Today is Alaska Day. Alaska day commemorates the anniversary of the formal transfer of the Territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States, which took place on October 18th 1867.

After suffering defeat in the Crimean War, Russia was on its knees economically and saw selling its expensive-to-maintain territory in North America as a way of raising some much-needed funds.

On March 30th 1867, the Russian Empire concluded a treaty with U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward, wherein the United States purchased Alaska for $7.2 million dollars (about $129 million in today’s money.) That worked out to roughly 10 cents per square mile back then, ( just under $2 per square mile today.)

On October 18th 1867, the Russian Empire lowered its flag in Alaska and the United States raised its, marking the formal transfer.

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Today is the birthday, in 1952, of American rock drummer, vocalist, and songwriter Keith Knudson from with The Doobie Brothers who scored the 1979 US No.1 single ‘What A Fool Believes’ and the 1993 UK No.7 single ‘Long Train Runnin.’ He founded the band Southern Pacific with fellow Doobie Brother John McFee. He died of pneumonia on 8 Feb 2005 aged 56. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4oZCtfmh44

Today is J. J. Roberts birthday – a public holiday in Liberia. Joseph Jenkins Roberts was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA on 15 March 1809. The Republic of Liberia began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), who believed black people would face better chances for freedom in Africa than in the United States. As part of this initiative, Roberts emigrated to Liberia in 1829. When Liberia gained its independence from the US on 26 July 1847, Roberts was elected as the first president for the Republic of Liberia.

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Bada Bing!

What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a four-leaf clover? A rash of good luck.

My goal in life is to piss off at least one person a day. So far, I’m about 4 years ahead of schedule.

I thought there was a spider on the rug, but it was just yarn. It’s dead yarn now, though.

We fell seriously behind construction schedule today just because one of the roofers didn’t show. He has the shingles.

The older I get, the more I understand why roosters scream to start the day.

As I watched the dog chase his tail, I thought dogs are easily amused. Then I realized I was watching the dog chase his tail.

Guess who I bumped into on my way to get my glasses fixed. Everybody.

Raise your hand if someone is alive today because you didn’t want to go to prison.

A Canadian visits America and gets held at gunpoint by a stranger. The stranger says, “Give me all your money and I’ll let you live!” The Canadian replies gleefully, “Oh! You must be what they call a doctor!”

It’s a good day. The bulb finally burned out on my check engine light.

How many times do I have to click “I accept cookies” before I’m sent cookies?!

On this day in 1975, the Doobie Brothers went to number one in the US with this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4oZCtfmh44

Today is Human Rights and Peace Day in Kiribati. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948 to prevent repetition of World War II and creation of numerous concentration camps. In 1950 Human Rights Day was declared by the UN General Assembly. This day is observed by all country-members of the UN. The government of Kiribati decided to celebrate this day and create the national observance praising human rights and peace in the world. This observance became a public holiday in Kiribati.

NOT Disney…

No fun birthdays today so here are the Doobie Brothers.

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Bada Bing!

In the word scent, is the S or the C silent?

I have a vaccine joke, but a lot of people won’t get it!

A lawyer wakes up after surgery.He asks the nurse why the blinds are drawn.She says, “There’s a fire outside and we didn’t want you to think the operation was a failure.”

I just bought a microwave fireplace… you can spend an evening in front of it in only eight minutes.

Possessions increase to fill the space available for their storage.

I think the scariest part of that song “Born to be Wild” is when they find a head out on the highway.

I always carry a stone with me to throw at people who sing Christmas songs in October.I call it my jingle bell rock.

I always bring a harmonica on a date in case I’m expected to perform in bed.

Okay, so… apparently you have to eat healthy more than once to get in shape… this is cruel and unfair.

Man in jail talking to his lawyer…The guy in front of me had 21 items in the 15 items or less express lane. He had coupons. He had bottle returns. He wrote a check. Then he recorded it in his checkbook. Then he double-checked his receipt.After that, all I remember is the police showing up.

I passed a store with a sign that said, “We treat you like family”.Nope, not going in there.

The day rover walks into the wrong neighborhood

Today is the birthday, in 1952, of Keith Knudson, drummer, vocalist and songwriter with The Doobie Brothers.