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frick the frogs

Good friday means drinking again

birthday sex is best

Morning all

Today in History: April 18

1521 Martin Luther confronts the emperor Charles V, refusing to retract the views which led to his excommunication.

1506 The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid in the Vatican by Pope Julius II

1775 American revolutionaries Paul Revere and William Dawes ride though the towns of Massachusetts warning that "the British are coming."

1818 A regiment of Indians and blacks is defeated at the Battle of Suwannee, in Florida, ending the First Seminole War.

1847 U.S. forces defeat Mexicans at Cerro Gordo in one of the bloodiest battle of the Mexican-American War.

1861 Colonel Robert E. Lee turns down an offer to command the Union armies.

1906 A massive earthquake hits San Francisco, measuring 8.25 on the Richter scale and fire kills nearly 4,000 while destroying 75% of the city(should happen again)

1923 Yankee Stadium opens with Babe Ruth hitting a three-run homer as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 4-1.

1956Grace Kelly becomes a princess
The movie star marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a civil ceremony, effectively ending her acting career. The formal church ceremony will happen the next day, watched by millions on live TV. Prince Rainier III and the Princess consort will remain married until her death in 1982.

1978 The U.S. Senate approves the transfer of the Panama Canal to Panama.

1983 A suicide bomber kills U.S. Marines at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon.

1991 Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike

2013 Two earth-like planets are discovered orbiting the star Kepler-62

2020 French flagship aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle reports over 1,000 cases of COVID-19, prompting an investigation

2022 US Federal judge rules as "unlawful" Biden administration’s mandate that masks be worn on public transportation

2023 Fox News settles lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, moments before trial, with Fox admitting it had defamed Dominion during US 2020 election by broadcasting conspiracy theories


Born on April 18

1918 Clifton Keith Hillegass, founder of the study guides known as Cliff's Notes.

JOTD
Two whales are swimming along in the ocean...

When one whale spots a fishing boat. So he says to the other whale "Hey, that is the boat that harpooned Frank, we should get back at them"
The other whale says "Oh yeah? What should we do?"
"I say we both go under their boat, and blow our blowholes as hard as we can, that will knock over their boat!" And so both whales went under the boat, and with a powerful blast they were able to capsize the boat and send all the sailors into the water.
The first whale then says "Now that they are all in the water, I say we eat them!"
And the second whale replies "Woah, woah, woah. I was all for the blow job but I won't swallow any seamen".








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1847 U.S. forces defeat Mexicans at Cerro Gordo in one of the bloodiest battle of the Mexican-American War.

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Another in the long line of disasters Santa Anna would suffer on the battlefield against US or Texan forces. Santa Anna's basic plan was sound, but his basic plans were always sound, as he fortified hills overlooking the road to Mexico City and entrenched a large force of Mexican infantry and artillery.

But, as always happened with Santa Anna, he screwed up royally. Anna had convinced himself that a hill that overlooked his entire encampment was impassable and had not bothered to station forces there. It wasn't impassable.

The US cut loose with its artillery while a battalion marched, unopposed, into the rear of the Mexican encampment. Anna panicked and sent additional forces into the fray... essentially stuffing them into a trap. Once he realized that the Americans were now behind his forces Santa Anna fled the battlefield (leaving behind his artificial leg). With their leaders either dead or fleeing the Mexican army surrendered.

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Morning all

Today in History: April 19

1764 The English Parliament bans the American colonies from printing paper money.

1770 British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia. Writes in his log book that “what we have as yet seen of this land appears rather low, and not very hilly, the face of the Country green and Woody, but the Sea shore is all a white Sand.”

1775 The American Revolution begins as fighting breaks out at Lexington, Massachusetts. The Shot Heard Round the World

1802 The Spanish reopen New Orleans port to American merchants.

1934 Shirley Temple appears in her first movie.

1977 Alex Haley receives a special Pulitzer Prize for his book Roots.

1989 The battleship USS Iowa's number 2 turret explodes, killing sailors.

1993 The FBI ends a 51-day siege by storming the Branch Davidian religious cult headquarters in Waco, Texas.

1995 A truck bomb explodes in front of the federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.

2020 UK COVID-19 death toll reaches 16,060 (hospitals only), as "The Sunday Times" criticizes Boris Johnson's government's response, saying they "sleepwalked into disaster"

2022 US Biden administration restores climate impacts and community say to the National Environmental Policy Act, previously removed by Donald Trump

2022 US inflation hits 8.5%, the highest since 1981, driven by a rise in gas prices, rent and food

Born on April 19

1877 Ole Evinrude, inventor of the first successful outboard motor.

1903 Eliot Ness, Treasury agent during Prohibition.

JOTD
Einstein sits next to a man on a long flight.

Einstein says,"Let's play a game. I will ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you will pay me only $5; but if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500". The man agrees and the game proceeds.
Einstein asks the first question, “What is the distance between the Earth and the Moon?”
The man doesn't say a word. He reaches into his pocket, and pulls out $5. He then asks Einstein, “What goes up a hill with 3 legs, but comes down on 4?”
Einstein thinks about it for a long time, but fails to answer the question. After almost an hour, he gives the man $500.
An irritated Einstein then asks, “Well, so what goes up a hill on 3 legs and comes down on 4?”.
The man reaches into his pocket and gives Einstein $5.