1559 - Queen Elizabeth I of England was crowned in Westminster Abbey

1825 - First legislative session in Upper Canada at new capital of York (Toronto)

1898 - French writer Emile Zola published his "J'Accuse" letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case

1941 - Novelist James Joyce died in Zurich

1942 - Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile body

 

Birthdays

1834 - Horatio Alger - American author
1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus - actress: Seinfeld
1977 - Orlando Blooom, Canterbury England - actor: Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean

 

 

A Scotsman

 

A Scotsman, planning a trip to the Holy Land, was aghast when he found it would cost fifty dollars an hour to rent a boat on the Sea of Galilee.

 

"Hoot mon," he said, "in Scotland it wouldna ha been more than $20."
 
"That might be true," said the travel agent, "but you have to take into account that the Sea of Galilee is water on which our Lord Himself walked."
 
"Well, at $50 an hour for a boat," said the Scotsman, "it's no wonder He walked."