Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records March 13th
March 13th 2007 00:24
1781 - William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
1852 - The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam cartoon".
1868 - The U.S. Senate began the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
1884 - Standard time was adopted throughout the U.S.
1900 - In France, length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours.
1915 - The Germans repelled a British expeditionary force attack in France.
1925 - Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.
1928 - The St. Francis Dam in California burst and killing 400 people.
1930 - Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory
1935 - 3,000 year old archives were found in Jerusalem confirming some biblical history
1941 - Adolf Hitler issued an edict calling for an invasion of the U.S.S.R.
1942 - Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in US army
1943 - Baseball approves official ball (with cork & balata)
1943 - Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight
1950 - General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record)
1951 - Israel demands 1.5 billion compensation from Germany for taking war refugees
1957 - Jimmy Hoffa was arrested by the FBI on bribery charges.
1960 - NFL's Chicago Cardinals move to St Louis
1961 - Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37)
1964 - 38 residents of a New York City neighborhood failed to respond to the screams of Kitty Genovese, 28 years old, as she was stabbed to death.
1970 - A group calling itself "Revolutionary Force 9" took credit for 3 bombs that exploded in New York City.
1970 - Cambodia ordered Hanoi and Viet Cong troops to leave.
1972 - "The Merv Griffin Show" debuted in syndication for Metromedia Television.
1974 - Arab nations decide to end the oil embargo on the United States.
1980 - Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto
1981 - Attempt on Pope John Paul II life by Mehemet Ali Agca
1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the new leader of the Soviet Union.
1987 - John Gotti(NY mobster) is acquitted of racketeering
1991 - Exxon paid $1 billion in fines and for the clean-up of the Alaskan oil spill.
1993 - The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec. 2in of snow in Florida to 3.5ft of snow in the north with $7 billion in damage & 300 die just in the US.
1996 - Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher & himself
2002 - Fox aired "Celebrity Boxing." Tonya Harding beat Paula Jones, Danny Banaduce beat Barry Williams and Todd Bridges defeated Vanilla Ice.
2003 - Japan sent a destroyer to the Sea of Japan amid reports that North Korea was planning to test an intermediate-range ballistic missile.
Holiday - US : Good Samaritan Involvement Day 297 days until Christmas
Famous Birthday’s
1886 - John "Home Run" Baker hall of famer (hit 2 homeruns in 1911 world series)
1907 - Frank Wilcox DeSoto MO, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies)
1956 - Dana Delany, actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to Eden)
1987 - Marco Andretti, American racecar driver (grandson of Mario Andretti)
Famous Death’s
1901 - Benjamin Harrison 23rd President (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at 67
1906 - Susan B. Anthony, American women's suffrage activist (b. 1820)
Joke of the Day
What It Means
Five year old Becky answered the door when the Census taker came by. She told the Census taker that her daddy was a doctor and wasn't home, because he was performing an appendectomy. "My," said the census taker, "that sure is a big word for such a little girl. Do you know what it means?" "Sure! Fifteen hundred bucks, and that doesn't even include the anaesthesiologist!"
10 Guinness' in 10 Minutes
An American walks into an Irish pub and says, "I'll give anyone $100 if they can drink 10 Guinness's in 10 minutes." Most people just ignore the absurd bet and go back to their conversations. One guy even leaves the bar. A little while later that guy comes back and asks the American, "Is that bet still on?" "Sure," he says. So the bartender lines 10 Guinness' up on the bar the Irishman drinks them all in less than 10 minutes. As the American hands over the money he asks, "Where did you go when you just left?" The Irishman answers,
"I went next door to the other pub to see if I could do it."
World Records
Longest lecture marathon
Errol Muzawazi(Zimbabwe) talked on the subject of democracy for 62 hours 30 minutes from December 12-15, 2003 at the a student residence at Wroclaw, Poland.
Longest quizmaster marathon
Quizmaster Gavin Dare(UK) asked a total of 3,688 questions continuously for 32 hours 15 minutes in Hertfordshire, UK from October 25-26 2003.
Fastest backward run marathon
Timothy Badyna(USA) ran a marathon backwards in 3 hours 53 mins on April 24, 2003
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