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Today in History.





0043
Marcus Antonius is defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.
0753
Traditional date of the foundation of Rome.
1526
Mongol Emperor Babur annihilates the Indian Army of Ibrahim Lodi.
1649
The Maryland Toleration Act is passed, allowing all people freedom of worship.
1689
William III and Mary II are crowned joint king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.

1836
General Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Texas wins independence from Mexico.
1862
Congress establishes the U.S. Mint.
1865
Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington.
1898
The Spanish-American War begins.
1910
Mark Twain dies at the age of 75.

1914
U.S. Marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico. They will stay six months.
1916
Bill Carlisle, the infamous 'last train robber,' robs a train in Hanna, Wyoming.
1918
German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," is shot down and killed.
1943
President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that several Doolittle pilots have been executed by Japanese.
1960
Brasilia becomes the capital of Brazil.

1961
The French army revolts in Algeria.
1966
Pfc. Milton Lee Olive is awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for bravery during the Vietnam War.
1975
The last South Vietnam president, Nguyen Van Thieu, resigns.
1995
Federal authorities arrest Timothy McVeigh in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.


Joke of the Day.


A father put his three year old daughter to bed, told her a story and listened to her prayers which she ended by saying, "God bless Mommy, God bless daddy, God bless grandma and good-bye grandpa."

The father asked, "Why did you say good-bye grandpa?"

The little girl said, "I don't know daddy, it just seemed like the thing to do."

The next day grandpa died.

The father thought it was a strange coincidence.

A few months later the father put the girl to bed and listened to her prayers, which went like this: "God bless Mommy, God Bless daddy, and good-bye grandma."

The next day the grandmother died.

"Oh, my gosh", thought the father, "this kid is in contact with the other side."

Several weeks later when the girl was going to bed the dad heard her say: "God bless Mommy and good-bye daddy."

He practically went into shock. He couldn't sleep all night and got up at the crack of dawn to go to his office. He was nervous as a cat all day, had lunch sent in and watched the clock.

He figured if he could get by until midnight he would be okay. He felt safe in the office, so instead of going home at the end of the day he stayed there, drinking coffee, looking at his watch and jumping at every sound. Finally midnight arrived, he breathed a sigh of relief and went home.

When he got home his wife said "I've never seen you work so late, what's the matter?"

He said, "I don't want to talk about it, I've just spent the worst day of my life."

She said, "You think you had a bad day, you'll never believe what happened to me. This morning the milkman dropped dead on our porch."