Trevor WholohanThis Day in History June 22nd
June 21st 2007 23:24
1633 - Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)
1847 - The all Mighty Doughnut is created by Elizabeth Gregory
1851 - Fire destroys part of SF
1870 - Congress creates Department of Justice
1894 - Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner
1933 - Germany became a one political party country when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis.
1939 - The first U.S. water-ski tournament was held at Jones Beach, on Long Island, New York.
1940 - France and Germany signed an armistice at Compiegne, on terms dictated by the Nazis, France
1941 - Under the codename Barbarossa, Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
1942 - A Japanese submarine shelled Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River.
1944 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the "GI Bill of Rights" to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war.
1945 - During World War II, the battle for Okinawa officially ended after 81 days.
1954 - President Eisenhower authorized the first use of the first official Marine Corps Seal.
1959 - Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax)
1959 - Eddie Lubanski bowls 2 consecutive perfect games
1963 - Giovanni Cardinal Montini elected Pope, and takes the name Pope Paul VI.
1969 - Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance
1970 - U.S. President Richard Nixon signed 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
1977 - John N. Mitchell became the first former U.S. Attorney General to go to prison as he began serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up. He served 19 months.
1977 - Walt Disney's "The Rescuers" released
1980 - Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
1980 - The Soviet Union announceed a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.
1981 - John McEnroe exhibites a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbeldon
1981 - Mark David Chapman pled guilty to killing John Lennon.
1982 - Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place
1982 - Prince Chuck & Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital
1983 - 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle
1990 - Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium
1990 - Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit
1990 - Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
1998 - The 75th National Marbles Tournament begins in Wildwood, NJ.
2001 - The US and Mexico unveiled a new border safety pact with measures to prevent migrants from crossing at deadly transit points and planned to give US agents nonlethal weapons.
2003 - In Djibouti an explosion caused by a bomb dropped from a B-52 killed a U.S. Marine and wounded eight U.S. service members during a training exercise.
Famous Birthday’s
1903 - John Dillinger one of America's Most Wanted, Died 1934
1936 - Kris Kristofferson singer/actor (Convoy, Payback, Blade)
1941 - Ed Bradley Phila, CBS news correspondant (60 Minutes)
1947 - Don Henley drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer)
1949 - Lindsay Wagner LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
1949 - Meryl Streep, Actress(The Deer Hunter, Kramer vs Kramer, Ironweed)
1953 - Cyndi Lauper Pop Singer(Girls Just Wanna have Fun, She Bop)
Famous Death’s
1969 - Judy Garland singer/actress, dies in London at 47(Born 1922)
1987 - Fred Astaire actor/dancer, dies at Century City Hospital in LA at 88(Born 1899)
Joke of the Day
Nine Thoughts to Ponder for 2006
9 - Life is sexually transmitted.
8 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
7 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
6 - Some people are like a Slinky... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
5 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
4 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
3 - Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?
2 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2006 - We know exactly where one cow
with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America but we haven't got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration?
World Records
Most Valuable Toy Soldier
The most valuable toy soldier in the world is the first handcrafted 1963 G.I. Joe prototype which was sold on 7 August 2003 by its creator Don Levine to Baltimore businessman Stephen A. Geppi for $200,000 during an auction conducted by Heritage Comics Auctions of Dallas, Texas, USA.
Most Valuable Thimble
The record price paid for a thimble is £20,070 ($31,180), at Phillips' auctioneers on December 13, 1992. The late 16th-century gold, jeweled thimble is said to have belonged to Queen Elizabeth I.
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