Trevor WholohanThis Day in History August 31st
August 30th 2007 23:26
[B]This Day in History
1888 - Mary Ann Nicholls is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's known victims
1895 - 1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid $10 & won 12-0)
1897 - Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
1903 - A "Packard" automobile became the first car to cross the U.S. under its own power. The trip from San Francisco, CA to New York City, NY took 52 days.
1939 - Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on Gleiwitz radio station, giving them an excuse to attack Poland the following day, starting World War II in Europe.
1943 - The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for a black person, is commissioned.
1950 - Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit four home runs in a single game off of four different pitchers.
1954 - Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die
1959 - Sandy Koufax set a National League record by striking out 18 batters.
1964 - California officially became the most populated state in America.
1969 - The boxer Rocky Marciano died in an airplane crash in Iowa.
1971 - Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on the Moon
1978 - Symbionese Liberation Army founders William & Emily Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst
1986 - An Aeroméxico Douglas DC-9 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
1986 - The Admiral Nakhimov, a Soviet passenger ship, collided with a merchant vessel in the Black Sea. 448 people were killed when both ships sank
1988 - 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1990 - East and West Germany signed a treaty that meant the harmonizing of political and legal systems
1991 - In a "Solidarity Day" protest hundreds of thousands of union members marched in Washington, DC.
1995 - Judge Lance Ito ruled that only two tapes of racist comments by Mark Fuhrman could be played in the trial of O.J. Simpson.
1996 - Nadine Lockwoods body was found in her family's apartment by New York City police. The four-year-old girl had been starved to death.
1997 - Princess Diana of Wales died at age 36 in a car crash in Paris. Her companion, Dodi Fayed, and their chauffeur were also killed.
1998 - "Titanic" became the first movie in North America to earn more than $600 million.
2002 - Kuwait will buy 16 attack helicopters from Boeing in a deal worth $886 million.
2005 - A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
Famous Birthday’s
1903 - Arthur Godfrey radio, TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout)
1924 - Buddy (Leonard) Hackett Bkln, comedian (Music Man, The Love Bug)Died 2003
1928 - James Coburn Laurel Nebr, actor (Magnificent Seven, Maverick, Payback)D. 2002
1931 - Dan Rather news anchor (CBS-TV)
1949 - Richard Gere Phila Pa, actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Women, The Jackel)
1970 - Debbie Gibson Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams)
1972 - Chris Tucker, actor(The Fifth Element, Rush Hour 1 & 2)
Famous Death’s
1888 - Mary Ann Nicholls a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper
1964 - Rocky Marciano former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash
1973 - John Ford, American film director(Rio Grande, The Quiet Man)Born 1894
Joke of the Day
Language Lesson
A friend of mine is an officer in the naval reserve.
A few weeks ago, He was attending a conference that included admirals in both the US and the French navies. At a cocktail reception, my friend found himself in a small group that included an admiral from each of the two navies.
The French admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans only learned English. He then asked. "Why is it that we have to speak English in these conferences rather than you having to speak French?"
Without even hesitating, the American admiral replied.
"Maybe it's because we arranged it so that you didn't have to learn to speak German."
Repeat Offender
A judge scowled down at a repeat offender before him. "Haven't I seen you in here many times already? And didn't I tell you that I never wanted to see you in here again?"
"Yes, Your Honor," the defendant replied. "That's exactly what I told the police officer, but he insisted I come in anyway!"
World Records
Most Expensive Fighter Aircraft
The US F22 Raptor was developed by Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems, Lockheed Martin Fort Worth, and Boeing in the late 1990s at a cost of $13.3 billion. Per unit, the F22 Raptor costs $187.3 million. Weapons it can carry include radar-guided AIM-120C medium-range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAMS), longer-finned AIM-120A AMRAAMS, and heat-seeking short-range AIM-9M sidewinders.
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