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1515 King Francis of France defeats the Swiss army under Cardinal Matthaus Schiner at Marignano, northern Italy.

1549 Pope Paul III closes the first session of the Council of Bologna.

1564 On the verge of attacking Pedro Menendez's Spanish settlement at San Agostin, Florida, Jean Ribault's French fleet is scattered by a devastating storm.

1759 British troops defeat the French on the plains of Abraham, in Quebec.

1774 Anne Robert Turgot, the new controller of finances, urges the king of France to restore the free circulation of grain in the kingdom.

1782 The British fortress at Gibraltar comes under attack by French and Spanish forces.

1788 The Constitutional Convention authorizes the first federal election resolving that electors in all the states will be appointed on January 7, 1789.

1789 Guardsmen in Orleans, France, open fire on rioters trying to loot bakeries, killing 90.

1846 General Winfield Scott takes Chapultepec, removing the last obstacle to U.S. troops moving on Mexico City.

1862 Union troops in Frederick, Maryland, discover General Robert E. Lee's attack plans for the invasion of Maryland wrapped around a pack of cigars. They give the plans to General George B. McClellan who sends the Army of the Potomac to confront Lee but only after a delay of more than half a day.



JOTD: The sailor too his first shot and it sliced wide right. The sailor said "Ah frick, I missed."

The priest replied, surprised, "My son, you shouldn't speak that way or God will punish you."

The sailor took aim for his next shot and hooked it badly to the left. "I fricking missed again!"

The priest overheard and replied "Child, please don't use that language or God will punish you!"

The sailor finally made it on the green and lined up his putt. The ball was heading straight and true when a gopher popped out of a hole and stole the ball. The priest was amused, thinking God had punished the sailor for his filthy language. The sailor, bewildered, whispered "What the frick?"

The priest lost it. "That's it! You ignore the small sign that God disapproves of your language! Now he'll most certainly punish you severely!" Suddenly a bolt of lightning came down and struck the priest, killing him.

In the distance a deep voice boomed, "frick, I missed!"