Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records March 2nd
March 2nd 2007 01:33
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1776 - Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1819 - Territory of Arkansas organized
1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
1853 - Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory
1861 - US Congress creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of Nebraska & Utah terr.
1867 - Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah MO, 1 dead
1877 - Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared President despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory
1900 - The U.S. Congress voted to give $2 million in aid to Puerto Rico.
1910 - 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington WA, 118 die
1917 - Citizens of Puerto Rico were granted U.S. citizenship with the Jones Act.
1923 - Time magazine debuts
1925 - Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted.
1927 - Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
1940 - Elmer Fudd makes his debut in the cartoon Elmer's Candid Camera.
1943 - Battle of the Bismarck Sea, US and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships
1944 - Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy
1946 - Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
1949 - Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop around-the-world flight at Fort Worth TX, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hours
1950 - Silly Putty invented
1951 - 1st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston
1953 - The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC
1966 - 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam
1968 - USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world
1969 - 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde
1970 - American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747
1970 - Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years
1976 - Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest
1977 - Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson
1978 - 1st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV
1983 - Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
1985 - US approves screening test for AIDS
1987 - Chrysler acquires American Motors(AMC).
1989 - Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
1995 - Yahoo! is incorporated.
1998 - Images from the American spacecraft Galileo indicated that the Jupiter moon Europa has a liquid ocean and a source of interior heat.
2003 - Over the Sea of Japan, there was a confrontation between four armed North Korean fighter jets and a U.S. RC-135S Cobra Ball. No shots were fired.
2004 - The Mars rover discovered evidence that water had existed on Mars in the past.
Famous Birthday’s
1793 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas & Governor of Texas (d. 1863)
1904 - Dr Seuss [Theodor Geisel] children's book author (Green Eggs and Ham)
1909 - Mel Ott 1st National League-er to hit 500 homeruns, hall of famer (NY Giants)
1917 - Desi Arnaz Santiago Cuba, singer/actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy)D. 1986
1949 - Eddie Money [Mahoney]Brooklyn NY, singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight)
1950 - Karen Carpenter New Haven CT, vocalist/drummer (We've Only Just Begun)
1962 - Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi] rocker (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)
1962 - Terry Steinbach New Ulm MN, catcher (Oakland A's)
Joke of the Day
Tubs of Yogurt
Two cartons of yogurt walk into a bar. The bartender, who was a tub of cottage cheese, says to them, "We don't serve your kind in here." One of the yogurt cartons says back to him, "Why not? We're cultured individuals."
Bush's Parrot
Laura Bush bought George a parrot for his birthday. She told Dick Cheney, "The bird is so smart! Georgehas already taught him to pronounce over 200 words!" "Wow, that's pretty impressive", Cheney said, "butyou realize that he just says the words. He doesn't really understand what they mean.""That's OK", Laura replied.
"Neither does the parrot."
Daytime Television
A newspaper reporter was writing a feature story about prison life and was interviewing one of the prisoners. "Do you watch much television here?" "Only the daytime shows," the inmate said. "At night we're locked in our cells and don't see any television." "That's too bad," the reporter said, "But I do think it is nice that the warden lets you watch it in the daytime." "What do you mean, nice?" the inmate said.
"That's part of the punishment."
World Records
Heaviest vehicle pulled by Teeth
Walter Arfeuille(Belgium) used his teeth to pull eight railway passenger coaches with a total weight of 493,570lbs over a distance of 10'5" along the rails in Belgium June 1996
Heaviest Train pulled by Beard
Ismael Rivas Falcon(Spain) pulled out train weighing 6,069 pounds over a distance of 32ft 9in using only his beard in Madrid Spain on November 15, 2001.
1776 - Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1819 - Territory of Arkansas organized
1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
1861 - US Congress creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of Nebraska & Utah terr.
1867 - Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah MO, 1 dead
1877 - Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared President despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory
1900 - The U.S. Congress voted to give $2 million in aid to Puerto Rico.
1910 - 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington WA, 118 die
1917 - Citizens of Puerto Rico were granted U.S. citizenship with the Jones Act.
1923 - Time magazine debuts
1925 - Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted.
1927 - Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
1940 - Elmer Fudd makes his debut in the cartoon Elmer's Candid Camera.
1943 - Battle of the Bismarck Sea, US and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships
1944 - Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy
1946 - Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
1949 - Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop around-the-world flight at Fort Worth TX, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hours
1950 - Silly Putty invented
1951 - 1st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston
1953 - The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC
1966 - 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam
1968 - USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world
1969 - 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde
1970 - American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747
1970 - Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years
1976 - Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest
1977 - Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson
1978 - 1st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV
1983 - Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
1985 - US approves screening test for AIDS
1987 - Chrysler acquires American Motors(AMC).
1989 - Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
1995 - Yahoo! is incorporated.
1998 - Images from the American spacecraft Galileo indicated that the Jupiter moon Europa has a liquid ocean and a source of interior heat.
2003 - Over the Sea of Japan, there was a confrontation between four armed North Korean fighter jets and a U.S. RC-135S Cobra Ball. No shots were fired.
2004 - The Mars rover discovered evidence that water had existed on Mars in the past.
Famous Birthday’s
1793 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas & Governor of Texas (d. 1863)
1904 - Dr Seuss [Theodor Geisel] children's book author (Green Eggs and Ham)
1909 - Mel Ott 1st National League-er to hit 500 homeruns, hall of famer (NY Giants)
1917 - Desi Arnaz Santiago Cuba, singer/actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy)D. 1986
1949 - Eddie Money [Mahoney]Brooklyn NY, singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight)
1950 - Karen Carpenter New Haven CT, vocalist/drummer (We've Only Just Begun)
1962 - Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi] rocker (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)
1962 - Terry Steinbach New Ulm MN, catcher (Oakland A's)
Joke of the Day
Tubs of Yogurt
Two cartons of yogurt walk into a bar. The bartender, who was a tub of cottage cheese, says to them, "We don't serve your kind in here." One of the yogurt cartons says back to him, "Why not? We're cultured individuals."
Bush's Parrot
Laura Bush bought George a parrot for his birthday. She told Dick Cheney, "The bird is so smart! Georgehas already taught him to pronounce over 200 words!" "Wow, that's pretty impressive", Cheney said, "butyou realize that he just says the words. He doesn't really understand what they mean.""That's OK", Laura replied.
"Neither does the parrot."
Daytime Television
A newspaper reporter was writing a feature story about prison life and was interviewing one of the prisoners. "Do you watch much television here?" "Only the daytime shows," the inmate said. "At night we're locked in our cells and don't see any television." "That's too bad," the reporter said, "But I do think it is nice that the warden lets you watch it in the daytime." "What do you mean, nice?" the inmate said.
"That's part of the punishment."
World Records
Heaviest vehicle pulled by Teeth
Walter Arfeuille(Belgium) used his teeth to pull eight railway passenger coaches with a total weight of 493,570lbs over a distance of 10'5" along the rails in Belgium June 1996
Heaviest Train pulled by Beard
Ismael Rivas Falcon(Spain) pulled out train weighing 6,069 pounds over a distance of 32ft 9in using only his beard in Madrid Spain on November 15, 2001.
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