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Today in History: May 6

1527 German troops begin sacking Rome. Libraries are destroyed, the Pope is captured and thousands are killed.

1861 Arkansas becomes the ninth state to secede from the Union.

1877 Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska. Crazy Horse brought General George Custer to his end.

1941 Bob Hope gives his first USO show at California's March Field.

1942 General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders Corregidor to the Japanese.

1945 Axis Sally makes her final propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.

1954 British runner Roger Bannister breaks the four minute mile.

1962 The first nuclear warhead is fired from a Polaris submarine.

1994 The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened.

Born on May 6

1856 Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis.

1895 Rudolph Valentino, actor, film icon.

1915 Orson Welles, actor, director, and writer (Citizen Kane).

1931 Willie Mays, baseball player.

JOTD
A couple go for a meal at a Chinese restaurant and order the "Chicken Surprise".

The waiter brings the meal, served in a lidded cast iron pot.
Just as the wife is about to serve herself, the lid of the pot rises slightly and she briefly sees two beady little eyes looking around before the lid slams back down.
"Good grief, did you see that?" she asks her husband. He hadn't, so she asks him to look in the pot. He reaches for it and again the lid rises, and he sees two little eyes looking around before it slams down..
Rather perturbed, he calls the waiter over, explains what is happening, and demands an explanation.
"Please sir," says the waiter, "what did you order?"
The husband replies, "Chicken Surprise..."
"Ah! So sorry everyone," says the waiter, "I brought you Peeking Duck."