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Today in History: October 27

1553 Michael Servetus, who discovered the pulmonary circulation of the blood, is burned for heresy in Switzerland.

1791 President George Washington transmits to Congress the results of the first US census, exclusive of South Carolina which had not yet submitted its findings.

1809 President James Madison orders the annexation of the western part of West Florida. Settlers there had rebelled against Spanish authority.

1862 A Confederate force is routed at the Battle of Georgia Landing, near Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana.

1904 The New York subway officially opens running from the Brooklyn Bridge uptown to Broadway at 145th Street.

1962 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev offers to remove Soviet missile bases in Cuba if the U.S. removes its missile bases in Turkey.

1962 American U-2 reconnaissance plane shot down by a surface-to-air missile over Cuba, killing the pilot, Maj. Rudolf Anderson, the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1988 US President Ronald Reagan decides to tear down a new US Embassy in Moscow because Soviet listening devices were built into the structure.

1997 Stock markets crash around the world over fears of a global economic meltdown.


Born on October 27

1811 Isaac Singer, inventor of the sewing machine.

1858 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States (1901-1909).

Joke of the Day
Little johnny wakes up one night hearing noises from his parents bedroom

He opens the door to his parents room and sees mom, handcuffed to the bed's headboard, dad ramming her from behind. Johnny screams. Dad turns to looks at him, laughs and gives mom a slap on the bum for good measure. Johnny runs away, screaming. Once dad has finished mom off, he uncuffs her. She immediately says, 'You better go tell Johnny everything is OK, the shite he just saw could scar him for life". Dad rolls his eyes and begrudgingly agrees. Pulls on his robe and heads for Johnny's room only to find it's empty. He then heads for the TV room but when he passes the guest room, he notices the door is ajar, noises coming from inside. He opens the door to look in and sees Granny on her hands and knees, little Johnny fricking her from behind. Dad screams.
Johnny turns around looks at him and says "Yeah, not so funny when it's your mom huh?"