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Today in History: January 24

0041 Shortly after declaring himself a god, Caligula is assassinated by two Praetorian tribunes.

1722 Czar Peter the Great caps his reforms in Russia with the "Table of Rank" which decrees a commoner can climb on merit to the highest positions.

1848 Gold is discovered by James Wilson Marshall at his partner Johann August Sutter's sawmill on the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.

1903 U.S. Secretary of State John Hay and British Ambassador Herbert create a joint commission to establish the Alaskan border.

1911 U.S. Cavalry is sent to preserve the neutrality of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Civil War.

1945 A German attempt to relieve the besieged city of Budapest is finally halted by the Soviets.

1980 In a rebuff to the Soviets, the U.S. announces intentions to sell arms to China.

1982 A draft of Air Force history reports that the U.S. secretly sprayed herbicides on Laos during the Vietnam War.

1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer in a Super Bowl TV ad directed by Ridley Scott

2023 Coldest winter in a decade in Afghanistan has killed at least 124 people and 70,000 livestock, leaving many areas cut off, according to state officials

2024 Israeli forces expand their ground offensive into central Gaza's urban refugee camps saying it will last "many months"

Born on January 24

1712 Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia, noted for his social reforms and leading Prussia in military victories.

Joke of the Day
Conversation between maid and owner:. (owner is a female)
Maid: I need a raise
Owner: you already have got a raise
Maid: that was 18 months ago
Owner: why do you then deserve this raise?
Maid: I am better than you in many things
Owner: ok tell me
Maid: I am better at ironing clothes than you
Owner: who told you
Maid: your husband
Owner: okay
Maid: I also am better at cooking than you
Owner: now who told you that?
Maid: your husband
Owner: okay
Maid: and I also am better than you in bed
Owner: did my husband tell you that too?
Maid: no the Gardner did.
Owner: .................
Owner: ok how much raise do you want?

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Today in History: January 25

41 After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate

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.

1846 The dreaded Corn Laws, which taxed imported oats, wheat and barley, are repealed by the British Parliament.

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

1929 Members of the New York Stock Exchange ask for an additional 275 seats.

1930 New York police rout a Communist rally at the Town Hall.

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.

1956 Khrushchev says that he believes that Eisenhower is sincere in his efforts to abolish war.

1959 American Airlines begins its first coast-to-coast flight service on a Boeing 707.

1972 Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to U.S. Congress, announces candidacy for president.

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

2019 Longest-ever US government shutdown ends after 35 days when President Donald Trump agrees to three week of negotiations on border security by a House-Senate conference committee

2021 Janet Yellen is confirmed as the first female treasury secretary by the US Senate

2023 America and Germany announce decision to send powerful battle tanks (US 31, Germany 14) to Ukraine to fight Russia invasion

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 cowboy, who just moved to Montana from Texas, walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud.

He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.
When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.
The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy,
"You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it.
It would taste better if you bought one at a time."
The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers.
One is in Arizona, the other is in Colorado.
When we all left our home in Texas, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together.
So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself."
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way.
He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.
One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs.
All the regulars take notice and fall silent.
When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my
condolences on your loss."
The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs.
"Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains.
"It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."
“It hasn't affected my brothers though."

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Decent tune I stumbled on last night.

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Decent tune I stumbled on last night.

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I can't really relate to the lyrics, but it's a good tune.

Here's something a little different.