Good Morning *Cinco De Mayo Eve*

Rise and Shine folks

1471 In England, the Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury.

1626 American Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons.

1715 A French manufacturer debuts the first folding umbrella.

1776 Rhode Island declares independence from England.

1795 Thousands of rioters enter jails in Lyons, France, and massacre 99 Jacobin prisoners.

1814 Napoleon Bonaparte disembarks at Portoferraio on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean.

1863 The Battle of Chancellorsville ends when Union Army retreats.

1864 Union General Ulysses S. Grant's forces cross the Rapidan River and meet Robert E. Lee's Confederate army.

1927 A balloon soars over 40,000 feet for the first time.

1930 Mahatma Gandhi is arrested by the British.



JOTD: A vacationing penguin is driving his car through Arizona when he notices that the oil pressure light is on.

He gets out to look and sees oil dripping out of the motor. He drives to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.

After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town. He sees an ice-cream shop and, being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot. He gets a big dish of ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands he makes a real mess trying to eat with his flippers. After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he's found the problem. The mechanic looks up and says "It looks like you blew a seal."

"No no," the penguin replies, "it's just ice cream."