Trevor WholohanThis Day in History August 13th
August 12th 2007 23:14
This Day in History
1784 - The United States Legislature met for the final time in Annapolis, MD.
1846 - The American Flag was raised for the first time in Los Angeles, CA.
1889 - A patent for a coin-operated telephone was issued to William Gray.
1907 - The first taxicab started on the streets of New York City.
1913 - Otto Witte, an acrobat, is crowned King of Albania.
1913 - Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
1918 - Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1931 - The first community hospital in the U.S. was dedicated in Elk City, OK.
1932 - Adolf Hitler refused to take the post of vice-chancellor of Germany. He said he was going to hold out "for all or nothing."
1934 - Al Capp's comic strip "L'il Abner" made its debut in newspapers.
1935 - The first roller derby match was held at the Coliseum in Chicago, IL.
1942 - Walt Disney's "Bambi" opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY.
1945 - About 1600 American aircraft fly over Tokyo and other Japanese cities dropping millions of leaflets explaining the surrender of Japan.
1950 - Pres. Truman gave military aid to the Vietnamese regime of Bao-Dai.
1960 - The first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1, a balloon satellite.
1961 - Berlin was divided by a barbed wire fence to halt the flight of refugees. Two days later work on the Berlin Wall began.
1962 - Two Americans, David Healy and Leonard Oeth, skyjack a charter plane heading to Miami, Florida, and force its pilot to fly to Cuba. Cuba returned the two to the US.
1972 - Communist sappers (demolitions specialists) attack the ammo dump at Long Binh, destroying thousands of tons of ammunition.
1977 - 1st test glide of the shuttle
1985 - The engagement of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenagger was announced.
1987 - U.S. President Reagan assumes responsibility for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.
1988 - Ronald J Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min
1990 - Iraq transferred $3-4 billion in bullion, currency, and other goods seized from Kuwait to Baghdad.
1994 - It was reported that aspirin not only helps reduce the risk of heart disease, but also helps prevent colon cancer.
2003 - In southern Afghanistan a bomb ripped through a bus in Lashkargah, killing 15 people.
2003 - Iraq began pumping crude oil from its northern oil fields for the first time since the start of the war.
2004 - An Islamic Web site posted still pictures that purportedly show Iraqi militants beheading an Egyptian man they claim was spying for the U.S. military.
2004 - A southern Philippines court sentenced 17 members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group to death for kidnapping nurses from a hospital there three years ago.
Famous Birthday’s
1860 - Annie Oakley Drake Ohio, frontierswoman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West) D. 1926
1899 - Alfred Hitchcock London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window) Died 1980
1927 - Fidel Castro Ruz Cuban political leader (1959- )
1930 - Don Ho Hawaii, ukulele player and singer (Tiny Bubbles) Died 2007
1951 - Dan Fogelberg Peoria Ill, rocker (Same Auld Lang Syne)
1959 - Danny Bonaduce actor (Danny-Partridge Family)
Joke of the Day
Taking Mother To Nursing Home
One evening a family brings their frail, elderly mother to a nursing home and leaves her as planned, hoping she will be well cared for.
The next morning, the nurses bathe her, feed her a tasty breakfast, and set her in a chair at a window overlooking a lovely flower garden.
She seems OK, but after a while she slowly starts to lean over sideways in her chair. Two attentive nurses immediately rush up to catch her and straighten her up. Again she seems OK, but after a while she starts to tilt to the other side. The nurses rush back and once more bring her back upright.
This goes on all morning.
Later the family arrives to see how the old woman is adjusting to her new home. "So Ma, how is it here? Are they treating you all right?" they ask.
"It's pretty nice," she replies. "Except they won't let me fart."
Do you know the difference between a CNA and a nun? The nun only has to serve 1 god
Did you hear about the nurse who died and went straight to hell?
It took her two weeks to realize that she wasn't at work anymore!
What do they call constipation in Germany? ---------------------- Far from poopin!
World Records
Oldest Woman Ever
The greatest fully authenticated age to which any human has ever lived in his 122 years 164 days by Jeanne Louise Calment.(France) born on February 21, 1875, she died at a nursing home and southern France on August 4, 1997.
Farthest Distance Walked Backward
The greatest exponent of reverse pedestrianism was Plennie L. Wingo(USA), who completed his 8,000 mile(12,875km) transcontinental walked from Santa Monica California to Istanbul, Turkey, from April 15, 1931 to October 24, 1932.
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