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0955 Otto organizes his nobles and defeats the invading Magyars at the Battle of Lechfeld in Germany.

1539 King Francis of France declares that all official documents are to be written in French, not Latin.

1557 French troops are defeated by Emmanuel Philibert's Spanish army at St. Quentin, France

1582 Russia ends its 25-year war with Poland.

1628 The Swedish warship Vasa capsizes and sinks in Stockholm harbor on her maiden voyage.

1779 Louis XVI of France frees the last remaining serfs on royal land.

1831 William Driver of Salem, Massachusetts, is the first to use the term "Old Glory" in connection with the American flag, when he gives that name to a large flag aboard his ship, the Charles Daggett.

1846 The Smithsonian Institution is established in Washington through the bequest of James Smithson.





JOTD: The Pastor's wife walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. "What are you doing?" She asked.

"Hunting flies" He responded.

"Oh. Killing any?" She asked.

"Yep, 3 males, 2 females," he replied. Intrigued, she asked. "How can you tell them apart?"

He responded, "3 were on a beer can, 2 were on the phone."