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Today in History: March 18

0037 The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor.

1863 Confederate women riot in Salisbury, N.C. to protest the lack of flour and salt in the South.

1865 The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.

1874 Hawaii signs a treaty giving exclusive trading rights with the islands to the United States.

1911 Theodore Roosevelt opens the Roosevelt Dam in Phoenix, Ariz., the largest dam in the United States to date.

1916 On the Eastern Front, the Russians counter the Verdun assault with an attack at Lake Naroch. The Russians lose 100,000 men and the Germans lose 20,000.

1939 Georgia finally ratifies the Bill of Rights, 150 years after the birth of the federal government. Connecticut and Massachusetts, the only other states to hold out, also ratify the Bill of Rights in this year.

1942 The third military draft begins in the United States.

1953 The Braves baseball team announces that they are moving from Boston to Milwaukee.

1986 Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson.

2020 US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agree to close the US-Canada border, the world's longest, to non-essential travel to curb COVID-19

2021 US President Joe Biden agrees Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "killer" in ABC News interview. Putin responds "It takes one to know one" a day later.


Born on March 18

1858 Rudolf Diesel, German engineer who designed the compression-ignition engine.

1869 Neville Chamberlin, British Prime Minister (1937-40).

1932 John Updike, American poet and novelist.

JOTD
A teacher asked his students a math question.

"You have one dollar. Your parents give you five dollars. How much money do you have?"
After some thinking, about half the class raised their hands. The teacher called on a little girl in the front.
"One dollar!" she said.
The teacher, conflicted on why the girl can't add, explained to her and the whole class how adding 1+5 works. At the end of class, the students were dismissed. A staff member oversaw the whole thing, and approached the teacher.
"What the hell were you thinking asking that type of question?" the staff member asked.
"What? I just asked them how much money 1+5 is- They couldn't even answer it!"
"You said their parents gave them five dollars."
"Yeah, so?"
"You work at an orphanage, you moron!"

Morning

Today in History: March 19

1687 The French explorer La Salle is murdered by his own men while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi, along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

1903 The U.S. Senate ratifies the Cuban treaty, gaining naval bases in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda.

1917 The Adamson Act, eight hour day for railroad workers, is ruled constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

1918 Congress authorizes Daylight Savings Time.

1931 The state of Nevada legalizes gambling.

1935 The British fire on 20,000 Muslims in India, killing 23.

1945 Adolf Hitler orders a scorched-earth policy for his retreating German armies in the west and east.

2003 Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the Invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion

2020 Italian death toll from COVID-19 at 3,405 surpasses China's official total (3,245) making it then the worst-affected country in the world

2020 State of California with 910 cases of COVID-19 locks down and orders people to "stay at home"

2023 UBS, Switzerland's largest bank agrees to buy its rival Credit Suisse (established 1856) for about $3.2 billion to help ease global financial panic, in deal brokered by Swiss government

Born on March 19

1848 Wyatt Earp, U.S. marshal.

JOTD
10 Catholic school girls are on a bus when they are hit by train and immediately sent to the pearly gates...

St. Peter awaits them ready to speak to each lady to determine if they are worthy of entering into heaven. He asks the first girl,
"So Marie, have you ever touched a man's genitals?" Marie says, "Well I once touched the tip with my finger." Peter tells Marie to dip her finger into the pool of holy water before them and then she may enter heaven. Next,
"So Christine, have you ever touched a man's genitals?" Christine says, "Well, I once fondled a man with my hand." Peter tells Christine to dip her whole hand into the holy water to enter.
Suddenly, there's a commotion coming from the back of the pack of girls, where Agatha is pushing her way up to the front.
"Why so eager Agatha?" Agatha responds:
"Cause if I'm going to have to gargle that holy water, I'm going to do it before Jessica sticks her arse in it!"

Good morning

Morning Army and All

Wish the wind would stop blowing its another blustery day.

Army we are getting it both ways OK is blowed, sucked out and over it .
The Donger need food.

I'm ready for the wind to quit.

Today in History: March 20

1739 In India, Nadir Shah of Persia occupies Delhi and takes possession of the Peacock throne.

1760 The Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings.

1792 In Paris, the Legislative Assembly approves the use of the guillotine.

1841 Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, considered the first detective story, is published.

1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

1918 The Bolsheviks of the Soviet Union ask for American aid to rebuild their army.

1933 Dachau the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed

1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson orders 4,000 troops to protect the Selma-Montgomery civil rights marchers.

1976 Patty Hearst is convicted of armed robbery.

1987 The United State approves AZT, a drug that is proven to slow the progress of AIDS.

2003 A US-led coalition launches a ground invasion of Iraq after an ultimatum for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq expires

2021 Overseas spectators will not be allowed to attend the Tokyo Summer Olympics due to the pandemic Japanese organizers confirm

Born on March 20

1925 John Ehrlichman, White House advisor to President Nixon.

1928 Fred Rogers, television performer (Mr. Roger's Neighborhood).

JOTD
This shutdown is bad for everyone in the service industry, but it especially sucks for men

We're losing $1 for every $.79 women are losing

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Patsy Cline says good morning


can't get this song out of my head, and don't want to

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just how old are you?

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