Trevor WholohanThis Day in History August 23rd
August 22nd 2007 22:57
This Day in History
1864 - The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico
1914 - Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China.
1939 - World War II: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, Baltic states, Finland and Poland are divided between the two nations.
1940 - World War II: The Germans start bombing London.
1942 - World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad
1944 - A US Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England killing 61 people.
1947 - The Maynard Midgets beat Lock Haven 16-7 to win the first-ever Little League World Series championship.
1959 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Sally debuted as an infant.
1962 - First live television connection between the United States and Europe, via the Telstar satellite.
1964 - St Louis Cards are 11 games back in NL, & win the World Series
1966 - Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1968 - Ringo Starr temporarily quits The Beatles
1976 - A major earthquake in China kills thousands of people.
1989 - All of Australia's 1,645 domestic airline pilots resign after the airlines threaten to sack them and sue them over a dispute.
1990 - Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages to try to prevent the Gulf War).
1990 - West Germany and East Germany announce that they will unite on October 3.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida.
1993 - It was confirmed by Los Angeles police that Michael Jackson was the subject of a criminal investigation.
1996 - Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places'
1998 - Michael Jones, a 16-year old boy, was shot when he refused to drop a water gun that appeared real to police officers. In New York City it was illegal to carry to possess a toy gun that looks real or is painted black.
1999 - Robert Bogucki was rescued after getting lost in the Great Sandy Desert of Australia on July 11. During the 43 day ordeal Bogucki lost 44 pounds.
2000 - Richard Hatch was revealed as the winning castaway on CBS' "Survivor." Hatch won $1,000,000 for his stay on the island of Pulau Tida in the South China Sea.
2005 - Tropical Depression 12, which went on to become Hurricane Katrina, and would soon rip through the Gulf of Mexico & New Orleans, causing massive flooding
Famous Birthday’s
1912 - Gene Kelly Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way)Died 1996
1913 - Bob Crosby Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orch leader (Bob Crosby Show)
1934 - Barbara Eden Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie, Amazing Dobermans)
1940 - Richard Sanders Harrisburg Pa, actor (Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers)
1949 - Rick Springfield Australia, Singer/Actor (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl)
1949 - Shelley Long Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit)
1963 - Kenny Wallace, American race car driver, Dives #78 in Nextel Cup & #22 in Busch
1970 - River Phoenix actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me)Died 1993(Drug overdose)
Famous Death’s
1305 - William Wallace, Scottish patriot He was drawn and quartered: strangled by hanging but released near death, emasculated, eviscerated, beheaded, then divided into four parts. His head was placed on a pike atop London Bridge
1819 - Oliver Hazard Perry naval hero, dies on 34th birthday
1926 - Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina
D'Antonguolla (Rudolph Valentino), silent movie idol, dies in NY at 31
1962 - Hoot Gibson silent screen cowboy actor, dies at 70
1975 - Hank Patterson actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87
Joke of the Day
The owner of a small deli was being questioned by an IRS agent about his tax return. He had reported a net profit of $80,000 for the year.
"Why don't you people leave me alone?" the deli owner said. "I work like a dog, everyone in my family helps out, the place is only closed three days a year. And you want to know how I made $80,000?"
"It's not your income that bothers us," the agent said. "It's these deductions. You listed six trips to Bermuda for you and your wife."
"Oh, that," the owner said smiling. "I forgot to tell you - we also deliver."
Computer Power
The businessman dragged himself home and barely made it to his chair before he dropped, exhausted.
His sympathetic wife was right there with a tall cool drink and a comforting word.
"My, you look tired," she said. "You must have had a hard day today. What happened to make you so exhausted?"
"It was terrible," her husband said, "The computer broke down and all of us had to do our own thinking."
World Records
Busiest airport
According to the Airports Council International (ACI), Hartsfield International Airport, serving Atlanta, Georgia, USA, handled 83.6 million passengers in 2004, making it the world's busiest. Chicago O'Hare was second, with 75.5 million, and London Heathrow third, with 67.3 million.
Fastest Airliner
The Tupolev Tu-144, first flown on December 31, 1968, was reported to have reached Mach 2.4, or 1,600 mph, but normal cruising speed was Mach 2.2. The Tupolev TU-144, which Nato codenamed 'Charger', was built as a competitor to the British and French Concorde supersonic jetliner
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