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YesterYear
November 5-6, 2006:  Joe's Guinness World Record for Sudoku Puzzles
This Day In History
May 1: May DayMay 1, 1862: 1st PlasticMay 1, 1851: 1st World’s FairMay 1, 1840: Penny Black - 1st World’s Adhesive Postage StampMay 1, 1822: Difference EngineMay 2, 1986: Start of Expo \'86May 2, 1892: (b) Baron Von RichthofenMay 2, 1729: (b) Catherine the GreatMay 2, 1611: King James Bible PublishedMay 3: World Press Freedom DayMay 3: Constitution Day (Japan)May 3, 1494: Jamaica Discovered by ColumbusMay 4: Kentucky OaksMay 4: Star Wars Day: May The Forth Be With You!May 4: Greenery Day (Japan)May 4, 1780: 1st DerbyMay 5: Full Flower MoonMay 5: Kentucky DerbyMay 5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)May 5: Children’s Day (Japan(May 5, 1945: Balloon Bomb at Bly, OregonMay 5, 1891: Carnegie Hall OpensMay 6: World Laughter Day (US)May 6: Nurses’ Day (US)May 6, 1954: Four-Minute ’Miracle Mile’May 6, 1937: Hindenburg CrashMay 6, 1527: Sack of RomeMay 7, 1945: End of World War II in EuropeMay 7, 1915: Lusitania SankMay 7, 1840: (b) TchaikovskyMay 7, 1833: (b) BrahmsMay 7, 1812: (b) Robert BrowningMay 8: Teacher’s DayMay 8: Liberation Day (France)May 8, 1945: Victory in Europe V-E DayMay 8, 1840: 1st Photography PatentMay 9: Lost Sock Memorial DayMay 9, 1926: 1st Flight Over North PoleMay 9, 1899: 1st Lawn MowerMay 10, 1940: BlitzkriegMay 10, 1869: 1st U.S. Transcontinental RailroadMay 10, 1503: Columbus Discovered Cayman IslandsMay 11, 1949: Siam became ThailandMay 11, 1927: Power Steering PatentMay 11, 1888: (b) Irving BerlinMay 11, 1865: Battle of Palmito HillMay 12: Nurses’ Day (Canada)May 12, 1847: Odometer InventedMay 12, 1820: (b) Florence NightingaleMay 13: Mother’s DayMay 13, 1935: Parking Meter PatentMay 13, 1914: (b) Joe LouisMay 14, 1948: Israel Declares IndependenceMay 14, 1944: (b) George LucasMay 14, 1796: Smallpox VaccineMay 15, 1964: Smothers Brothers DebutMay 15, 1930: 1st Flight AttendantMay 15, 1479 BC: Battle of MegiddoMay 16, 1929: 1st Academy AwardsMay 16, 1919: (b) LiberaceMay 16, 1817: Mississippi River SteamboatMay 17: AscensionMay 17: Sierpinski DayMay 17, 1981: World Wide WebMay 17, 1900: Relief of MafekingMay 17, 1875: 1st Kentucky Derby Horse RaceMay 18: Museum DayMay 18: Visit Your Relatives DayMay 18, 1980: Mt. St. HelensMay 19: Armed Forces Day (U.S.)May 19: Plant Something DayMay 19, 1935: (d) T.E. Lawrence (known as ’Lawrence of Arabia’ in WWI)May 19, 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoMay 19, 1536: Anne Boleyn BeheadedMay 20: Annular Solar EclipseMay 20: Stepmother’s DayMay 20: Bike To Work DayMay 20, 1873: Miner’s Work Trousers PatentMay 20, 1830: Fountain Pen PatentMay 21: Victoria DayMay 21: Blackjack DayMay 21, 1932: 1st Transatlantic Solo Flight by a WomanMay 21, 1927: 1st Nonstop Flight - New York to ParisMay 21, 1914: 1st Greyhound BusMay 21, 1881: American Red Cross FoundedMay 21, 47 BC: ’Veni, vidi, vici’ by Julius Caesar @ Battle of Zela

Test your World Knowledge    Trivia  Section
How many gifts would you receive if you received all of the gifts
in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?
What is the world's biggest lottery, held in Spain every December 22nd?
What Christmas food is made from “marsh-whorts”?
What country was previously known for 200 years as Rupert’s Land?

Get your 'Riddle-in' @ joe-ks.com!    Riddle  Section
What Christmas Carol is a favourite of parents?
How did Darth Vader know what Luke Skywalker was getting for Christmas?
What is the best key to have?
What's the difference between a sick sailor and a blind man?

You're Kid'n me, right?    Kids  Section
What’s the difference between the alphabet and the Christmas alphabet?
What is a webmaster’s favourite Christmas hymn?
Why does an artist lie down when he paints?
What’s the healthiest insect?

Newest Humour
Jethro loved taking his rubber ducky to the beach
The search for WikiLeak on Wii-ki Leak
What happens when you put 25 litres of paint on the back seat
Yule love this Ten-gallon Stetson driver
Pudding comes to a sticky end
Choosing the best place for Christmas decorations
What do your parents look forward to at Christmas?
Don’t forget to beat off the turner!
“I can’t understand why we keep running out of bird seed”
When da whole house was mella
How those eyes - bright as opals - twinkled!
Laser tag used to be a safe game
Little Johnny - caught with his pants down again
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange unveils real reason for Iraq invasion
Thumbs up to this skateboarder
Invite your friends to 'drop in' for a glass of wine
Frosty the Snowman’s unique baby picture
Merry Christmas from Santa on his English run
Have a dog gone good Christmas!
How to get your entire family together for Christmas
English New Romantic movement meets the Golden Arches
Some poor schlepp’s looking for a speaking part
Naked fireman does his best to spread the flames

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