Trevor WholohanThis Day in History August 9th
August 9th 2007 01:15
This Day in History
1678 - American Indians sold the Bronx to Jonas Bronck for 400 beads.
1790 - The Columbia returned to Boston Harbor after a three-year voyage. It was the first ship to carry the American flag around the world.
1842 - The U.S. and Canada signed the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, which solved a border dispute.
1848 - Martin Van Buren was nominated for president by the Free-Soil Party in NY.
1930 - Betty Boop had her beginning in "Dizzy Dishes" created by Max Fleischer.
1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics. He was the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.
1942 - Mohandas K. Gandhi was arrested Britain. He was not released until 1944.
1944 - The Forest Service and Wartime Advertising Council created "Smokey the Bear."
1945 - The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing came three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. About 74,000 people were killed. Japan surrendered August 14.
1945 - The first network television broadcast occurred in Washington, DC. The program announced the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan.
1969 - Sharon Tate and four other people were found murdered at Tate's residence in Los Angeles, CA. Charles Manson and several members of his cult were later convicted
1973 - The U.S. Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair filed suit against President Richard Nixon.
1974 - U.S. President Richard Nixon formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of the U.S.
1975 - The New Orleans Superdome as officially opened when the Saints played the Houston Oilers in exhibition football. The Superdome cost $163 million to build
1981 - Major league baseball teams resumed play at the conclusion of the first mid-season players’ strike.
1985 - Arthur J. Walker, a retired Navy officer, was found guilty of seven counts of spying for the Soviet Union.
1989 - 112 people were killed when a train fell into the San Rafael River in Mexico. The incident was caused by a bridge that collapsed.
1996 - Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as president of Russia for the second time.
1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin fired Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin and his entire cabinet for the fourth time in 17 months.
2000 - Former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin was arrested on a Class B misdemeanor of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana.
2001 - U.S. President Bush announced he would support federal funding for limited medical research on embryonic stem cells.
2004 - Donald Duck received the 2,257th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Famous Birthday’s
1927 - Robert Shaw England, actor (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday)Died 1978
1944 - Sam Elliot Calif, actor (Big Chill, Fatal Beauty, Roadhouse)
1957 - Melanie Griffith NYC, actress (Something Wild, Working Girl)
1958 - Amanda Bearse actress (Marcy Rhoodes-Married With Children)
1963 - Whitney Houston Newark NJ, singer (One Moment in Time)
1968 - Eric Bana, Actor(Blackhawk Down, The Hulk, Munich, Troy)
1972 - Elizabeth Vassey Raleigh NC, actress (Emily Martin-All My Children)
Famous Death’s
1969 - Sharon Tate actress, killed by Charles Manson's gang
1988 - Alan Napier (Alfred the Butler on Batman), dies at 85
1995 - Jerry Garcia, rock vocalist (Grateful Dead), dies at 53
2003 - Gregory Hines, dancer/actor, White Nights, dies at 57
Joke of the Day
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Well, gotta go, have to write to the Hefty bag people.
World Records
Longest Women's Motorbike Ramp Jump
Fiona Beale, of Alvaston, Derby, England, jumped her Kawasaki KX500 over 12 trucks, covering a distance of 190 ft 2 in, on August 14, 1997. She broke the record at the Donington Park Day of Champions, Derby, England.
Motorcycle wheelie -- Fastest over a mile
The record for the fastest motorcycle wheelie over 1 mile is 156.50 mph achieved by Terry Calcott (UK) at Elvington Airfield, Yorkshire, UK on September 12, 2005.
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