Good Morning *January Is Finally Over Editon*

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1327 Edward III is coronated King of England.

1587 Elizabeth I, Queen of England, signs the Warrant of Execution for Mary Queen of Scots.

1633 The tobacco laws of Virginia are codified, limiting tobacco production to reduce dependence on a single-crop economy.

1793 France declares war on Britain and the Netherlands.

1861 A furious Governor Sam Houston storms out of a legislative session upon learning that Texas has voted 167-7 to secede from the Union.

1902 U.S. Secretary of State John Hay protests Russian privileges in China as a violation of the "open door policy."

1905 Germany contests French rule in Morocco.

1909 U.S. troops leave Cuba after installing Jose Miguel Gomez as president.

1930 A Loening Air Yacht of Air Ferries makes its first passenger run between San Francisco and Oakland, California..

1942 Planes of the U.S. Pacific fleet attack Japanese bases in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands.

JOTD: A kid is on his lawn, playing with mud. A man walks up to him and asks, “What are you doing?” The kid says, “Making a smart potion. Would you like some?” So the man says, “Sure. I’ll try some.” So the kid gives the man a bit of the mud in a cup to drink. When the man drank it, he yelled, “Blech! This is mud!” So the kid says, “See, getting smarter already.”