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Today in History.


1264
King Henry III is captured by his brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort, at the Battle of Lewes.
1509
At the Battle of Agnadello, the French defeat the Venitians in Northern Italy.
1610
French King Henri IV (Henri de Navarre) is assassinated by François Ravaillac, a fanatical monk.
1796
English physician Edward Jenner gives the first successful smallpox vaccination.
1804
The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from St. Charles, Missouri.

1853
Gail Borden applies for a patent for condensed milk.
1863
Union General Nathanial Banks heads towards Port Hudson along the Mississippi River.
1897
Guglielmo Marconi sends the first communication by wireless telegraph.
1897
""Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa is performed for the first time in Philadelphia.
1935
A plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.

1940
Holland surrenders to Germany.
1942
The British Army, in retreat from Burma, reaches India.
1948
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion establishes the State of Israel.
1961
A bus carrying black and white civil rights activists is bombed and burned in Alabama.
1969
Three companies of the 101st Airborne Division fail to push North Vietnamese forces off Hill 937 in South Vietnam.


Joke of the Day


A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?"

The dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me capitalism. Your mother, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the people. The nanny, we'll consider her the working class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense."

The little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has soiled his diaper. The little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now."

The father says, "Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about."

The little boy replies, "Well, while capitalism is screwing the working class, the government is sound asleep, the people are being ignored and the future is in deep shite."