Good morning! Welcome! Today is Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. Today, strangely enough, is referred to on my calendar as “National Fruitcake Toss Day.” (Insert laughable comment about Congresscritter Rosa DeLauro here).
Today in history:
1642: Charles I attacks parliament. Someone told him it was nothing to lose his head over.
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1725: Ben Franklin arrives in London.
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1780: Morristown, New Jersey is hit with a snowstorm, putting General George Washington’s force into a deep freeze.
1847: Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
1863: Four-wheeled roller skates are patented.
1865: The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad Street, near Wall Street, in New York City.
1893: U.S. President Grover Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamists.
1896: Following the Mormon abandonment
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