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Today in History: October 27

1553 Michael Servetus, who discovered the pulmonary circulation of the blood, is burned for heresy in Switzerland.

1791 President George Washington transmits to Congress the results of the first US census, exclusive of South Carolina which had not yet submitted its findings.

1809 President James Madison orders the annexation of the western part of West Florida. Settlers there had rebelled against Spanish authority.

1862 A Confederate force is routed at the Battle of Georgia Landing, near Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana.

1904 The New York subway officially opens running from the Brooklyn Bridge uptown to Broadway at 145th Street.

1962 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev offers to remove Soviet missile bases in Cuba if the U.S. removes its missile bases in Turkey.

1962 American U-2 reconnaissance plane shot down by a surface-to-air missile over Cuba, killing the pilot, Maj. Rudolf Anderson, the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1988 US President Ronald Reagan decides to tear down a new US Embassy in Moscow because Soviet listening devices were built into the structure.

1997 Stock markets crash around the world over fears of a global economic meltdown.

2020 A record 69.5 million Americans have already voted, a week before election day, 50.4% of 2016 total vote

2020 WHO confirms Europe is in the midst of a 2nd COVID-19 wave with cases rising rapidly, 30% in a week, deaths rising 40%

2022 Elon Musk takes ownership and control of Twitter, immediately fires 4 executives

2023 Lewiston, Maine mass shooter who killed 18 people is found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his former place of employment


Born on October 27

1811 Isaac Singer, inventor of the sewing machine.

1858 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States (1901-1909).

Joke of the Day
Little johnny wakes up one night hearing noises from his parents bedroom

He opens the door to his parents room and sees mom, handcuffed to the bed's headboard, dad ramming her from behind. Johnny screams. Dad turns to looks at him, laughs and gives mom a slap on the bum for good measure. Johnny runs away, screaming. Once dad has finished mom off, he uncuffs her. She immediately says, 'You better go tell Johnny everything is OK, the shite he just saw could scar him for life". Dad rolls his eyes and begrudgingly agrees. Pulls on his robe and heads for Johnny's room only to find it's empty. He then heads for the TV room but when he passes the guest room, he notices the door is ajar, noises coming from inside. He opens the door to look in and sees Granny on her hands and knees, little Johnny fricking her from behind. Dad screams.
Johnny turns around looks at him and says "Yeah, not so funny when it's your mom huh?"

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ruff night

Good morning

Morning All
Gettin ready for church.

Good win for the aggies

Today in History: October 28

0312
Constantine the Great defeats Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius at the Mulvian Bridge.

0969
After a prolonged siege, the Byzantines end 300 years of Arab rule in Antioch.

1628
After a fifteen-month siege, the Huguenot town of La Rochelle surrenders to royal forces.

1636
Harvard College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, is founded in Cambridge, Mass.

1768
Germans and Acadians join French Creoles in their armed revolt against the Spanish governor of New Orleans.

1793
Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton gin, a machine which cleans the tight-clinging seeds from short-staple cotton easily and effectively--a job which was previously done by hand.

1863
In a rare night attack, Confederates under Gen. James Longstreet attack a Federal force near Chattanooga, Tennessee, hoping to cut their supply line, the "cracker line." They fail.

1901
Race riots sparked by Booker T. Washington's visit to the White House kill 34.

1904
The St. Louis police try a new investigation method: fingerprints.

1919
Over President Wilson's veto, Congress passes the National Prohibition Act, or Volstead Act, named after its promoter, Congressman Andrew J. Volstead. It provides enforcement guidelines for the Prohibition Amendment.

1962
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders Soviet missiles removed from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1965
Construction completed on St. Louis Arch; at 630 feet (192m), it is the world's tallest arch.

1971
Britain launches the satellite Prospero into orbit, using a Black Arrow carrier rocket; this is the first and so far (2013) only British satellite launched by a British rocket.

1982
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins election, giving Spain its first Socialist government since the death of right-wing President Francisco Franco.

2007
Argentina elects its first woman president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

2020
French President Emmanuel Macron announces France will enter a new 4-week COVID-19 lockdown October 30 in televised address

2020
Global COVID-19 cases record one-day increase of more than 500,000 for the first time, rising 25% in under two weeks according to Reuters

2022
Swedish engineers in Linköping produce the world's first female crash dummy (previous female dummies just a scaled down version of the male figure)

2022
Tropical storm Nalgae stikes makes landfall in Virac, the Philippines, will go on to kill 112 people in the country

Today in History: Born on October 28
1936
Charlie Daniels, country / Southern rock singer, songwriter, musician ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia").

1949
Bruce Jenner, athlete, actor; won gold medal in the Decathlon at the Summer Olympics in Montreal (1976).

1955
William "Bill" Gates, the chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest software firm.

1967
Julia Roberts, actress (Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias; won Academy Award for Best Actress in Erin Brockovich).

1967
John Romero, game designer, developer; co-founded id Software (Doom, Quake).

1972
Brad Paisley, country / Southern rock singer, songwriter, musician ("I'm Gonna Miss Her," "Letter to Me"); his many awards include the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year 2010.

JOTD
My friend and I make frequent conjugal visits to a local female prison, to remind the inmates what it's like to have a selfless guy go down on them.

It just gives us some scents of perp puss.

Good morning

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1901
Race riots sparked by Booker T. Washington's visit to the White House kill 34.

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Teddy Roosevelt, as a general rule, was not particularly fond of blacks, though he didn't hate them with a passion like he did Native Americans. Washington was a political advisor to Teddy at the time and vital in delivering the black vote in the South. Yes, as odd as it sounds today, the bedrock of Republican power was New York City and the African American vote.

When Roosevelt first broached the idea of inviting Booker to dinner his cabinet was aghast. Naturally people telling the "Bull Mouse" what he can't do convinced Teddy to invite Washington immediately.

The fallout was so bad that no blacks were invited to dinner in the White House for three decades.

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1919
Over President Wilson's veto, Congress passes the National Prohibition Act, or Volstead Act, named after its promoter, Congressman Andrew J. Volstead. It provides enforcement guidelines for the Prohibition Amendment.

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Ah yes, the prototype of the "War on Drugs." Rich people openly flaunted the law, the Mafia changed from a small time gang to the dominant force in US crime, thousands died from home made booze, wars over turf killed hundreds, including innocent bystanders... good times indeed.

Thankfully the modern day version of this hasn't enriched gangsters, caused street battles over turf, seen hundreds of thousands of people sent to prison for drug possession, or caused political division in the country. As an added bonus look at what a positive impact it has had on Mexico! Happy days are truly here again!

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