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Today in History: January 25

1533 Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn.

1787 Small farmers in Springfield, Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays, revolt against tax laws. Federal troops break up the protesters of what becomes known as Shay's Rebellion.

1846 The dreaded Corn Laws, which taxed imported oats, wheat and barley, are repealed by the British Parliament.

1915 Alexander Graham Bell in New York and Thomas Watson in San Francisco make a record telephone transmission.

1929 Members of the New York Stock Exchange ask for an additional 275 seats.

1930 New York police rout a Communist rally at the Town Hall.

1949 Axis Sally, who broadcasted Nazi propaganda to U.S. troops in Europe, stands trial in the United States for war crimes.

1955 Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock that is accurate to within one second in 300 years.

1956 Khrushchev says that he believes that Eisenhower is sincere in his efforts to abolish war.

1959 American Airlines begins its first coast-to-coast flight service on a Boeing 707.

1972 Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to U.S. Congress, announces candidacy for president.

1984 President Reagan endorses the development of the first U.S. permanently-manned space station.


Born on January 25

1759 Robert Burns, Scottish poet ("Auld Lang Syne," "Comin' Thru the Rye.")

1882 Virginia Woolf, English author (Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando).

1933 Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines.

Joke of the Day
A cowboy, who just moved to Montana from Texas, walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud.

He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.
When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.
The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy,
"You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it.
It would taste better if you bought one at a time."
The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers.
One is in Arizona, the other is in Colorado.
When we all left our home in Texas, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together.
So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself."
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way.
He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.
One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs.
All the regulars take notice and fall silent.
When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my
condolences on your loss."
The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs.
"Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains.
"It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."
“It hasn't affected my brothers though."