Trevor WholohanThis Day in History July 5th
July 4th 2007 22:32
This Day in History
1643 - 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1891 - Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD
1916 - Adelina and August Van Buren started on the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women. They started in New York City and arrived in San Diego, CA, on September 12, 1916.
1919 - Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
1937 - Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer
1941 - German troops reached the Dnieper River in the Soviet Union.
1943 - The battle of Kursk began as German tanks attack the Soviet salient. It was the largest tank battle in history.
1946 - The bikini bathing suit, created by Louis Reard, made its debut during a fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini wore the two-piece outfit.
1947 - Larry Doby signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League.
1950 - U.S. forces engaged the North Koreans for the first time at Osan, South Korea.
1963 - 1st Beatle tune to hit U.S. charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87
1968 - John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce
1973 - "Live & Let Die," James Bond film premiers
1983 - Baby girl born in Roanoke, Va., to a mother brain dead for 84 days
1985 - Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of the globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
1986 - Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
1989 - Former U.S. National Security Council aide Oliver North received a $150,000 fine and a suspended prison term for his part in the Iran-Contra affair. The convictions were later overturned.
1991 - Regulators shut down the Pakistani-managed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in eight countries. The charge was fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system.
1994 - U.S. changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back
1994 - Boxer Buster Douglas comes out of a diabetic coma
1998 - Japan joined U.S. and Russia in space exploration with the launching of the Planet- B probe to Mars.
2002 - Former Nazi SS officer Friedrich Engel was convicted of 59 counts of murder stemming from massacre of Italian resistance fighters on May 19, 1944.
Famous Birthday’s
1904 - Milburn Stone Bruton Ks, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke)
1951 - Huey Lewis rocker (& the News-Need a New Drug)
Joke of the Day
First Child
A guy calls the hospital. He says, "You gotta send help! My wife's going into labor!" The nurse says, "Calm down. Is this her first child?" He says, "No! This is her husband!"
Her First Fight
Three weeks after her wedding day, Joanna called her minister.
"Reverend," she wailed, "John and I had a dreadful fight!"
"Calm down, my child," said the minister, "it's not half as bad as you think. Every marriage has to have its first fight."
"I know, I know," said Joanna. "But what am I going to do with the BODY?"
Hillary's Pregnant
Hillary went in for her yearly checkup. When she was finished, she asked her gynaecologist how did things looked. He said he was pleased and that she is in great shape, and congratulated her on her pregnancy. She argued that she couldn't possibly be pregnant, but the doctor gave her a due date 8 months in the future. She stormed out of the office, went to the receptionist’s desk, grabbed the phone and called the White House. Then she finally got through the red tape and had Bill on the phone, she shouted, "You dirty bastard, you got me pregnant." There was dead silence on the other end of the line. After a few seconds, she yelled even louder, "You dirty bastard, you got me pregnant." Finally Bill answered - "Who is this?"
World Records
Best Selling Clothes Brand
Levi Strauss Co. is the world's biggest brand-named clothing manufacturer, and sells under the Levis, Dockers, and Slates brands. The company's sales totaled $6 billion at the end of November, 1999. Their Dockers was launched in the USA in 1986 and by the early 1990s had become the fastest-growing sub-brand in US history, with the highest level of brand awareness of any casual trousers. After a $10-million promotion campaign, Dockers were the best-selling brand in the casual wear market.
Biggest-Selling Designer Clothing Label
The biggest-selling designer clothing brand in the world is Ralph Lauren, which had annual global wholesales of $4.5 billion in the 2000 fiscal year. Boasting men and women's labels such as Polo Ralph Lauren, Polo Sport and the Ralph Lauren collection, the company has nearly 240 Polo shops and outlet stores worldwide, and also sells its designs through approximately 1,600 department stores and speciality shops.
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