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Today in History.



0756
Abd-al-Rahman is proclaimed emir of Cordoba, Spain.
1213
King John submits to the Pope, offering to make England and Ireland papal fiefs. Pope Innocent III lifts the interdict of 1208.
1602
English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold discovers Cape Cod.
1614
An aristocratic uprising in France ends with the Treaty of St. Menehould.
1618
Johannes Kepler discovers his harmonics law.
1702
The War of Spanish Succession begins.
1730
Following the resignation of Lord Townshend, Robert Walpole becomes the sole minister in the English cabinet.
1768
By the Treaty of Versailles, France purchases Corsica from Genoa.
1795
Napoleon enters the Lombardian capital of Milan in triumph.
1820
The U.S. Congress designates the slave trade a form of piracy.

1849
Neapolitan troops enter Palermo, Sicily.
1862
The Union ironclad Monitor and the gunboat Galena fire on Confederate troops at the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.
1864
At the Battle of New Market, Virginia Military Institute cadets repel a Union attack.
1886
Emily Dickinson dies in Amherst, Mass., where she had lived in seclusion for the previous 24 years.
1916
U.S. Marines land in Santo Domingo to quell civil disorder.

1918
Pfc. Henry Johnson and Pfc. Needham Roberts receive the Croix de Guerre for their services in World War I. They are the first Americans to win France's highest military medal.
1930
Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess.
1942
The United States begins rationing gasoline.
1958
Sputnik III is launched by the Soviet Union.
1963
The last Project Mercury space flight, carrying Gordon Cooper, is launched.

1968
U.S. Marines relieve army troops in Nhi Ha, South Vietnam after a fourteen-day battle.
1972
Gov. George Wallace is shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland.
1975
The merchant ship Mayaguez is recaptured from Cambodia's Khmer Rouge.
1988
Soviets forces begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan.




Joke of the Day.


A man came home from work, sat down in his favorite chair, turned on the TV, and said to his wife, "Quick, bring me a beer before it starts"

She looked a little puzzled, but brought him a beer.

When he finished it, he said, "Quick, bring me another beer. It's gonna start."

This time she looked a little angry, but brought him a beer. When it was gone, he said, "Quick, another beer before it starts."

"That's it!" She blows her top, "You bastard! You waltz in here, flop your fat arse down, don't even say hello to me and then expect me to run around like your slave. Don't you realize that I cook and clean and wash and iron all day long?"


The husband sighed. "Oh shite, it started!”