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Today in History: June 19

0240 Eratosthenes estimates the circumference of Earth using two sticks.

1778 General George Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge after a winter of training.

1862 President Abraham Lincoln outlines his Emancipation Proclamation. News of the document reaches the South.

1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York City from France.

1903 The young school teacher, Benito Mussolini, is placed under investigation by police in Bern, Switzerland.

1944 U.S. Navy carrier-based planes shatter the remaining Japanese carrier forces in the Battle of the Marianas.

1951 President Harry S. Truman signs the Universal Military Training and Service Act, which extends Selective Service until July 1, 1955 and lowers the draft age to 18.

1958 Nine entertainers refuse to answer a congressional committee's questions on communism.

1968 Over 50,000 people march on Washington, D.C. to support the Poor People's Campaign.

1987 The U.S. Supreme Court voids the Louisiana law requiring schools to teach creationism.

2019 US Senators receive a classified briefing on possible UFO sightings by the US Navy

2022 US Center for Disease Control recommends Covid-19 vaccines for kids aged 6-months to 5 years

Born on June 19

1897 Moe Howard, comic actor, one of the Three Stooges.

1947 Salman Rushdie, British author (Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses).


JOTD
So there was this professional assassin that charged $10,000 per bullet.


A guy comes up to him in the bar one day and says, "Are you the guy who charges $10,000 a bullet?"
"Yup"
"What if you miss?"
He looks at the man, deadly serious. "I don't miss...".
"Okay, we'll I've got $20,000. I just found out my wife is having an affair with my best friend. They're at the motel together right now."
"Let's go", the assassin says.
So they drive to a store across the street from the motel and climb up on the roof. The assassin takes out his rifle and attaches the scope.
"They're in room 21. I want you to shoot her in the head, and I want you to blow his dick off."
The assassin looks through his scope. He keeps staring for several minutes, not taking the shot.
"Well? What are you waiting for!?" the husband asks. "Hold on a minute. I think I can save you $10,000".