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Today in History.

1700
The Pacific Island of New Britain is discovered.
1814
Napoleon's Marshal Nicholas Oudinot is pushed back at Barsur-Aube by the Emperor's allied enemies shortly before his abdication.
1827
The first Mardi-Gras celebration is held in New Orleans.
1864
The first Union prisoners arrive at Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
1865
Confederate raider William Quantrill and his bushwackers attack Hickman, Kentucky, shooting women and children.
1905
The Japanese push Russians back in Manchuria and cross the Sha River.
1908
The forty-sixth star is added to the U.S. flag, signifying Oklahoma's admission to statehood.
1920
The United States rejects a Soviet peace offer as propaganda.

1925
Glacier Bay National Monument is dedicated in Alaska.
1933
The burning down of the Reichstag building in Berlin gives the Nazis the opportunity to suspend personal liberty with increased power.
1939
The Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes.
1942
British Commandos raid a German radar station at Bruneval on the French coast.
1953
F-84 Thunderjets raid North Korean base on Yalu River.

1962
South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem is unharmed as two planes bomb the presidential palace in Saigon.
1963
The Soviet Union says that 10,000 troops will remain in Cuba.
1969
Thousands of students protest President Richard Nixon's arrival in Rome.
1973
U.S. Supreme Court rules that a Virginia pool club can't bar residents because of color.
1988
Debi Thomas becomes the first African American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.

1991
Coalition forces liberate Kuwait after seven months of occupation by the Iraqi army.


Joke of the Day



Why isn't there a pregnant Barbie doll?


Ken came in another box.