sitting next to me is blonde and is a professional weightlifter. 5 - The lady to your right is a blonde and is a professional wrestler.
Now think about it seriously Mister, do you still wanna tell that joke?"
The blind man thinks for a second, shakes his head, and says, "Nah.... not if I'm gonna have to explain it five times."