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Today in History

1573
Henry of Anjou becomes the first elected king of Poland.

1689
French and English navies battle at Bantry Bay.

1690
In the first major engagement of King William's War, British troops from Massachusetts seize Port Royal in Acadia (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) from the French.

1745
French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army at Fontenoy.

1792
The Columbia River is discovered by Captain Robert Gray.

1812
British Prime Minster Spencer Perceval is shot by a bankrupt banker in the lobby of the House of Commons.
1857
Indian mutineers seize Delhi.

1858
Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.

1860
Giuseppe Garibaldi lands at Marsala, Sicily.

1862
Confederates scuttle the CSS Virginia off Norfolk, Virginia.

1864
Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern.

1943
U.S. forces begin the assault on Japanese-held Attu, the westernmost island in Alaska's Aleutian Island chain.

1960
Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.

1967
The Siege of Khe Sanh ends with the base is still in American hands.



Joke of the Day


Late one night a burglar broke into a house and while he was sneaking around he heard a voice say, "Jesús is watching you."

He looked around and saw nothing. He kept on creeping and again heard, "Jesús is watching you."

In a dark corner, he saw a cage with a parrot inside.

The burglar asked the parrot, "Was it you who said Jesús is watching me"

The parrot replied, "Yes." Relieved, the burglar asked, "What is your name?”

The parrot said, "Clarence."

The burglar said, "That's a stupid name for a parrot. What idiot named you Clarence?


The parrot answered, "The same idiot that named the rottweiler Jesús."