Good Morning *7/28/19 Edition*

Rise and Shine folks

1540 Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Howard; Thomas Cromwell is beheaded on Tower Hill in England.

1615 French explorer Samuel de Champlain discovers Lake Huron on his seventh voyage to the New World.

1794 Robespierre is beheaded in France.

1808 Sultan Mustafa of the Ottoman Empire is deposed and his cousin Mahmud II gains the throne.

1835 King Louis-Philippe of France survives an assassination attempt.

1863 Confederate John Mosby begins a series of attacks against General George Meade's Army of the Potomac.

1868 The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees citizenship to all those born or naturalized in the United States, is adopted.

1898 Spain, through the offices of the French embassy in Washington, D.C., requests peace terms in its war with the United States.

1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I.

1920 Pancho Villa surrenders to the Mexican government.



JOTD: I was driving with my dad when we passed a cemetery. My dad goes in a low, dark, creepy voice, "I know something about this cemetery that you don’t.” And I was like what is it? He continued, "The people living in this town can’t be buried here.” I was really confused so I asked why?

He rasped, "Cuz they’re still alive!"