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Today in History


1572
The Sea Beggars under Guillaume de la Marck land in Holland and capture the small town of Briel.
1778
Oliver Pollock, creates the dollar sign.
1863
The first wartime conscription law goes into effect in the United States.
1865
At the Battle of Five Forks, Gen. Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
1868
The Hampton Institute is founded in Hampton, Va.
1905
Berlin and Paris are linked by telephone.
1918
England's Royal Air Force is formed.
1920
Germany's Workers Party changes its name to the Nationalist Socialist German Worker's Party (Nazis).
1924
Adolf Hitler sentenced to five years in prison for the "Beer Hall Putsch."
1928
China's Chiang Kai-shek begins attacks on communists.

1929
The yo-yo is introduced in the United States by Louie Marx.
1939
The Spanish Civil War effectively ends with the official recognition of Franco's government.
1942
The U.S. Navy begins a partial convoy system in the Atlantic.
1945
U.S. forces launch invasion of Okinawa.
1946
A miner's strike in the U.S. idles 400,000 workers.

1948
The Berlin Airlift begins, relieving the surrounded city from the Soviet siege.
1951
United Nations forces again move northward across the 38th Parallel in Korea.
1954
The U.S. Air Force Academy is founded in Colorado.
1968
The U.S. Army launches Operation Pegasus, the reopening of a land route to the besieged Khe Sanh Marine base.
1970
The U.S. Army charges Captain Ernest Medina for his role in the My Lai massacre.

1982
The United States transfers control of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama.



Joke of the Day


There was an elderly couple who in their old age noticed that they were getting a lot more forgetful, so they decided to go to the doctor.

The doctor told them that they should start writing things down so they don't forget.

They went home and the old lady told her husband to get her a bowl of ice cream. "You might want to write it down," she said. The husband said, "No, I can remember that you want a bowl of ice cream."

She then told her husband she wanted a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream. "Write it down," she told him, and again he said, "No, no, I can remember: you want a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream."

Then the old lady said she wants a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top. "Write it down," she told her husband and again he said, "No, I got it. You want a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top."

So he goes to get the ice cream and spends an unusually long time in the kitchen, over 30 minutes.

He comes out to his wife and hands her a plate of eggs and bacon.

The old wife stares at the plate for a moment, then looks at her husband and asks, "Where's the toast?"