Good Morning *Finally Friday Edition*

Rise and Shine Folks

1657 France and England form an alliance against Spain.

1743 Handel's Messiah is performed for the first time in London.

1775 American revolutionary hero Patrick Henry, while addressing the House of Burgesses, declares "give me liberty, or give me death!"

1791 Etta Palm, a Dutch champion of woman's rights, sets up a group of women's clubs called the Confederation of the Friends of Truth.

1848 Hungary proclaims its independence of Austria.

1857 Elisha Otis installs the first modern passenger elevator in a public building, at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City.

1858 Eleazer A. Gardner of Philadelphia patents the cable street car, which runs on overhead cables.

1862 Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson faces his only defeat at the Battle of Kernstown, Va

1880 John Stevens of Neenah, Wis., patents the grain crushing mill. This mill allows flour production to increase by 70 percent.

1901 A group of U.S. Army soldiers, led by Brigadier General Frederick Funston, capture Emilio Aguinaldo, the leader of the Philippine Insurrection of 1899.



JOTD: One day a man walks past a blonde listening to some terrible music and says, "You should listen to 50 Cent, he's a lot better." The blonde replies, "Okay." and the man walks away. The next day he walks past the blonde and she is rubbing 2 quarters together and he asks, "What are you doing?" She answers in confusion, "I'm listening to 50 Cents, but it's not that good."