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Today in History.

1346
Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Holy Roman Emperor.
1509
Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
1770
Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
1798
Napoleon Bonaparte takes the island of Malta.
1861
Union forces under General George B. McClellan repulse a Confederate force at Rich Mountain in western Virginia.

1865
Major General Henry W. Halleck finds documents and archives of the Confederate government in Richmond, Virginia. This discovery will lead to the publication of the official war records.
1895
Charles E. Duryea receives the first U.S. patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile.
1903
King Alexander and Queen Draga of Belgrade are assassinated by members of the Serbia army.
1915
British troops take Cameroon in Africa.
1927
Charles Lindbergh, a captain in the US Army Air Corps Reserve, receives the first Distinguished Flying Cross ever awarded, for his solo trans-Atlantic flight.

1930
William Beebe, of the New York Zoological Society, dives to a record-setting depth of 1,426 feet off the coast of Bermuda, in a diving chamber called a bathysphere.
1934
The Disarmament Conference in Geneva ends in failure.
1940
The Italian Air Force bombs the British fortress at Malta in the Mediterranean.
1943
The Italian island of Pantelleria surrenders after a heavy air bombardment.
1944
U.S. carrier-based planes attack Japanese airfields on Guam , Rota, Saipan and Tinian islands, preparing for the invasion of Saipan.

1963
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested in Florida for trying to integrate restaurants.
1967
Israel and Syria accept a U. N. cease-fire.
1987
Margaret Thatcher wins her third consecutive term as Prime Minister.


Joke of the Day


Three ladies were on a flight, when suddenly the captain announced, "Please prepare for a crash landing."

The first lady put on all her jewelry. Surprised by this, the other ladies questioned her actions.

The first lady replied, "Well, when they come to rescue us they will see that I am rich, and will rescue me first."


The second lady, not wanting to be left behind, began to take off her top and bra. "Why are you doing that?" the other ladies questioned.

"Well, when they come to rescue us, they will see my great tits and will take me first."

The third lady who was African, not wanting to be outdone, took off her pants and panties.

"Why are you doing that?" the other ladies questioned. "Well, they always search for the black box first."