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Today in History


1755
English lexicographer Dr. Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary of the English Language.
1784
The first balloon is flown in Ireland.
1813
U.S. troops under James Wilkinson lay siege to the Spanish-held city of Mobile in future state of Alabama.
1858
At the Battle of Azimghur, the Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists.
1861
President Lincoln mobilizes Federal army.
1865
Abraham Lincoln dies from John Wilkes Booth's assassination bullet.
1871
'Wild Bill' Hickok becomes the marshal of Abilene, Kansas.
1912
With her band playing on the deck, the ocean liner Titanic sinks at 2:27 a.m. in the North Atlantic.
1917
British forces defeat the Germans at the Battle of Arras.
1923
The first sound films shown to a paying audience are exhibited at the Rialto Theater in New York City.

1923
Insulin becomes generally available for people suffering with diabetes.
1940
French and British troops land at Narvik, Norway.
1945
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is buried on the grounds of his Hyde Park home.
1948
Arab forces are defeated in battle with Israeli forces.
1952
President Harry Truman signs the official Japanese peace treaty.

1955
Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants.
1959
Cuban leader Fidel Castro begins a U.S. goodwill tour.
1960
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizes at Shaw University.
1971
North Vietnamese troops ambush a company of Delta Raiders from the 101st Airborne Division near Fire Support Base Bastogne in Vietnam. The American troops are on a rescue mission.
1986
U.S. warplanes attack Libya.




Joke of the Day


A husband says to his wife, "I bet you can't tell me something that will make me both happy and sad at the same time."



The wife thinks about it for a few moments and replies, "Your dick is bigger than your brothers."