Trevor WholohanThis Day in History June 18th
June 17th 2007 23:36
1779 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold court-martialed for sabotage.
1792 - Kentucky admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
1796 - Tennessee admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
1812 - War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
1813 - James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, cries out "Don't give up the ship!"
1873 - Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote for a U.S. President.
1903 - 1st transcontinental auto trip began in SF and arrived in NY 3-months later.
1928 - Amelia Earhart is 1st woman (passenger) to cross Atlantic by air
1936 - 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI
1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
1942 - The U.S. Navy commissioned its first black officer, Bernard Whitfield Robinson.
1942 - Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38 hours 21 minutes
1945 - Organized Japanese resistance ended on the island of Mindanao, Philippines.
1953 - U.S. Air Force Captains Lonnie R. Moore and Ralph S. Parr of the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing became the 33rd and 34th aces of the Korean war.
1953 - Seventeen major league baseball records were tied or broken in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
1959 - The first telecast received from England was broadcast in the U.S. over NBC-TV.
1960 - Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
1962 - Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
1967 - Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival.
1967 - The Beatles release their landmark Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance", the first single recorded by a solo Beatle, from their hotel bed.
1973 - NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
1976 - NBA & ABA agree to merge
1977 - Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
1980 - "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premiers
1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
1983 - Dr. Sally Ride became the first woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
1987 - Charles Glass, a journalist on leave from ABC News, was kidnapped in Lebanon.
1991 - The 12th President, Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died
1996 - Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
1997 - Sirhan Sirhan was denied parole for the 10th time. He had assissinated Kennedy.
2002 - Pres. Bush sent to Congress his proposal for creation of a new Homeland Security Dept
2004 - South Korea said it will send 3,000 soldiers to northern Iraq beginning in early August to assist the U.S.-led coalition.
2004 - A Saudi al-Qaida group said it killed American hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr., posting three photos on the Internet showing his body and severed head.
Famous Birthday’s
1917 - Richard Boone LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel) Died 1981
1942 - Sir Paul McCartney rocker, Beatles, writes silly love songs
1942 - Rogert Ebert Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies)
1946 - Bruiser Brody, professional wrestler 6ft 5in tall, 285lb’s(d. 1988)
1964 - Uday Hussein, Saddams eldest son (d. 2003)
Joke of the Day
Costume Party
An older man wearing a stovepipe hat, a waistcoat and a phony beard sat down at a bar and ordered a drink. As the bartender served him, he asked, "Going to a party?"
"Yeah, a costume party," the man answered. "I'm supposed to come dressed as my love life."
"But you look like Abe Lincoln," protested the barkeep.
"That's right. My last four scores were seven years ago."
My men are very brave
General McKenzie was in charge of the Navy, and he was visiting his colleague General Marshall, who was in charge of the Army. McKenzie arrives at the military camp and is greeted by Marshall. They both walk around the place, and McKensie asks: "So how are your men?" "Very well trained, Gral. McKenzie."
"I hope so. You see, my men over at the Navy are so well trained, you could see they're the bravest men all over the country." "Well, my men are very brave, too."
"I'd like to see that."
So Marshall calls private Cooper and says: "Private Johnson! I want you to stop that tank coming here with your body!"
"Are you crazy? It'd kill me, you idioy! I'm out of here!" As private Johnson ran away, Marshall turned to a bewildered McKenzie and said:
"You see? You have to be pretty brave to talk like that to a general."
World Records
Most Runners in a Horse Race
The record for most runners in a horse race is 228 set in Bayanwula, Xiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on 25 July 2005.
Longest Golf Cart
Peter Nee (USA) has created a golf cart 'limo' that measures 5.81 m (19 ft 1 in) bumper to bumper and boasts a bar, stereo, DVD player, cigar humidor and wine rack to help keep its occupants entertained.
Miniature Golf, Most Holes in 24 Hours, Fourball
The most holes of miniature golf played by a fourball in 24 hours is 1,140 and was set by two teams from Miniaturegolfhalle, Rendsburg, Germany from March 19 - 20, 2005.
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