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Today in History: June 28

1874 The Freedmen's Bank, created to assist former slaves in the United States, closes. Customers of the bank lose $3 million.

1884 Congress declares Labor Day a legal holiday.

1902 Congress passes the Spooner bill, authorizing a canal to be built across the Isthmus of Panama.

1914 Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated at Sarajevo, Serbia.

1938 Congress creates the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure construction loans.

1949 The last U.S. combat troops are called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.

1950 General Douglas MacArthur arrives in South Korea as Seoul falls to the North.

1967 14 people are shot during race riots in Buffalo, New York.

1971 The Supreme Court overturns the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.

1972 Richard Nixon announces that no new draftees will be sent to Vietnam.



1976

The first women enter the U.S. Air Force Academy.


Born on June 28

1491 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547), founder of the Church of England.

1926 Mel Brooks, comedian, actor, and director (The Producers, Blazing Saddles).


JOTD

A married man goes into a confessional and says to his priest..

"I had an affair with a woman... almost."
The priest says, "What do you mean, almost?"
The man says, "Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, but then I stopped."
The priest says, "Rubbing together is the same as putting it in. You're not to see that woman again. For your penance, say 5 Hail Marys and put $50 in the poor box."
The man leaves the confessional, says his prayers, then walks over to the poor box.
He pauses for a moment and then starts to leave.
The priest, who was watching, quickly runs over to him saying, "I saw that, you didn't put any money in the poor box!"
The man replies, "Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and apparently that's the same as putting it in."