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Today in History: February 19

1807 MHQ Magazine
Vice President Aaron Burr is arrested in Alabama for treason. He is later found innocent.

1847 Rescuers finally reach the ill-fated Donner Party in the Sierras.

1917 American troops are recalled from the Mexican border.

1925 President Calvin Coolidge proposes the phasing out of inheritance tax.

1926 Dr. Lane of Princeton estimates the earth's age at one billion years.

1976 Britain slashes welfare spending.

1987 New York Governor Mario Cuomo declares that he will not run for president in the next election.

Born on February 19

1473 Nicholas Copernicus, Polish astronomer who introduced the idea that the earth revolved around the sun.

1940 Smokey Robinson, American singer and songwriter.


JOTD
A priest is riding on a city bus when...

A priest is riding on a city bus when a drunk gets on and sits next to him. He obviously hasn't had a bath while on this binge. The drunk starts reading a newspaper, then puts it down and says, " Hey, Father, what do you think causes arthritis?". The priest is quite annoyed with this guy, and sharply says, "no doubt it's from a life of heavy drinking, carousing with women of ill-repute, and a lack of personal hygiene!". The drunk is taken aback, and goes back to his newspaper. The priest starts feeling bad about how harshly he responded to the drunk, so he apologizes and asks, "so how long have you been suffering from arthritis?". The drunk says, "Oh, I don't have it. I was just reading here that the Pope has it!"