Trevor WholohanThis Day in History June 5th
June 4th 2007 23:35
1752 - Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for the first time to demonstrate that lightning was a form of electricity.
1912 - US marines invaded Cuba (3rd time).
1917 - 10 Million American men began registering for the World War I draft.
1933 - President Roosevelt signed the bill that took the U.S. off of the gold standard.
1940 - During World War II, the Battle of France began when Germany began an offensive in Southern France.
1941 - The US Army Bill for 1942 is introduced into Congress. It calls for appropriations amounting to $10,400,000,000.
1944 - The first B-29 bombing raid hit the Japanese rail line in Bangkok, Thailand
1944 - World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
1945 - USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
1956 - Premier Nikita Khrushchev denounced Josef Stalin to the Soviet Communist Party Congress.
1967 - The National Hockey League(NHL) awarded three new franchises. The Minnesota North Stars (later the Dallas Stars), the California Golden Seals (no longer in existence) and the Los Angeles Kings.
1967 - The Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan began.
1968 - U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was mortally shot in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy died early the next morning.
1975 - Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping, eight years after it was closed because of the 1967 war with Israel.
1976 - Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
1977 - The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.
1981 - In the U.S., the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that five men in Los Angeles were suffering from a rare pneumonia found in patients with weakened immune systems. They were the first recognized cases of what came to be known as AIDS.
1986 - A federal jury in Baltimore convicted Ronald W. Pelton of selling secrets to the Soviet Union. Pelton was sentenced to three life prison terms plus 10 years.
1987 - Ted Koppel and guests discussed the topic of AIDS for four hours on "Nightline".
1998 - A strike began at a General Motors Corp. parts factory near Detroit, MI, that closed five assembly plants and idled workers across the U.S. for seven weeks.
1998 - Volkswagen AG won approval to buy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars for $700 million, outbidding BMW's $554 million offer.
1998 - C-Span reported that Bob Hope had died. The report was false and had began with an inaccurate obituary on the AP Web site.(Bob wasn’t crazy with the idea either)
2001 - Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
2004 - The U.S.S. Jimmy Carter was christened in the U.S. Navy in Groton, CT.
Famous Birthday’s
1850 - Pat Garrett(Western Lawman, Shot Billy the Kidd)(Died 1908)
1878 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d.1923)
1934 - F Curtis Michel LaCrosse Wisconsin, astronaut
1937 - Waylon Jennings Littlefield Tx, country singer (Dukes of Hazzard)
1956 - Kenny G saxophonist (Duotones)
1971 - Mark Wahlberg, American singer and actor(The Big Hit, The Italian Job, Shooter)
Famous Death’s
1993 - Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
2004 - Ronald Reagan, former President of the UnitedStates (b. 1911)
Joke of the Day
A blonde Walks into a shop and asks one of the employees if she could buy one of the t.v's on the shelves...
the employee replied "sorry, but we dont serve blondes"
the blonde was outraged, but she had a plan... she went out of this shop and bought herself a brown wig.
she went back into the shop and asked for the t.v again.
again the employee replied.. "we dont serve blondes"
the blonde asked the employee, "how do you know im blonde??"
and the employee replied... "because thats not a t.v, its a microwave!!"
Little Johnny's Numbers
The teacher asked little Johnny if he knows his numbers.
"Yes," he said. "My dad taught me."
"Good! Can you tell me what comes after three."
"Four," answers little Johnny.
"What comes after six?"
"Seven."
"Very good," says the teacher. "Your father did a good job. What comes after ten?"
"A jack," says little Johnny.
World Records
Biggest Cooler
An air cooler named "Big Boy" measured 14 ft 2.5 in in height, and was manufactured by Symphony Comfort Systems Limited based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, in January 2000. The record-breaking cooler is a scaled-up version of their popular Rs 7000 Sumo model. It was put on public display on the lawn of the company's factory and after being shown at various trade shows it was suggested it could be given as a gift to India's President.
Coldest Place In The Universe
The Boomerang Nebula is a cosmic refrigerator with a mind-numbing temperature of -521.6°F. Pack your thermals - it's officially the coldest place in the universe! The freezing cold spot is made from a dust and gas cloud thrown off by a dying star, which astronomers call a "white dwarf". It's so cold because the center of the Nebula is forced to expand further and faster, as the dying planet sheds more and more cosmic junk. Deep space decay, however, also leads to cosmic regeneration. The dust and gas thrown out at the center of the nebula will eventually collect and merge to form new planets and solar systems like our own.
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