Good Morning *Last Day Of May Edition*

Rise and Shine folks

1433 Sigismund is crowned emperor of Rome.

1678 The Godiva procession, commemorating Lady Godiva's legendary ride while naked, becomes part of the Coventry Fair.

1862 At the Battle of Fair Oaks, Union General George B. McClellan defeats Confederates outside of Richmond.

1879 New York's Madison Square Garden opens its doors for the first time.

1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania is destroyed by a massive flood.

1900 U.S. troops arrive in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion.

1902 The Boer War ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging.

1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) holds its first conference.

1913 The 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for direct election of senators, is ratified.

1915 A German zeppelin makes an air raid on London.



JOTD: A guy ring’s his new girlfriend’s doorbell. She sees him holding a very nice bouquet of flowers and drags him in.

She lies on the couch, pulls her skirt up, and rips her knickers off and says “This is for the flowers!”

“Don’t be silly” says her boyfriend, “you must have a vase somewhere!”