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Today in History: April 18

1521 Martin Luther confronts the emperor Charles V, refusing to retract the views which led to his excommunication.

1775 American revolutionaries Paul Revere and William Dawes ride though the towns of Massachusetts warning that "the British are coming."

1818 A regiment of Indians and blacks is defeated at the Battle of Suwannee, in Florida, ending the First Seminole War.

1847 U.S. forces defeat Mexicans at Cerro Gordo in one of the bloodiest battle of the Mexican-American War.

1861 Colonel Robert E. Lee turns down an offer to command the Union armies.

1906 A massive earthquake hits San Francisco, measuring 8.25 on the Richter scale.

1923 Yankee Stadium opens with Babe Ruth hitting a three-run homer as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 4-1.

1978 The U.S. Senate approves the transfer of the Panama Canal to Panama.

1983 A suicide bomber kills U.S. Marines at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon.

Born on April 18

1918 Clifton Keith Hillegass, founder of the study guides known as Cliff's Notes.

JOTD
Two whales are swimming along in the ocean...

When one whale spots a fishing boat. So he says to the other whale "Hey, that is the boat that harpooned Frank, we should get back at them"
The other whale says "Oh yeah? What should we do?"
"I say we both go under their boat, and blow our blowholes as hard as we can, that will knock over their boat!" And so both whales went under the boat, and with a powerful blast they were able to capsize the boat and send all the sailors into the water.
The first whale then says "Now that they are all in the water, I say we eat them!"
And the second whale replies "Woah, woah, woah. I was all for the blow job but I won't swallow any seamen".