Trevor WholohanThis Day in History March 20th
March 19th 2007 23:23
This Day in History and its the First Day of Spring!
1760 - The great fire of Boston destroyed 349 buildings.
1868 - Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville KY of $14,000
1886 - 1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Massachusetts
1896 - Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
1899 - At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place became the first woman to be executed in the electric chair. She was put to death for the murder of her stepdaughter.
1914 - The first international figure skating championship was held in New Haven, CT.
1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.
1922 - The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
1933 - The first German concentration camp was completed at Dachau.
1935 - "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio
1942 - General MacArthur vows, "I came out of Bataan and I shall return"
1942 - Holocaust: in Rohatyn, western Ukraine, on Friday, German SS murder 3000 Jews, including 600 Jewish children, annihalating 70 % of the Jews in Rohatyn.
1947 - A blue whale weighing 198 tons(396,832lb’s) was caught in the South Atlantic.
1952 - US Senate's final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan
1958 - 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line
1965 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson orders 4,000 troops to protect the Selma-Montgomery civil rights marchers.
1969 - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy called on the U.S. to close all bases in Taiwan.
1969 - In Gibraltar, John Lennon and Yoko Ono get married.
1969 - US President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
1972 - 19 mountain climbers were killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche. 1973 - Roberto Clemente elected to hall of fame, 11 weeks after his death
1976 - Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
1980 - US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
1984 - The US Senate rejected an amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools.
1985 - Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win the 1,135 mile Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race.
1990 - The Los Angeles Lakers retired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33.
1991 - Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in contract violation suit against Disney
1992 - Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set
1995 - Saran Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured
1997 - Liggett Group, the maker of Chesterfield cigarettes, settled 22 state lawsuits by admitting that smoking is addictive.
2002 - Actress Pamela Anderson disclosed that she had hepatitis C.
2003 - U.S. and British forces invaded Iraq from Kuwait.
Famous Birthday’s
1902 - Edgar Buchanan Humansville MO, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction) D. 1979
1906 - Ozzie Nelson Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) Died 1975
1918 - Jack Barry Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild)Died 1984
1928 - Mr [Fred McFeely] Rogers, children's television host (Mr Roger's Neighborhood)
1937 - Jerry Reed, singer/songwriter/actor(Smokey and the Bandit 1&2, The Waterboy)
1951 - Jimmie Vaughan guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1957 - Spike Lee Atlanta GA, director (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
Famous Death’s
1727 - Sir Issac Newton English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84
1995 - Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (b. 1948)
Joke of the Day
You Might Be A Redneck If
- Your local ambulance has a trailer hitch.
- You watch cartoons long after your kids get bored.
- You think the French Riviera is a foreign car.
- You think you are an entrepreneur because of the "Dirt for Sale" sign in the front yard.
- You're still scalping tickets after the concert is over.
- You don't think Jeff's Foxworthy's jokes are funny.
- Every time you see a roadsign that says "DIP" you reach in your back pocket.
- You've ever had Thanksgiving dinner on a Ping-Pong table.
Success in Marriage
A couple had been married for 45 years and had raised a brood of 11 children and were blessed with 22 grandchildren. When asked the secret for staying together all that time, the wife replies, "Many years ago we made a promise to each other: the first one to pack up and leave has to take all the kids."
World Records
Farthest distance walked backward
The greatest exponent of reverse pedestrianism was Plemmie L. Wingo(USA), who completed this 8000 mile(12,875km) transcontinental walked from Santa Monica California to its been dual Turkey, from April 15, 1931 to October 24, 1932.
Longest fire walk
Gerard Moccetti(Switzerland) walked 165 feet 8 inches(50.5m) over embers with an average temperature of a 1,230̊F (665̊C) on January 19, 2003 in Ticino, Switzerland.
Longest time to endure full body ice contact
Wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, Wim Hof(Netherlands) was able to stand in a tube with ice cubes for 1 hour 7 min on January 23, 2004
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