Trevor WholohanThis Day in History June 21st
June 20th 2007 22:52
1834 - Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical mechanical reaper for farming. His invention allowed farmers to more than double their crop size.
1879 - F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)
1913 - Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to jump from an airplane.
1938 - In Washington, U.S. President Roosevelt signed the $3.75 billion Emergency Relief Appropriation Act.
1939 - Lou Gehrig quit baseball due to illness.
1945 - Pan Am announced an 88-hour round-the-world flight at a cost of $700.
1945 - Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to US during WW II
1948 - 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
1954 - The American Cancer Society reported significantly higher death rates among cigarette smokers than among non-smokers.
1964 - Three civil rights workers disappeared in Philadelphia, MS. Their bodies were found on August 4, 1964 in an earthen dam. Eight Ku Klux Klan members later went to federal prison on conspiracy charges.
1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may ban materials found to be obscene according to local standards.
1975 - "Jaws" by Steven Spielberg opens
1981 - The movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" opened.
1982 - A jury in Washington, DC, found John Hinckley Jr. innocent by reason of insanity in the shootings of U.S. President Reagan and three other men.
1985 - Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.
1989 - Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson remarry
1989 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment.
1990 - Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
1990 - NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham
1997 - The U.N. demands Iraq allow inspection teams access to disputed sites.
2000 - Some 55 years after World War Two ended, 22 Asian-American veterans received the Medal of Honor for bravery on the battlefield at the White House.
2001 - In Alexandria, VA, a U.S. federal grand jury indicted 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
2004 - SpaceShipOne, the first pivately funded space ship was designed by Burt Rutan and piloted by Mike Melvill, reached 328,491 feet above Earth in a 90 minute flight. The height is about 400 feet above the distance scientists consider to be the boundary of space. Spaceshipone cost over $20 million dollars.
Famous Birthday’s
1732 - Martha Washington 1st, 1st lady
1947 - Michael Gross Chicago Ill, actor (Family Ties, FBI Murders, ER, CSI:NY)
1965 - Michael Dolan, born in Oklahoma City, Ok. actor (Hamburger Hill, Liberace)
1973 - Juliette Lewis, born in Los Angeles, Calif. actress( Natural Born Killers, Cape Fear)
1982 - William of Wales, son of Prince Chuck and Lady Di
Famous Death’s
1876 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79
1998 - Alan Shepard, American Astronaut
2001 - John Lee Hooker, bluesman dies at 83 2001 - Carroll O'Connor, actor, All in the Family, dies at 76
Joke of the Day
A PRAYER....Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to forgive him; And Patience for his moods. Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to death. AMEN
Q: What does it mean when a man is in your bed gasping for breath and calling your name?
A: You did not hold the pillow down long enough.
Q: Why do female black widow spiders kill their males after mating?
A: To stop the snoring before it starts.
Q: How do you keep your husband from reading your e-mail?
A: Rename the mail folder "Instruction Manuals"
Finding perfect men
At a local coffee bar, a young woman was expounding on her idea of the perfect mate to some of her friends.
"The man I marry must be a shining light amongst company. He must be musical. Tell jokes. Sing. And stay home at night!"
An old granny overheard and spoke up, "Honey, if that's all you want, get a TV!"
World Records
Most valuable photograph
The highest price paid for a photograph at auction was $2,928,000 for Edward Steichen (USA)'s The Pond-Moonlight, a 16 x 19 in colour photograph of a wooded area reflected in water, taken on Long Island, New York, USA in 1904.
Most valuable sculpture sold at auction
On November 9, 2005, Cubi XXVIII, a 9-ft tall, stainless-steel sculpture - the last piece of work created by American artist David Smith before his death in 1965 - was sold at the Sotherby's auction in New York, USA for $23.8 million to dealer Larry Gagosian (USA), representing billionaire art collector Eli Broad (USA).
Most Valuable Single Stamp
Sold at auction for $2, 240,000, the unique "Treskilling Yellow" stamp was back in the post after nearly 200 years in January 2001. This time it was inside the envelope - it was sent registered post to the Nordia 2001 stamp show in Tucson, USA.
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