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1867 U.S. takes possession of Alaska

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A big day in US history, as we add Alaska and in 1898 Puerto Rico. Alaska gets plenty of attention but Puerto Rico has produced an insane amount of entertainers, athletes, businessmen, and politicians.

A lot of folks are confused about Puerto Rico's status and if they are "really" American. Yes. Every Puerto Rican is 100% an American citizen. Basically they are like the inhabitants of Washington DC. They don't get to vote in Presidential elections and have no formal representation in Congress. If they move to the mainland (and aren't in DC) they get the usual voting rights.

We won't even try to get into the status of the Mariana Islanders or American Samoans.

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Today in History: October 20

480 BC for Krad
Greeks defeat the Persians in a naval battle at Salamis.

1818
The United States and Britain establish the 49th Parallel as the boundary between Canada and the United States.

1903
The Joint Commission, set up on January 24 by Great Britain and the United States to arbitrate the disputed Alaskan boundary, rules in favor of the United States. The deciding vote is Britain's, which embitters Canada. The United States gains ports on the panhandle coast of Alaska.

1944 US forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines with the landing of the US 6th army on Leyte

1968
Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis.

1973
Arab oil-producing nations ban oil exports to the United States, following the outbreak of Arab-Israeli war.

1977
Charter plane crashes in Mississippi, killing three members of popular Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, along with their assistant road manager, the pilot and co-pilot.

1991
Oakland Hills firestorm destroys nearly 3,500 homes and apartments and kills 25 people.

2011
In the Libyan civil war, rebels capture deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte, killing him soon afterward.

2021
Brazilian Senate inquiry finds President Bolsonaro should face series of criminal charges, including crimes against humanity, for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

2022
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her intention to resign, after 44 days in office, making her term shortest in country's history

2023
US Army veteran John Gojmerac (99) is awarded France's Medal of Honor for his service in WWII by Consul General of France Jérémie Robert, in a ceremony at the VFW Post in Tonawanda, New York; Gojmerac repaired phone lines needed for military communications, and captured German soldiers who were damaging them

Today in History: Born on October 20

1931
Mickey Mantle, baseball great who played for the New York Yankees

1948
Tom Petty, singer, songwriter, musician; lead singer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a founder of the Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch bands; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2002.

1971
Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus, Jr.), rapper, songwriter, actor; his debut album, Doggy style, came in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot R&B / Hip-Hop charts.

JOTD
A mom visits her son for dinner who lives with a girl as a roommate.

During his meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty his roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two and this had only made her more curious. Over the course of the evening while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there's more between him and his roommate.

Reading his mom's thought, his son volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, we are just roommates."

About a week later, his roommate came to him saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver plate. You don't suppose your mother took it, do you?"

He said, "Well I doubt it, but l'll email her just to be sure! He sat down and wrote, Dear mom, After your visit me, the silver plate has been missing. "I'm not saying that you did take the silver plate from my house, and I'm not saying that you don't take it, but the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.

Love,

Your son."

Several days later, he received an email from his mother which read: "Dear Son, I'm not saying that you do sleep with your roommate, and I'm not saying that you don't sleep with her: but the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the silver plate by now, under her pillow.

Love,

Mom"

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