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Today in History


0193
The Roman emperor, Marcus Didius, is murdered in his palace.
1533
Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's new queen, is crowned.
1774
The British government orders the port of Boston closed.
1789
The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths becomes law.
1812
American navy captain James Lawrence, mortally wounded in a naval engagement with the British, exhorts to the crew of his vessel, the Chesapeake, "Don't give up the ship!"

1862
General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate army outside Richmond after General Joe Johnston is injured at Seven Pines.
1864
The Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, begins as Confederate general Robert E. Lee tries to turn Union general Ulysses S. Grant's flank.
1868
James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, dies.
1877
U.S. troops are authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.
1915
Germany conducts the first zeppelin air raid over England.

1916
The National Defense Act increases the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.
1921
A race riot erupts in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing 85 people.
1939
The Douglas DC-4 makes its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York.
1941
The German Army completes the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ends.
1942
America begins sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union.

1958
Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France.
1963
Governor George Wallace vows to defy an injunction ordering integration of the University of Alabama.
1978
The U.S. reports finding wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow.



Joke of the Day




A man goes to a bar and sees a fat girl dancing on a table.

He walks over to her and says, "Wow, nice legs!"

She is flattered and replies, "You really think so?"

The man says, "Oh definitely! Most tables would have collapsed by now."