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Today in History



1258
Hulagu, a Mongol leader, seizes Baghdad, bringing an end to the Abbasid caliphate.
1620
Supporters of Marie de Medici, the queen mother, who has been exiled to Blois, are defeated by the king's troops at Ponts de Ce, France.
1763
The Treaty of Paris ends the French-Indian War. France gives up all her territories in the New World except New Orleans and a few scattered islands.
1799
Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Cairo, Egypt, for Syria, at the head of 13,000 men.
1814
Napoleon personally directs lightning strikes against enemy columns advancing toward Paris, beginning with a victory over the Russians at Champaubert.
1840
Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert.
1846
Led by religious leader Brigham Young, the first Mormons begin a long westward exodus from Nauvoo, Il., to Utah.
1863
P.T. Barnum's star midgets, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, are married.
1904
Russia and Japan declare war on each other.
1915
President Wilson blasts the British for using the U.S. flag on merchant ships to deceive the Germans.

1939
Japanese occupy island of Hainan in French Indochina.
1941
Iceland is attacked by German planes.
1941
London severs diplomatic relations with Romania.
1942
The war halts civilian car production at Ford.
1945
B-29s hit the Tokyo area.

1955
Bell Aircraft displays a fixed-wing vertical takeoff plane.
1960
Adolph Coors, the beer brewer, is kidnapped in Golden, Colo.
1966
Protester David Miller is convicted of burning his draft card.
1979
The Metropolitan Museum announces the first major theft in its 110-year history, $150,000 Greek marble head.
1986
The largest Mafia trial in history, with 474 defendants, opens in Palermo, Italy.


Joke of the Day


There was this gas station in "redneck country" trying to increase it's sales, so the owner put up a sign saying "Free Sex with Fill-up."
Soon a "redneck" customer pulled in, filled his tank, and then asked for his free sex.

The owner told him to pick a number from (1) to (10), and if he guessed correctly, he would get his free sex. The buyer then guessed (8) and the proprietor said, "No, you were close. The number was (7). Sorry, no free sex this time but maybe next time".



Some time thereafter, the same man, along with his buddy this time, pulled in again for a fill-up, and again he asked for his free sex. The proprietor again gave him the same story and asked him to guess the correct number. The man guessed (2) this time, and the proprietor said, "Sorry, it was (3). You were close but no free sex this time".

As they were driving away, the driver said to his buddy, "I think that game is rigged and he doesn't give away free sex". The buddy replied, "No, it's not rigged -- my wife won twice last week."