Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader has a quick moment to spare and figured he’d share with you a little historical tidbit.

You probably know that today is the day (that would be April 9th) that Robert E Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox Court House, VA. For some reason this year your Maximum Leader can’t seem to get away from this little factoid. It is on the radio, the TV, it seems everywhere. An acquaintance of your Maximum Leader’s even came up to him today and asked if he knew what significant historical event happened on this day. Your Maximum Leader answered it was the day of Lee’s Surrender. The acquaintance was disappointed that it wasn’t a stumper. Then your Maximum Leader asked if the person knew another interesting event that happened on this day… The answer is…

On this day in 1963, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was named an honorary citizen of the United States of America by a joint act of the Congress of the same.

Also on this day, in 1806, was born Isambard Kingdom Brunel. One of your Maximum Leader’s favourite Victorians, but one that few people seem to know anymore…

Carry on.