This morning, I was looking at the Chicago Tribune This Date in History section and quizzing my buddy Cruz about it. He reads three to four newspapers a day and is a regular font of information, both useless and otherwise.
He did quite well on past events taking place this date.
SURE SAVED US
I was very interested in the fact that this date back in 1778, an event that probably when further than most anything else took place when Benjamin Franklin and two others got the French to sign the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance.
The second one meant that France would come to our aid and fight their old enemy, the British. The unexpected American victory at the Battle of Saratoga went a long way to getting the French to come in on our side.
HAPPY 60TH TO THE QUEEN
Also, this date, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne after the death of her father. This 60th year that she has ruled makes her one of the longest reigning British monarchs.
Some Important Stuff This Date. --Cooter
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