Trevor WholohanThis Day in History June 8th
June 7th 2007 23:29
1790 - The first loan for the U.S. was repaid. The Temporary Loan of 1789 was negotiated and secured on September 18, 1789 by Alexander Hamilton.
1863 - Residents of Vicksburg, Miss., fled into caves as Grant's army shelled the town.
1915 - U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania.
1947 - "Lassie" debuted on ABC radio. It was a 15-minute show.
1948 - "The Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV
1961 - The Milwaukee Braves set a major league baseball record when four consecutive home runs in the seventh inning.
1965 - U.S. troops in South Vietnam were given orders to begin fighting offensively.
1967 - Israeli airplanes attacked the USS Liberty in the Mediterranean during the 6-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors. 34 U.S. Navy crewmen were killed. Israel later called the incident a tragic mistake due to the mis-identification of the ship. The U.S. has never publicly investigated the incident.
1968 - James Earl Ray was captured at the London Airport. He was suspected of assassinating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1969 - The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle's number (7).
1969 - U.S. President Richard Nixon met with President Thieu of South Vietnam to tell him 25,000 U.S. troops would pull out by August.
1982 - U.S. President Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
1987 - Fawn Hill began testifying in the Iran-Contra hearings. She said that she had helped to shred some documents.
1991 - A victory parade was held in Washington, DC, to honor veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
1994 - The warring factions in Bosnia agreed to a one-month cease-fire.
1995 - U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady was rescued by U.S. Marines after surviving alone in Bosnia after his F-16 fighter was shot down on June 2.
1998 - The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston to be its president.
1998 - Honda agreed to pay $17.1 million for disconnecting anti-pollution devices in 1.6 million cars.
1998 - The space shuttle Discovery pulled away from Mir, ending America's three-year partnership with Russia.
2003 - Thai police, on a tip from U.S. authorities, arrest Narong Penanam, who tried to sell cesium-137(radioactive material) to make a "dirty bomb."
2004 - Nate Olive and Sarah Jones began the first known continuous hike of the 1,800-mile trail down the U.S. Pacific Coast. They completed the trek at the U.S.-Mexico border on September 28.
Famous Birthday’s
1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright Richland Center, Wisc, Famous architect, Died 1959
1933 - Joan Rivers Brooklyn, comedian (The Late Show, Hollywood Squares)
1940 - Nancy Sinatra Jersey City, singer, her boots were made for walkin'
1950 - Alex Van Halen drummer (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
1958 - Keenen Ivory Wayans comedian (In Living Color)
1977 - Kanye West, American rapper
Famous Death’s
1795 - Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10, Born in 1785
1849 - Andrew Jackson, (D) 7th President (1828-37), dies at 78, Born in 1767
1874 - Cochise, Apache leader
1982 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 75, Born in 1906
Joke of the Day
one day in iraq a touchy feely reporter was interviewing a marine sniper. the reporter couldn’t help but notice the sniper had a gigantic rifle next to him and she asked. sir what is that pointing to the rifle. the marine said it was a barret m107 sniper rifle, it shoots a 50 cal round and can kill anything up to 2 miles away.the reporter shruged and got on with the interview and asked the sniper what he felt when he shot a terrorist and to see the man fall dead in his sights.the sniper sat there for a minute and said ............................. ..........recoil.
What is the difference between michael jackson and a plastic bag.
One is made of plastic and is a danger to children and the other carries your grocieries.
World Records
FIVE STAGGERING TOY STATISTICS!
1. World toy sales for the year 2000 reached $69,493,000,000, with just under half this figure for North America alone!
2. The average yearly spend on toys per child throughout the world is $32. This figure for North America is $328 a year.
3. In 2000 a staggering $837,102,500 was spent on toy advertising in the USA.
Oldest Barber Shop Still In Business
Truefitt and Hill, Gentlemen's Perfumers and Hairdressers, of St James's, London, UK, first opened for business in 1805 - they've been in business ever since. Artifacts from this barber's shop were found on the Titanic. English Prime Minister Winston Churchill used to be a customer and The Duke of Edinburgh still has his hair trimmed there.
Oldest Stock Exchange
The Stock Exchange in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, was founded in 1602 for dealings in printed shares of the United East India Company of the Netherlands.
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