Trevor WholohanThis Day in History June 1st
May 31st 2007 23:38
This Day in History
1638 - 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass
1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state of the U.S.
1796 - Tennessee became the 16th state of the U.S.
1813 - Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
1861 - The first skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia.
1877 - U.S. troops were authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.
1916 - The National Defense Act increased the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.
1921 - Race riot in Tusla Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
1938 - Baseball helmets were worn for the first time.
1938 - Superman, the world's first super hero, appeared in the first issue of Action Comics.
1943 - During World War II, Germans shot down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London.
1944 - The French resistance was warned by a coded message from the British that the D-Day invasion was imminent.
1953 - Raymond Burr mad his network-TV acting debut. It was in "The Mask of Medusa" on ABC-TV's "Twilight Theater."
1954 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus' security blanket made its debut.
1963 - Governor George Wallace vowed to defy an injunction that ordered the integration of the University of Alabama.
1967 - Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold
1968 - Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1
1969 - Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV
1971 - Ed Sullivan's final TV show
1973 - The James Bond movie "Live and Let Die" opened.
1974 - Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Wash
1978 - The U.S. reported the finding of wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow.
1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut as the first all-news station.
1990 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and start destroying each of their nation's stockpiles.
1991 - Mount Pinatubo (Phillipines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
2000 - At Los Alamos hard drives with classified nuclear secrets were discovered missing. They were found June 16 behind a photocopier.
2001 - Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal slaughters his family during a royal dinner. Diprenda was also shot, and was proclaimed king in his hospital bed, dying three days later.
Famous Birthday’s
1926 - Andy Griffith Mount Airy NC, actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock)
1926 - Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Baker], actress (Some Like It Hot), Died 1962
1934 - Pat Boone Florida, singer/actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade)
1937 - Morgan Freeman actor (Driving Mrs Daisy, Along came a Spider, Unforgivin)
1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer
Famous Death’s
1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson, American musician (b. 1914)
1968 - Helen Keller died. She had been deaf and blind since the age of 18 months. During her life she learned to speak, ride horses, and the waltz. She also graduated from Radcliffe cum laude. Born 1880
Joke of the Day
A kilted Scotsman was walking down a country path after finishing off a large amount of whisky at a local pub. He felt quite sleepy and decided to nap against a tree.
As he slept, two female tourists heard his loud snoring. When they found him, one said, "I've always wondered what a Scotsman wears under his kilt."
She boldly walked over to the sleeper, raised his kilt, and saw that he wore nothing at all. Her friend said, "Well, the mystery is solved! Let's thank him for sharing!"
She took off her pretty blue hair ribbon and gently tied it around the Scotsman's endowment. A while later, the Scotsman was awakened by the call of nature. He raised his kilt and was bewildered at the sight of the neatly tied blue ribbon. He stared for a minute, then said, "I don't know where y'been laddie... but it's nice ta see you won firrrst prrrize!"
A father came in the bedroom to find his 13-year-old daughter smoking a cigarette. "My God! How long have you been smoking?" screams the father.
"Since I lost my virginity," replies the girl.
"You lost your VIRGINITY!!! When the hell did this happen?" shrieks the father.
"I don't remember," says the girl. "I was Kinda drunk."
World Records
Wealthiest Charitable Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the world's largest charitable foundation, with an asset base of $21.8 billion as of May, 2000. The foundation's largest donation to date is $1 billion for minority student scholarships, through the Gates Millennium Scholars Program.
Greatest Annual Loss
The greatest annual net loss by a company is $98.7 billion reported by AOL Time Warner on 30 January 2003. AOL Time Warner's 2002 loss is approximately the same size as the gross domestic product of Israel.
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