Good Morning Thread

Rise and Shine

1901 A great fire ravages Montreal, resulting in $2.5 million in property lost.

1913 The "Young Turks" revolt because they are angered by the concessions made at the London peace talks.

1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt enters the presidential race.

1948 The Soviets refuse UN entry into North Korea to administer elections.

1949 The Communist Chinese forces begin their advance on Nanking.

1950 Jerusalem becomes the official capital of Israel.

1951 President Truman creates the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, to monitor the anti-Communist campaign.

1969 NASA unveils moon-landing craft.

1973 President Richard Nixon claims that Vietnam peace has been reached in Paris and that the POWs would be home in 60 days.

1977 Alex Haley's Roots begins a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on ABC.



JOTD: A priest, a minister, and a rabbi want to see who’s best at his job. So they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it. Later they get together. The priest begins: “When I found the bear, I read to him from the Catechism and sprinkled him with holy water. Next week is his First Communion.”

“I found a bear by the stream,” says the minister, “and preached God’s holy word. The bear was so mesmerized that he let me baptize him.”

They both look down at the rabbi, who is lying on a gurney in a body cast. “Looking back,” he says, “maybe I shouldn’t have started with the circumcision.”