Good Morning *Feed The Hamsters Edition*

Rise and Shine folks



1454 At a grand feast, Philip the Good of Burgundy takes the "vow of the pheasant," by which he swears to fight the Turks.

1598 Boris Godunov, the boyar of Tarar origin, is elected czar in succession to his brother-in-law Fydor.

1720 Spain signs the Treaty of the Hague with the Quadruple Alliance ending a war that was begun in 1718.

1801 The House of Representatives breaks an electoral college tie and chooses Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr.

1864 The Confederate submarine Hunley sinks the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

1865 The South Carolina capital city, Columbia, is destroyed by fire as Major General William Tecumseh Sherman marches through.

1909 Apache chief Geronimo dies of pneumonia at age 80, while still in captivity at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

1919 Germany signs an armistice giving up territory in Poland.

1925 The first issue of Harold Ross' magazine, The New Yorker, hits the stands, selling for 15 cents a copy.

1933 The League of Nations censures Japan in a worldwide broadcast.

JOTD: A doctor and a lawyer are talking at a party. Their conversation is constantly interrupted by people describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice. After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asks the lawyer, "What do you do to stop people from asking you for legal advice when you're out of the office?" "I give it to them," replies the lawyer, "and then I send them a bill." The doctor is shocked, but agrees to give it a try. The next day, still feeling slightly guilty, the doctor prepares the bills. When he goes to place them in his mailbox, he finds a bill from the lawyer.