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Today in History: February 3

1160 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa hurtles prisoners, including children, at the Italian city of Crema, forcing its surrender.

1690 The first paper money in America is issued in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1908 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that union-sponsored boycotts are illegal, and applies the Sherman Antitrust Act to labor as well as capital.

1912 New U.S. football rules are set: field shortened to 100 yds.; touchdown counts six points instead of five; four downs are allowed instead of three; and the kickoff is moved from midfield to the 40 yd. line.

1944 The United States shells the Japanese homeland for the first time at Kurile Islands.

1945 The month-long Battle of Manila begins.

1966 Soviet Luna 9 achieves soft landing on the moon.

1971 OPEC decides to set oil prices without consulting buyers.

1984 The Environmental Protection Agency orders a ban on the pesticide EDB for grain products.

2020 Cruise ship Diamond Princess with 3700 passengers quarantined in Yokohama port, Japan after cases of COVID-19 found on board

2022 Austria brings into force its vaccine mandate for all, first country in Europe to do so

Born on February 3

1894 Norman Rockwell, artist and illustrator who painted scenes of small-town America. Most of his work appeared in the The Saturday Evening Post.

1907 James A. Michener, novelist (Tales of the South Pacific).

1945 Bob Griese, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)

JOTD
It was getting crowded in Heaven one day, so Saint Peter decided for one day to only accept people who could make him laugh.

A man came walking up to the pearly gates and Saint Peter said to him:
“Alright bud, you’re only getting in today if you can make me laugh, so why don’t you tell me about how you died”
The man looked at Saint Peter and said
“Oh man it was awful, I was absolutely SURE my wife was having an affair, so I left work early and came home to catch her in the act! When I got home, sure as shite there she was naked in bed! I looked all over the apartment but I couldn’t find the guy anywhere so I went out onto the balcony, we live on the 25th floor, and there he was! Hanging over the edge by his fingertips! I ran inside, grabbed a hammer, and started smacking his hands and fingers with it! He finally let go and fell down 25 stories but he landed in some bushes, so I ran inside and grabbed the refrigerator and heaved it over the balcony down on top of him, crushing him and killing him! But the strain and exertion from picking up the refrigerator gave me a heart attack and I died.”
Saint Peter let out a faint chuckle, and since it was a crime of passion, he decided to let this poor soul in.
Another man came walking up to the pearly gates and Saint Peter told this man the same thing, that in order to get in he had to make St. Peter laugh. The second guy told him about how he died.
“Well St. Peter, it was awful, I was doing aerobics on the balcony of my 26th story apartment when a flock of birds came out of nowhere and startled me! I fell over the railing but managed to grab the balcony of the apartment below me. All of a sudden, some maniac came outside and started hitting my hands with a hammer until I let go! Luckily, I landed in some bushes but then this guy dropped a freaking refrigerator on me!”
Saint Peter chuckled again, let the second man into heaven, and decided he could really start to enjoy his job. A third man came walking up to the pearly gates.
Saint Peter gave his speech to this third man and then told him:
“Tell me about the day you died”
“Oh man Saint Peter you’re never gonna believe this! Alright so picture this...I’m butt naked hiding in a refrigerator...”

Good morning

Afternoon All !! Hope your week is starting out good.

Today in History: February 4

0786 Harun al-Rashid succeeds his older brother the Abbasid Caliph al-Hadi as Caliph of Baghdad.

1508 The Proclamation of Trent is made.

1787 Shay's Rebellion, an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers against the new U.S. government, fails.

1795 France abolishes slavery in her territories and confers slaves to citizens.

1889 Harry Longabaugh is released from Sundance Prison in Wyoming, thereby acquiring the famous nickname, "the Sundance Kid."

1899 After an exchange of gunfire, fighting breaks out between American troops and Filipinos near Manila, sparking the Philippine-American War

1906 The New York Police Department begins finger print identification.

1909 California law segregates Caucasian and Japanese schoolchildren.

1915 Germany decrees British waters as part of the war zone; all ships to be sunk without warning.

1941 The United Service Organization (U.S.O.) is formed to cater to armed forces and defense industries.

1974 Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, beginning one of the most bizarre cases in FBI history.

1986 The U.S. Post Office issues a commemorative stamp featuring Sojourner Truth.

2004 Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room

2021 First successful face and double hand transplant announced performed on 22 year-old Joe DiMeo in New York

Born on February 4

1902 Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic.

1906 Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered Pluto.

1962 Clint Black (61st Birthday) American country vocalist ("Killin' Time"; "Nothin' But the Taillights"), born in Long Branch, New Jersey


Joke of the Day

A man dies and goes to hell.

Once there, he finds that there is a different hell for each country, so he tries to seek out the least painful one.
At the door to German Hell, he is told: "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day."
He does not like the sound of that, so he checks out American Hell, Russian Hell and many more. They are all similarly gruesome. However, at Nigerian Hell a long line of people is waiting to get in. Amazed, he asks, "What do they do here?"
He is told: "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the Nigerian devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day."
"But that's the same as the others," says the man. "Why are so many people waiting to get in?"
"Because of the power cuts, the electric chair does not work. The nails were paid for but never supplied, so the bed is comfortable. And the Nigerian devil used to be a civil servant, so he comes in, signs his time sheet and goes back home for private business.

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Today in History: February 5

1556 Henry II of France and Philip of Spain sign the truce of Vaucelles.

1864 Federal forces occupy Jackson, Miss.

1865 The three-day Battle of Hatcher's Run, Va., begins.

1900 The United States and Great Britain sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, giving the United States the right to build a canal in Nicaragua but not to fortify it.

1917 U.S. Congress nullifies President Woordrow Wilson's veto of the Immigration Act; literacy tests are required.

1922 The Reader's Digest begins publication in New York.

1947 The Soviet Union and Great Britain reject terms for an American trusteeship over Japanese Pacific Isles.

1952 New York adopts three-colored traffic lights.

1961 The Soviets launch Sputnik V, the heaviest satellite to date at 7.1 tons.

1971 Two Apollo 14 astronauts walk on the moon.

1972 It is reported that the United States has agreed to sell 42 F-4 Phantom jets to Israel.

2020 US Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress

2022 Body of five-year old Moroccan boy Rayan Oram retrieved from the well he fell down four days previously after huge rescue effort

Born on February 5

1723 John Witherspoon, Declaration of Independence signer.

1934 Hank Aaron, American hall of fame baseball player.

JOTD
A man gets pulled over...

Cops walks over:
Cop: Sir, you know how fast you were going?
Man: I have no idea officer, just paying attention to the road, I guess.
Wife: bullshite! You were going 90! I told you to slow down! Slow down! But noooooo!!
Man (quietly): shut the frick up
Cop: I notice your seat belt is not on either
Man: I was just reaching in my pocket to get my license and registration out, had to unbuckle to get it.
Wife: LIAR! I told you, buckle up! Make that "ding ding ding" annoyance stop. For miles!!!
Man (louder now): Bitch, Shut the frick up!
Cop: I also notice one of your headlights is out.
Man: Oh? Jeez. Must have just happened - did not even know!
Wife: Again, with your lying! How many times did I tell you to fix it? Hm??
Man (LOUD): SHUT. THE. frick. UP. C U N T!!!!
Cop walks over to woman's side, leans down: Ma'am, I have to ask - does he always talk to you like that?
Wife: Oh no, officer. Only when he's drunk.

Good morning

Evening All

Good morning

You picking those up by hand and tossing them on the trailer yourself?