GMT

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.

1904
Two-hundred coal miners are trapped in their Pennsylvania mine after an explosion.

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

1943
The last German airfield in Stalingrad is captured by the Red Army.

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.

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

Today in History: 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 rude man walks into the bank and tells the teller: "I want to open a fricking checking account." (nsfw)
Walks into a bar
The teller, upset, says "We don't tolerate language like that here."

The man asks "What's the fricking problem? It's not like anyone really gives a shite!"

The teller then leaves without a word, to go and speak to the manager about how to deal with this man. The manager, hearing the story, goes back to the man to see what the problem is.

After asking the man, he responds with " There is no fricking problem. All I wanna do is cash my 10 million dollar check from winning the lottery and then put it in this goddamn bank!"

The manager responds with "Oh, and is this bitch over here giving you any problems, sir?"