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Today in History: July 1
0069 Vespasian, a Roman army leader, is hailed as a Roman emperor by the Egyptian legions.

1596 An English fleet under the Earl of Essex, Lord Howard of Effingham and Francis Vere capture and sack Cadiz, Spain.

1777 British troops depart from their base at the Bouquet River to head toward Ticonderoga, New York.

1862 Union artillery stops a Confederate attack at Malvern Hill, Virginia.

1863 In the first day's fighting at Gettysburg, Federal forces retreat through the town and dig in at Cemetery Ridge and Cemetery Hill.

1898 American troops take San Juan Hill and El Caney, Cuba, from the Spaniards.

1961 British troops land in Kuwait to aid against Iraqi threats.

1963 The U.S. postmaster introduces the ZIP code.

Born on July 1

1915 Sydney Pollack, film director (Tootsie, Out of Africa).

1961 Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales.

JOTD
The day after he had lost his wife scuba diving, two grim-faced policemen paid Mr. Smith a visit.

"We're sorry to disturb you at this hour, Mr. Smith, but we have some information concerning your wife. Actually, we have some bad news, some pretty good news and some really great news. Which would you like to hear first?"
Fearing the worst, Mr Smith asked for the bad news first.
"We're sorry to inform you, sir," the policeman said, "we found your wife's body in the San Francisco Bay this morning."
"Oh, my God!" said a distraught Mr. Smith. "What's the good news?"
"When we pulled her up," said the policeman, "she had two five-pound lobsters and a dozen crabs on her."
"What?" a confused Mr Smith exclaimed. "So, what's the great news?"
The officer replied, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow."