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Rise and Shine folks

1547 Ivan IV crowns himself the new Czar of Russia in Assumption Cathedral in Moscow.

1786 The Council of Virginia guarantees religious freedom.

1847 John C. Fremont, the famed "Pathfinder" of Western exploration, is appointed governor of California.

1865 General William T. Sherman begins a march through the Carolinas.

1900 The U.S. Senate recognizes the Anglo-German Treaty of 1899 by which the UK renounced its rights to the Samoan Islands.

1909 One of Ernest Shackleton's polar exploration teams reaches the Magnetic South Pole.

1914 Maxim Gorky is authorized to return to Russia after an eight year exile for political dissidence.

1920 The League of Nations holds its first meeting in Paris.

1920 Allies lift the blockade on trade with Russia.

1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt asks for an extension of the Social Security Act to include more women and children.



JOTD: Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He’s not breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls 911.

“I think my friend is dead!” he yells. “What can I do?”

The operator says, “Calm down. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.”

There’s a silence, then a shot. Back on the phone, the guy says, “OK, now what?”