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Today in History: January 28

1871 Surrounded by Prussian troops and suffering from famine, the French army in Paris surrenders. During the siege, balloons were used to keep contact with the outside world.

1915 The German navy attacks the U.S. freighter William P. Frye, loaded with wheat for Britain.

1915 The U.S. Coast Guard is founded to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea.

1921 Albert Einstein startles Berlin by suggesting the possibility of measuring the universe.

1936 A fellow prison inmate slashes infamous kidnapper, Richard Loeb, to death.

1955 The U.S. Congress passes a bill allowing mobilization of troops if China should attack Taiwan.

1964 The Soviets down a U.S. jet over East Germany killing three.

1970 Israeli fighter jets attack the suburbs of Cairo.

1986 The space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff.


Born on January 28

1706 John Baskerville, inventor of the "hot-pressing" method of printing.

1912 Jackson Pollock, influential abstract expressionist painter.

Joke of the Day
This guy Bill has been having headaches for about 40 years..

...he doesnt know what to do so he finally goes to a doctor for the pain. The doctor checks him and says "bill I’m not sure how to tell you this , but you have a very rare condition where your balls press up against your spine and put pressure on your head. That’s why you've been getting these headaches" Bill shocked and scared asks the doctor "what should i do doc" Doctor sighs and tells Bill "im sorry only thing we can do is castrate you" . Bill is shocked , he shudders at the thought of getting his balls cut off . He tells the doctor he’ll think about it and leaves. He thinks about it for sometime and finally after working up the courage he goes back to the doc and agrees to do the procedure . Finally after a long long painful surgery Bill walks out a new man. He walks around for the first time without his balls and tries not to think about his loss. He walks around and passes by a suit store he tells himself 'I am a new man today!...let me buy my new self some clothes” . He goes in and asks the owner "sir can u get me a blazer" the owner looks at him and says "one blazer coming up size 13" bill is amazed that the guy was able to tell his size by just looking at him and says "damn how'd u know" the owner answers "been in the business 50 years" bill tells him “ ok then let me get pants" the owner says "one pair of pants coming up size 35 waist" again bill is amazed he asks the guy "how did u know?" .."been in the business 50 yrs i know it all" Bill still surprised asks him "how about a pair of underwear" the owner looks at him and says "one pair of underwear size 10 coming up" bill jumps up and says "ha you were wrong im a size 8 been wearing 8 for 40 years " the owner looks at him concerned and retorts”well you shouldnt have ....8 is too small ,it will make your balls press up against your spine and give you a crazy headache".