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Today in History.




0757
Stephen II ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
1478
Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de' Medici.
1514
Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn.
1564
William Shakespeare is baptized.
1607
The British establish a colony at Cape Henry, Virginia.

1865
Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to General William T. Sherman.
1915
Second Lieutenant William Rhodes-Moorhouse becomes the first airman to win the Victoria Cross after conducting a successful bombing raid.
1929
The first non-stop flight from England to India is completed.
1931
New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake ultimately costs him the home run record.
1937
The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes.

1941
The first organ is played at a baseball stadium in Chicago.
1968
Students seize the administration building at Ohio State University.
1983
The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1,200 for first time.
1986
The world's worst nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl power plant in the Soviet Union.
1994
Nelson Mandela wins the presidency in South Africa's first multiracial elections.



Joke of the Day.





Little Johnny sees his Daddy's car passing the playground and going into the woods. Curious, he follows the car and sees Daddy and Aunt Jane kissing.

Johnny finds this so exciting and can barely contain himself as he runs home and starts to tell his mother excitedly.

"MOMMY, MOMMY, I WAS AT THE PLAYGROUND AND DADDY AND..."

Mommy tells him to slow down, but that she wants to hear the story.

So Johnny tells her. "I was at the playground and I saw Daddy's car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went to look and Daddy was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt, then Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off, then Aunt Jane laid down on the seat, then Daddy..."

At this point, Mommy cut him off and said, "Johnny, this is such an interesting story, suppose you save the rest of it for supper time. I want to see the look on Daddy's face when you tell it tonight."

At the dinner table, Mommy asks Johnny to tell his story. He describes the car into the woods, the undressing, laying down on the seat, and, "then Daddy and Aunt Jane did that same thing Mommy and Uncle Jeff used to do when Daddy was in the Army."