Good Morning *Thursday Edition*

1635 The French colony of Guadeloupe is established in the Caribbean.

1675 Frederick William of Brandenburg crushes the Swedes.

1709 Russians defeat the Swedes and Cossacks at the Battle of Poltava.

1776 Colonists repulse a British sea attack on Charleston, South Carolina.

1778 Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carries water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth.

1839 Cinque and other Africans are kidnapped and sold into slavery in Cuba.

1862 Fighting continues between Union and Confederate forces during the Seven Days' campaign.

1863 General George Meade replaces General Joseph Hooker three days before the Battle of Gettysburg.

1874 The Freedmen's Bank, created to assist former slaves in the United States, closes. Customers of the bank lose $3 million.

1884 Congress declares Labor Day a legal holiday.



JOTD: When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed.
But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat,making beer.. Always something more important to me.

Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point. When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush.

I said, "When you finish cutting the
grass, you might as well sweep the driveway."

The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.