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Today in History: February 20

1725 New Hampshire militiamen partake in the first recorded scalping of Indians by whites in North America.

1792 The U.S. Postal Service is created.

1864 Confederate troops defeat a Union army sent to bring Florida into the union at the Battle of Olustee, Fla.

1943 German troops of the Afrika Korps break through the Kasserine Pass, defeating U.S. forces.

1982 Carnegie Hall in New York begins $20 million in renovations.

Born on February 20

1726 William Prescott, U.S. Revolutionary War hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, fashion designer

1927 Sidney Poitier, American actor, first African American male to win an Oscar (Lillies of the Field).

JOTD
A Christian Priest arrives at the gates of Hell

"How'd you die?" asked a demon.
The priest replied, "I had a heart attack."
D: Well what happened?
P: Someone broke my windows, popped the tire on my Harley, and stole all my tools out of my shed.
D: Well that'd give anyone a heart attack. But you're a priest! Why are you in hell?
P: Well, I was receiving confessionals when a boy walked in and said "Forgive me father, for I have sinned." I asked what he did. He said "I broke someone's windows, popped a tire on his Harley, and stole all his tools." I had a heart attack while I was wringing the little shite's neck.