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Today in History.

1704
Indians attack Deerfield, Mass. killing 40 and kidnapping 100.
1847
Colonel Alexander Doniphan and his ragtag Missouri Mounted Volunteers ride to victory at the Battle of Sacramento, during the Mexican War.

1861
The territory of Colorado is established.
1863
Four Union gunboats destroy the CSS Nashville near Fort McAllister, Georgia.
1900
After a 119-day siege by the Boers, the surrounded British troops in Ladysmith, South Africa, are relieved.
1916
Haiti becomes the first U.S. protectorate.
1924
U.S. troops are sent to Honduras to protect American interests during an election conflict.

1936
The Japanese Army restores order in Tokyo and arrests officers involved in a coup.
1945
U.S. tanks break the natural defense line west of the Rhine and cross the Erft River.
1946
The U.S. Army declares that it will use V-2 rocket to test radar as an atomic rocket defense system.
1953
Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia sign a 5-year defense pact in Ankara.
1967
In Mississippi, 19 are indicted in the slayings of three civil rights workers.

1969
A Los Angeles court refuses Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan's request to be executed.
1971
The male electorate in Lichtenstein refuses to give voting rights to women.
1994
U.S. warplanes shoot down four Serb aircraft over Bosnia in the first NATO use of force in the troubled area.

Joke of the Day

Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music.
The iTit will cost from $499 to $699, depending on cup size, speaker size, and storage capacity.
This is considered a major social breakthrough, because women are always complaining about
men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.