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Rise and Shine

216 BC Hannibal Barca wins his greatest victory over the Romans at Cannae. After avidly studying the tactics of Hannibal, Scipio Africanus eventually bested his Carthaginian adversary.

47 BC Caesar defeats Pharnaces at Zela in Syria and declares, "veni, vidi, vici," (I came, I saw, I conquered).

1552 The treaty of Passau gives religious freedom to Protestants living in Germany.

1553 An invading French army is destroyed at the Battle of Marciano in Italy by an imperial army.

1589 During France's religious war, a fanatical monk stabs King Henry II to death.

1776 The Continental Congress, having decided unanimously to make the Declaration of Independence, affixes the signatures of the other delegates to the document.

1790 The first US census begins enumerating the population.

1802 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed "Consul for Life" by the French Senate after a plebiscite from the French people.

1819 The first parachute jump from a balloon is made by Charles Guille in New York City.

1832 Troops under General Henry Atkinson massacre Sauk Indian men, women and children who are followers of Black Hawk at the Bad Axe River in Wisconsin. Black Hawk himself finally surrenders three weeks later, bringing the Black Hawk War to an end.



JOTD: Sometimes I hide my wife's inhaler.

The neighbours think I am a stud when they hear her panting heavily "give it to me!"