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Today in History: January 27

1825 Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears."

1862 President Abraham Lincoln issues General War Order No. 1, setting in motion the Union armies.

1916 President Woodrow Wilson opens preparedness program.

1935 A League of Nations majority favors depriving Japan of mandates.

1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves the sale of U.S. war planes to France.

1943 The first U.S. raids on the Reich blast Wilhelmshaven base and Emden.

1959 NASA selects 110 candidates for the first U.S. space flight.

1967 Three astronauts are killed in a flash fire that engulfed their Apollo 1 spacecraft.

1973 A cease fire in Vietnam is called as the Paris peace accords are signed by the United States and North Vietnam.

1978 The State Supreme Court rules that Nazis can display the Swastika in a march in Skokie, Illinois.


Born on January 27

1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian musical genius and composer whose works included The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute.

1859 Kaiser Wilhelm II, emperor who ruled Germany during World War I but was forced to abdicate in 1918.

1900 Hyman Rickover, American admiral who is considered the "Father of the Atomic Submarine."

Joke of the Day
My favourite sex position is called "WOW"...

... its where I flip your MOM over