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Today in History: May 25
0585 Thales of Greece makes the first known prediction of a solar eclipse.

1787 The Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia with George Washington presiding.

1914 The British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule.

1925 John Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwinian theory in school.

1935 Jesse Owens sets six world records in less than an hour in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

1953 The first atomic cannon is fired in Nevada.


Born on May 25
1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher.

1878 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap dancer.

1929 Beverly Sills, opera singer.

JOTD
Little April was not the best student in Sunday school...

Usually she slept through the class. One day the teacher called on her while she was napping, "Tell me, April, who created the universe?"
When April didn't stir, little Johnny, a boy seated in the chair behind her, took a pin and jabbed her in the rear. "GOD ALMIGHTY!" shouted April and the teacher said, "Very good" and April fell back asleep.
A while later the teacher asked April, "Who is our Lord and Saviour," But, April didn't even stir from her slumber.
Once again, Johnny came to the rescue and stuck her again. "JESUS CHRIST!" shouted April and the teacher said, "very good," and April fell back to sleep.
Then the teacher asked April a third question. "What did Eve say to Adam after she had her twenty-third child?"
And again, Johnny jabbed her with the pin.
This time April jumped up and shouted, "IF YOU STICK THAT frickING THING IN ME ONE MORE TIME, I'LL BREAK IT IN HALF AND STICK IT UP YOUR arse!"