Trevor WholohanThis Day in History June 4th
June 3rd 2007 23:29
1789 - The US constitution, enacted as sovereign law, went into effect.
1800 - The White House was completed and President & Mrs. John Adams moved in.
1812 - The Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory.
1876 - A train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, Calif, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left NY City.
1896 - Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit, he called it a quadricycle.
1911 - Gold was discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek.
1912 - Massachusetts becomes the first state to set a minimum wage, it was twenty five cents.
1917 - American men begin registering for the draft.
1939 - The SS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, USA, after already having been turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, most of its passengers later died in Nazi concentration camps.
1940 - WW II: British forces complete evacuation of 300,000 troops from Dunkirk in France.
1944 - The German sub U-505 became the first enemy submarine captured by the U.S. Navy.
1951 - Eighth Army opened its forward command post in Seoul. The echelon at Taegu was designated at Eighth Army Main.
1954 - French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc initialed treaties in Paris giving "complete independence" to Vietnam.
1964 - Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark
1965 - Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1972 - Angela Davis, black activist, found not guilty of killing a white guard
1974 - NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks
1974 - Sally Murphy became the first woman to qualify as an aviator with the U.S. Army.
1974 - The Cleveland Indians attempt an ill-advised ten cent beer promotion for a game against the Texas Rangers. Cleveland forfeits 9-0 after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.
1985 - Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" in school law
1985 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling striking down an Alabama law that provided for a daily minute of silence in public schools.
1986 - Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former Navy intelligence analyst, pled guilty in Washington to spying for Israel. He was sentenced to life in prison.
1989 - Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
1996 - US and French officials signed a secret agreement to share nuclear weapons information and facilitate joint work between scientists.
1998 - Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
1998 - Americans aboard the shuttle Discovery arrived at the Russian space station Mir to pick up U.S. astronaut Andrew Thomas, who'd spent four months in orbit.
2000 - Clinton and Putin agreed to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium
2003 - In Afghanistan 40 Taliban suspects were killed in one of the deadliest exchanges between Taliban and government troops
Famous Birthdays
1924 - Dennis Weaver Joplin Mo, actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered)Died 2006
1937 - Freddie Fender Mexico, country singer (Feelings) Died 2006
1937 - Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler(6ft 5in tall, 400lbs)(d. 1999)
1945 - Ivan "Ironman" Stewart Mickey Thompson off-road champ (1983, 84, 90)
1952 - Parker Stevenson Phila Pa, actor (The Hardy Boys, Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace)
1971 - Noah Wyle, actor(Dr. Carter on ER, A Few Good Men, The Librarian)
1975 - Angelina Jolie, actress (Gone in 6o Seconds, Lara Croft Tomb Raider)
Joke of the Day
Honor Thy Brother
A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake.
Their mother seeing the opportunity for a moral lesson, said, "If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, 'Let my brother have the first pancake. I can wait.'"
Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, "Ryan, you be Jesus."
Homework Help
"Dad," said Little Johnny, "I'm late for football practice. Would you please do my homework for me?" The father said irately, "Son, it just wouldn't be right."
"That's okay," replied Little Johnny, "but you could at least give it a try, couldn't you?"
Football Wedding
Two guys are talking about their boss's upcoming wedding. One says, "It's ridiculous, he's rich, but he's 93 years old, and she's just 26! What kind of a wedding is that?"
The other says, "Well, we have a name for it in my family."
"What do you call it?" "We call it a football wedding."
The first asks, "What's a football wedding?"
The other says, "She's waiting for him to kick off!"
World Records
Largest Tea Party
The largest simultaneous tea party consisted of 14,718 people drinking powdered green tea (matcha) according to the Japanese tea ceremony and was arranged by the city of Nishio and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nishio, in Nishio-city, Aichi, Japan, on October 8, 2006.
Largest Iris Dance
The largest Irish dance involved 7,664 participants at an event organised by the City of Cork council in Cork, Ireland on September 10, 2005.
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