Trevor WholohanThis Day in History May 29th
May 29th 2007 00:11
1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1910 - An airplane raced a train from Albany, NY, to New York City. The airplane pilot Glenn Curtiss won the $10,000 prize.
1911 - 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 mph (120 kph)
1916 - U.S. forces invaded Dominican Republic and remained until 1924.
1932 - WW I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1935 - Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
1940 - In WWII, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France
1942 - Bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date
1943 - Meat & cheese rationed in US
1945 - US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
1945 - American B-29 Superfortress bombers drop incendiaries on Yokohama, burning 85 percent of the port area.
1951 - 1st flight over North Pole in single engine plane-CF Blair
1953 - Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Mount Everest
1954 - Kirk & Anne Douglas married
1962 - Buck (John) O'Neil became the first black coach in major league baseball when he accepted the job with the Chicago Cubs.
1967 - Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
1974 - U.S. President Nixon agreed to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts.
1977 - A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 (average speed of 161.331 mph) for a record 4th time
1977 - Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500
1978 - In the U.S., postage stamps were raised from 13 cents to 15 cents.
1982 - 1st papal visit to Britain since 1531
1982 - Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war
1985 - Heysel Stadium disaster: In Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured during a riot at a European Cup match.
1987 - "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor Vic Morrow
1988 - U.S. President Reagan began his first visit to the Soviet Union in Moscow.
1990 - Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
1995 - The last 3 bodies were recovered from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
1997 - Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil
2001 - In New York, four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted of a global conspiracy to murder Americans. The crimes included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people.
2001 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin could use a cart to
ride in tournaments.
2004 - A new WW II memorial was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington DC.
Famous Birthday’s
1736 - Patrick Henry US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
1903 - Bob Hope, comedian and actor, played golf with every president from F.D.R TO George Bush Sr. (d. 2003)
1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, (Senator-D-MA), 35th President (1961-1963)
1939 - Al Unser auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
1955 - John Hinckley Jr shot & wounded President Reagan in 1981
1956 - LaToya Yvette Jackson Gary IN, singer (posed in Playboy, Millipede)
1961 - Melissa Etheridge US singer/songwriter (Never Enough, Come to My Window)
Joke of the Day
Well Done
John was furious when his steak arrived too rare.
"Waiter," he shouted, "Didn't you hear me say 'well done'?"
"I can't thank you enough, sir," replied the waiter. "I hardly ever get a compliment."
The Redhead
A young Redhead goes into the doctor's office and says that her body hurts wherever she touches it.
"Impossible", says the doctor. "Show me."
She takes her finger and pushes her elbow and screams in agony. She pushes her knee and screams, pushes her ankle and screams.
The doctor says, "You're not really a redhead, are you?"
"No, " she says, " I'm actually a Blonde."
"I thought so, the doctor says. "Your finger is broken."
World Records
Most Body Piercings in one session
The world record for most body piercings in one session is 1015 piercings in 7 hours and 55 minutes achieved by Charlie Wilson (UK) and Kam Ma (UK) at the Sunderland Body Art, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, UK, on March 4, 2006.
Most Fingers and Toes
The person with the most fingers and toes is Devendra Harne (India) who has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes) as a result of the condition polydactylism.
Longest Hair
The world's longest documented hair belongs to Xie Qiuping (China) at 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) when measured on May 8, 2004. She has been growing her hair since 1973 from the age of 13.
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