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Today in History


1537
Pope Paul III bans the enslavement of Indians in the New World.
1774
The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to allow British soldiers into their houses, is reenacted.
1793
Maximilien Robespierre, a member of France's Committee on Public Safety, initiates the "Reign of Terror."
1818
The British army defeats the Maratha alliance in Bombay, India.
1859
French forces cross the Ticino River.

1865
At Galveston, Texas, Confederate general Edmund Kirby Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Department to Union forces.
1883
The first baseball game under electric lights is played in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1886
Grover Cleveland becomes the first American president to wed while in office.
1910
Charles Stewart Rolls, one of the founders of Rolls-Royce, becomes the first man to fly an airplane nonstop across the English Channel both ways. Tragically, he becomes Britain's first aircraft fatality the following month when his biplane breaks up in midair.
1924
The United States grants full citizenship to American Indians.

1928
Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek captures Peking, China, in a bloodless takeover.
1942
The American aircraft carriers Enterprise, Hornet and Yorktown move into their battle positions for the Battle of Midway.
1944
Allied "shuttle bombing" of Germany begins, with bombers departing from Italy and landing in the Soviet Union.
1946
Italian citizens vote by referendum for a republic.
1948
Jamaican-born track star Herb McKenley sets a new world record for the 400 yard dash.

1953
Elizabeth II is crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey.
1954
Senator Joseph McCarthy charges that there are communists working in the CIA and atomic weapons plants.
1969
The Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne slices the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half off the shore of South Vietnam.



Joke of the Day



There was this homeless drunk dude laying in an alley talking out loud saying, "I wish had another drink."

He then passed out. As he was saying that, a gay dude was walking by and heard him.

When the gay guy came back, he f*cked the homeless guy and put three dollars in his pocket. The homeless dude woke up later and found the money, ran to the liquor store, and said, "Give me the cheapest half of pint you have," and went back to his spot, drunk it and passed out again.

The gay dude came back, f*cked the homeless dude again, and left five dollars. He ran back to the liquor store and said, "Give me the cheapest pint you have," and went back to his spot.

The gay dude came back again. Once he saw the homeless man passed out, he f*cked him again and left eight dollars The homeless dude woke up and realized he had some more money.

He ran back to the liquor store, and before he could say a word, the owner said, "I know, you want the cheapest pint you can get," and the homeless dude said, "No, give me the most expensive half you got.

That cheap liquor is tearing my arse up."