Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records March 12th
March 12th 2007 01:49
1850 - 1st US $20 gold piece issued
1888 - 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in northeast US (400 die)
1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
1912 - The Girl Guides(later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the US
1918 - Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg had this status for 215 years.
1930 - Mohandas Gandhi begins 200 mile (321 km) march protesting British salt tax
1933 - FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"
1938 - Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
1940 - Finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus
1945 - New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment
1947 - The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
1951 - The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers for the first time.
1956 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for the first time (500.24)
1959 - The U.S. House joined the U.S. Senate in approving the statehood of Hawaii.
1964 - Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1966 - Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
1969 - 120 joints found at George & Patti Harrison's home
1969 - Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
1970 - US lowers voting age from 21 to 18
1971 - Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Pérez Morena de Macias
1974 - "Wonder Woman" debuted on ABC-TV. The show later went to CBS-TV.
1980 - A jury found John Wayne Gacy Jr. guilty of the murders of 33 men and boys.
1982 - PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
1985 - Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
1989 - About 2,500 veterans marched at the Art Institute of Chicago to demand that officials remove an American flag placed on the floor as part of an exhibit
1990 - Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
1993 - In the U.S., the Pentagon called for the closure of 31 major military bases.
1993 - Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female U.S. attorney general.
1997 - Mikail Markhasev was arrested for the shooting of Bill Cosby's 27-year-old son, Ennis. He was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
2002 - Andrea Yates was convicted of murdering her five children in the family bathtub.
2003 - In Utah, Elizabeth Smart was reunited with her family nine months after she was abducted from her home. She had been taken on June 5, 2002, by a drifter that had previously worked at the Smart home.
Famous Birthday’s
1931 - William "Buckwheat" Thomas actor (Little Rascals)
1938 - Johnny Rutherford auto racer (26 championship races)
1942 - Paul Kantner, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit)
1946 - Liza Minnelli Hollywood CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret)
1948 - James Taylor Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (You’ve got a Friend, Fire and Rain)
1962 - Darryl Strawberry, right fielder (NY Mets, LA Dodgers, NY Yankees)
1963 - John Andretti race car driver
1978 - Casey Mears, Nascar auto racer, #25 National Guard Chevrolet, 25Top Tens
Famous Death’s
1914 - George Westinghouse US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67
1945 - Diarist Anne Frank dies in Belsen German concentration camp.
1989 - Maurice Evans actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87
2001 - Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)
Joke of the Day
Salesman to Policeman
A salesman, tired of his job, gave it up to become a policeman. Several months later, a friend asked him how he liked his new role. "Well," he replied, "the pay is good and the hours aren't bad, but what I like best is that the customer is always wrong."
Devotion
Dave went on a business trip for a few days. When he returned, his wife reported that the dog really missed him. "She spent every night at the front door, waiting for you to come home," she said. "What an example of devotion," Dave replied. "I wonder if you'd be that concerned about me?"
"Honey," she answered, "if you were gone overnight, and I didn't know where you were, you can be sure I'd be waiting for you at the front door."
World Records
Longest dance party
A dance party marathon organized by Saint Joseph aspirin held at the rock ‘n roll Hall of Fame and Museum Cleveland, Ohio USA began on July 29, 2003 with 42 dancers, 41 of whom completed the marathon after 52 hours 13 minutes on July 31, 2003
Longest time spent on a bed of nails by a woman
Geraldine Williams(UK) lay on a bed of sharp nails 6 inches tall and 2 inches apart for 30 hours on May 18-19, 1977.
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