Good Morning *Alabama Edition*

Rise and Shine



1493 Christopher Columbus arrives at the Caribbee Isles (Dominica) during his second expedition.

1507 Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint Lisa Gherardini ("Mona Lisa").

1529 The first parliament for five years opens in England and the Commons put forward bills against abuses amongst the clergy and in the church courts.

1794 Thomas Paine is released from a Parisian jail with help from the American ambassador James Monroe. He was arrested for having offended the Robespierre faction.

1813 American troops destroy the Indian village of Tallushatchee in the Mississippi Valley.
1868 Ulysses S. Grant elected the 18th president of the United States.

1883 A poorly trained Egyptian army, led by British General William Hicks, marches toward El Obeid in the Sudan--straight into a Mahdist ambush and massacre.

1883 The U.S. Supreme Court declares American Indians to be "dependent aliens."

1892 First automatic telephone exchange goes into operation in La Porte, Indiana.

1896 William McKinley is elected 25th president of the United States.



JOTD: I've got a lot of puns about people with crooked teeth

You'd better brace yourself

inb4 I've had my filling of puns.
Ain't that the tooth
Try to keep them straight!
It’s ur crowning achievement
I can never get jokes like this out of my mouth.
Rolling on the fluoride laughing!!!