Trevor WholohanThis Day in History July 23rd
July 22nd 2007 23:34
1715 - The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the first typewriter.
1840 - The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
1903 - Ford Motor Co. sold its first car, the Model A to Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago.
1904 - Probably the first Ice cream was sold at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri.
1914 - Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When Serbia denies Austria-Hungary their demands World War I is sparked on July 28, 1914
1929 - Fascist government in Italy ban the use of foreign words.
1938 - The first federal game preserve was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The area was 2,000 acres in Utah.
1940 - German bombers began the "Blitz," the all-night air raids on London.
1944 - On Guam, On the southern beachhead, the marines cross the neck of the Orote Peninsula, thereby cutting off the main Japanese airfield on the island.
1944 - Elements of the 3dMarDiv completed the occupation of Cabras Island, Marianas.
1947 - First Navy all jet squadron (VF-17A) receives its first jet aircraft (FH).
1950 - USS Boxer sets record crossing of Pacific to bring aircraft, troops, and supplies to Korea at start of the Conflict.
1950 - Units from the 2d Marine Division prepared to move from Camp Lejeune, N.C., to Camp Pendleton, Calif., to join the 1st Marine Division.
1958 - USS Nautilus(A Sub) departs Pearl Harbor for first submerged transit of North Pole.
1967 - 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 442 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).
1968 - Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militants and the Cleveland Police. During the shootout, a riot began that lasted for five days.
1973 - Pres Nixon refused to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House
1973 - Ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die
1977 - Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges
1984 - Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude in Penthouse.
1986 - Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson and divorce ten years later.
1993 - Sarah Deal becomes first female Marine selected for naval aviation training.
1995 - Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and is visibly seen with a naked eye nearly a year later
1999 - The 3-day Woodstock '99 music festival began at the decommissioned Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, NY, with some 225,000 people. The $35-38 million production ended in chaos with hundreds of concertgoers burning fires, looting and vandalizing.
2000 - Lance Armstrong won his second Tour de France.
2001 - The US Pentagon shut down public access to its web sites due to a computer worm called the Code Red worm. It defaced web sites with the words "Hacked by Chinese."
Famous Birthday’s
1938 - Ronny Cox, actor(Deliverance, Beverly Hills Cop 1&2, Robo Cop, Totol Recall)
1961 - Woody Harrelson, Tx, actor (Woody Boyd-Cheers, White Men can’t Jump)
1965 - Slash, English guitarist (ex-Guns N' Roses) current member of Velvet Revolver.
1973 - Monica Lewinsky, White House intern that had sexual relations with Bill Clinton
Famous Death’s
1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the US died of throat cancer (b. 1822)
1923 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1878)
1930 - Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (b. 1878)
1973 - Eddie Rickenbacker, American WW I fighter ace, Medal of Honor recipient, Distinguished Service Cross (USA), Legion of Honor (b. 1890)
1979 - Keith Godchaux rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 32
1982 - Vic Morrow killed during filming of "Twilight Zone" at 53
Joke of the Day
Why do you want to join the Navy
Having passed the enlistment physical, Jon was asked by the doctor, Why do you want to join the Navy, son? My father said it'd be a good idea, sir.
Oh? And what does your father do?
He's in the Army, sir.
Duelling Barbers
A new hair salon opened up for business right across the street from the old established hair cutters' place.
They put up a big bold sign which read:
"WE GIVE SEVEN DOLLAR HAIR CUTS!"
Not to be outdone, the old Master Barber put up his own sign:
"WE FIX SEVEN DOLLAR HAIR CUTS"
World Records
Fastest time to eat a 12" pizza
The fastest time to eat a 12" pizza is 2 min 19.91 sec by Tom Waes (Belgium) in Ghent, Belgium on December 2, 2006.
Fastest run 100 metres barefoot on ice
The fastest time to run 100 m (328 ft) barefoot on ice is 17.35 sec set by Nico Surings (Netherlands) at the Ijssportcentrum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on December 8, 2006.
Most Cockroaches Eaten
Ken Edwards of Glossop, Derbyshire, England ate 36 cockroaches in one minute on the set of The Big Breakfast, London, England on March 5, 2001.
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