Trevor WholohanThis Day in History May 24th
May 23rd 2007 22:47
1626 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24
1830 - "Mary Had A Little Lamb" is written
1844 - Samuel F.B. Morse formally opened America's first telegraph line. The first message was sent from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, MD.
1883 - After 14 years of construction the Brooklyn Bridge was opened by President Arthur & Governor Cleveland
1899 - 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
1930 - Babe Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week
1935 - The Cincinnati Reds played the Philadelphia Phillies in the first major league baseball game at night. The switch for the floodlights was thrown by President F.D. Roosevelt.
1941 - The HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic. Only three people survived and 1,416 die.
1943 - U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje
1951 - Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants
1954 - The first moving sidewalk in a railroad station was opened in Jersey City, NJ.
1954 - IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour
1959 - 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA)
1962 - The officials of the National Football League ruled that halftime of regular season games would be cut to 15 minutes.
1968 - Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession
1974 - The last "Dean Martin Show" was seen on NBC. The show lasted 9 years.
1980 - The International Court of Justice issued a final decision calling for the release of the hostages taken at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979.
1981 - Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500
1987 - Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indianapolis 500
1992 - Al Unser Jr wins Indianapolis 500
1993 - Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesus Posada Ocampo and six other people were killed at the Guadalajara, Mexico, airport in a shootout that involved drug gangs.
1994 - The four men convicted of bombing the New York's World Trade Center were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
1997 - Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Michigan
2000 - Five people were killed and two others wounded when two gunmen entered a Wendy's restaurant in Flushing, Queens, New York. The gunmen tied up the victims in the basement and then shot them.
2001 - Temba Tsheri, 15, became the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
2002 - In Afghanistan coalition forces captured 50 people from a compound that was said to be a refuge for senior Taliban and al Qaeda leaders.
2003 - Coalition forces captured two more wanted Iraqis: Sayf al-Din al-Mashadani, No. 46 on the list and Sad Abd al-Majid al-Faysal, No. 55.
2003 - The U.S.-led coalition ordered Iraqis to give up their weapons by mid-June.
Famous Birthday’s
1939 - Dixie Carter actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
1941 - Bob Dylan [Zimmerman] Duluth MN, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind)
1944 - Patti LaBelle [Holt] Philadelphia PA, singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1945 - Priscilla Presley Brooklyn NY, Elvis’s Wife/actress (Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun)
1955 - Rosanne Cash Memphis TN, country singer (Runaway Train, Seven Year Ache)
1982 - Baby Boy Samane South Africa, heaviest known viable baby (24 lbs 8 oz)
Joke of the Day
The Memorial Stone
A woman's husband dies. He had $20,000 to his name. After everything is done at the funeral home and cemetery, she tells her closest friend that there is no money left. The friend says, "How can that be? You told me he had $20,000 a few days before he died. How could you be broke?"
The widow says, "Well, the funeral cost me $6,500. And of course, I had to make the obligatory donation for the church and the organist and all. That was $500 and I spent another $500 for the wake, food and drinks, you know. The rest went for the memorial stone."
The friend asks, "You paid $12,500 for the memorial stone? My God, how big is it?"
The widow says, "Three carats."
Mother's Milk
Students in an advanced biology class were taking a mid term. The last question was "Name seven advantages of mothers milk" worth 70 points or none at all.
One student, who had also partied the night before, was hard put to think of seven advantages. He finally wrote: 1. It is a perfect formula for the child.
2. It provides immunity against several diseases. 3. It is always available as needed.
4. It is always at the right temperature. 5. It is inexpensive.
6. It bonds the child to the mother, and vice versa.
And then, the student was stuck! Finally, just before the bell (indicating the end of the test) rang, he wrote................7. It comes in such cute containers. He got an "A".
World Records
Most Expensive Washroom
For a few fortunate bathroom goers, jeweler Lam Sai-wing has made taking a tinkle a tad more exciting by building a golden washroom costing $3.5 million – the most expensive in the world.
Most Money Raised By A Telethon
The record for the largest amount of money raised on a telethon belongs to the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon. The running total, since it was first broadcast in 1966 is $1.01 billion.
The 2001 Jerry Lewis MDA telethon raised $56,780,603
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