Trevor WholohanThis Day in History May 23rd
May 23rd 2007 00:00
1701 - In London, Captain William Kidd was hanged after being convicted of murder and piracy.
1785 - Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter that he had invented bifocals.
1827 - The first nursery school in the U.S. was established in New York City.
1865 - Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot
1867 - Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond MO (2 die, $4,000 taken)
1876 - Boston’s Joe Borden pitched the very first no-hitter in the history of the National League.
1903 - 1st automobile trip across US from San Fransisco to New York, ended April 1
1934 - In Bienville Parish, LA, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by Texas Rangers. The bank robbers were riding in a stolen Ford Deluxe.
1938 - "LIFE" magazine’s cover pictured Errol Flynn as a glamour boy.
1945 - Winston Churchill resigns as British PM
1945 - In Luneburg Germany, Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, committed suicide while imprisoned by the Allied forces.
1949 - The Republic of West Germany was established.
1958 - Mao Tse Tung starts "Great leap forward" movement in China
1960 - Israel announced the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1977 - Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell
1979 - Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
1982 - Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles
1985 - Thomas Patrick Cavanagh was sentenced to life in prison for trying to sell Stealth bomber secrets to the Soviet Union.
1992 - President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees
1994 - Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication
1995 - 47th time opposing pitchers hit honeruns, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was demolished.
1999 - In Kansas City, MO, Owen Hart (Blue Blazer) died when he fell 90 feet while being lowered into a WWF wrestling ring. He was 33 years old.
1999 - Berry Bloch, at age 81, became the oldest climber to scale El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He broke his own record that he set in 1986 when he was 68 years old
2003 - 25-year-old Nepalese, Sherpa Pemba Dorjie Sherpa, makes the fastest-ever ascent of Mount Everest, in 12 hours 45 minutes. This is broken by his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu only three days later.
2004 - Part of Paris Charles De Gaulle International Airport Terminal 2E collapses, killing five people and injuring three others.
Famous Birthday’s
1920 - Sid Melton Brooklyn NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas)
1933 - Joan [Henrietta] Collins London England, actress (Alexis Carrington Colby-Dynasty)
1954 - "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler New Jersey, middleweight boxing champion (1982-83)
1961 - Drew Carey Cleveland OH, actor/comedian (Drew-Drew Carey Show) 1963 - Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and announcer
1974 - Ken Jennings, American game show contestant 1974 - Jewel, American singer
Famous Death’s
1701 - Captain William Kidd Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock
1934 - Bonnie & Clyde bank robbers killed in shoot-out with police in Shreveport LA
1937 - John Davison Rockfeller industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach FL
1968 - James Burke actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81
Joke of the Day
Redneck Lottery
A gas station in Tennessee was trying to increase it's sales, so the owner put up a sign saying "Free Sex with Fill-up." Soon a local redneck" pulled in, filled his tank, and then asked for his free sex. The owner told him pick a number from (1) to (10), and, if he guessed correctly, he would get his free sex. The buyer guessed (8), and the proprietor said, "You were close. The number was (7). Sorry, no sex this time."
A week later, the same redneck, along with a buddy, Bubba, pulled in for a fill-up. Again he asked for his free sex. The proprietor again gave him the same story, and asked him to guess the correct number. The redneck guessed (2) this time, and again the proprietor said, "Sorry, it was (3). You were close, but no free sex this time."
As they were driving away, the redneck said to his buddy, "I think that game is rigged and he doesn't really give away free sex." Bubba replied, "No it ain't Billy Ray, it's not rigged...MY WIFE WON TWICE LAST WEEK."
New Plane
My friend, an ex-Marine Aviator wanted to show off his new twin-engine plane. I was riding along as he put it through its paces. Suddenly, we were caught in a violent thunderstorm, with lightning crashing all around us. Next, we lost the radio and most of the instruments. As we were being tossed around in the sky, George said, "Uh-oh!"
Fearing the worst, I asked, "What's wrong now?"
George replied, "I got the hiccups. Do something to scare me."
World Records
Most Expensive Airport
The new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, which opened on July 6th, 1998, cost a total of $20 billion. The bill included the airport terminal building, which at 0.8 miles long is the largest in the world, as well as infrastructure improvements such as reclaiming the 3,030 acre island on which it is built. Other expensive engineering projects included building an adjacent town for 260,000 inhabitants, four underground tunnels, a six-lane highway a 20 mile railway and five bridges.
Most expensive pair of jeans
The most expensive jeans (commercially available) are Escada's Couture Swarovski Crystal Jeans, which can be bought from Neiman Marcus Stores for a mere $10,000! The embroidered, designer-denim is studded with Swarovski crystals.
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