Good Morning *Friday Is Here*

Rise and Shine

1415 Jan Hus, a Czech who spoke out against Church corruption, is burned at the stake as a heretic.

1519 Charles of Spain is elected Holy Roman emperor in Barcelona.

1535 Sir Thomas More is beheaded in England for refusing to swear allegiance to King Henry VIII as head of the Church.

1536 Jacques Cartier returns to France after discovering the St. Lawrence River in Canada.

1685 James II defeats James, the Duke of Monmouth, at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the last major battle to be fought on English soil.

1770 The entire Ottoman fleet is destroyed by the Russians at the Battle of Chesma.

1788 10,000 troops are called out in Paris as unrest mounts in the poorer districts over poverty and lack of food.

1836 French General Thomas Bugeaud defeats Abd al-Kader's forces beside the Sikkak River in Algeria.

1835 John Marshall, the third chief justice of the Supreme Court, dies at the age of 79. Two days later, while tolling in his honor in Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell cracks.

1854 The Republican Party is officially organized in Jackson, Michigan.

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JOTD: I rear-ended a car this morning...the start of a REALLY bad day!

The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!!
He looked up at me and said 'I am NOT Happy!'
So I said, 'Well, which one ARE you then?'