1885 - An international bridge crossing the St Mary's river from Sault Ste Marie opened

1889 - The Niagara Suspension Bridge collapsed during a severe storm

1936 - The U.S. Army adopted the semiautomatic rifle

1951 - The United Nations headquarters opened in New York City

 

Birthdays:

1859 - Carrie Chapman Catt - suffragist
1886 - T. P. (Tommy) Gorman, Ottawa - one of five men involved in starting the NHL
1890 - Karel Capek - author
1908 - Simone de Beauvoir - author
1913 - Richard M. Nixon, Yorba Linda, CA - 37th US President
1935 - Bob Denver, New Rochelle NY - actor: Gilligan's Island
1942 - Edward Joseph Kloberg III, NY City - PR Consultant: among his clients - Saddam Hussein, Nicolae Ceaucescu, Mobutu Sese Seko, Laurent Kabila

 

A Trucker's Breakfast
 
A young man at his first job as a waiter in a diner has a large trucker sit down at the counter and order, "Gimme 3 flat tires and a couple of headlights."
 
Bewildered he goes to the kitchen and tells the cook, "I think this guy's in the wrong store, look at what he ordered!"
 
The cook says, "He wants 3 pancakes & 2 eggs sunny-side up."
 
The waiter takes a bowl of beans to the trucker.
 
He looks at it and growls, "What's this? I didn't order this!"
 
The young man tells him, "The cook says that while you're waiting for your parts you might as well gas up!"