Good Morning *Good Friday Edition*

Rise and Shine

1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign a decree expelling all Jews from Spain.

1840 "Beau" Brummell, the English dandy and former favorite of the prince regent, dies in a French lunatic asylum for paupers.

1858 Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patents the pencil with an eraser attached on one end.

1867 Russian Baron Stoeckl and U.S. Secretary of State Seward complete the draft of a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States. The treaty is signed the following day.

1870 The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, passes.

1870 President U.S. Grant signs bill readmitting Texas to the Union, the last Confederate state readmitted.

1885 In Afghanistan, Russian troops inflict a crushing defeat on Afghan forces, despite orders not to fight.

1909 The Queensboro Bridge in New York opens. It is the first double decker bridge and links Manhattan and Queens.

1916 Mexican bandit Pancho Villa kills 172 at the Guerrero garrison in Mexico.

1936 Britain announces a naval construction program of 38 warships. This is the largest construction program in 15 years.



JOTD: A friend of mine has a strange addiction to brake fluid. But he says he can....stop at any time.