Trevor WholohanThis Day in History March 22nd
March 21st 2007 23:40
1621 - Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth)
1622 - 1st Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites, Jamestown VA; 347 slain
1794 - Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries
1861 - 1st US nursing school chartered
1903 - Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought
1914 - World's 1st airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins
1929 - USCG vessel sank Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor
1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer & wine.
1934 - The first Masters golf championship began in Augusta, GA.
1935 - In New York, blood tests were authorized as evidence in court cases.
1935 - Persia was renamed Iran.
1939 - World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
1941 - Washington's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
1942 - Heavy German assault on Malta
1944 - 600 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin
1945 - US 3rd Army crosses Rhine river at Nierstein
1954 - 1st shopping mall opened in Southfield MI
1956 - Musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis Jr premieres in New York
1958 - Liz Taylor's 3rd divorce (Mike Todd)
1963 - Beatles release 1st album, "Please Please Me"
1965 - US confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong
1968 - Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone
1972 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
1972 - Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million
1974 - The Viet Cong proposed a new truce with the U.S. and South Vietnam.
1975 - Walt Disney World Shopping Village opened.
1980 - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was founded.
1981 - U.S. Postage rates went from 15-cents to 18-cents an ounce.
1981 - RCA put its Selectra Vision laser disc players on the market.
1987 - A barge loaded with 32,000 tons of refuse left Islip, NY, to find a place to unload, it was refused by several states and three countries.
1989 - Oliver North began two days of testimony at his Iran-Contra trial in Washington, DC.
1990 - Anchorage Alaska jury found Captain Hazelwood not guilty in the Valdez oil spill
1991 - Pamela Smart, a high school teacher, was found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband.
1993 - Intel introduces the Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100 MIPS
1995 - Russian Valeri Polyakov returned to Earth after setting a record for 438 days in space.
1997 - Tara Lipinski, at 14 years, became the youngest women's figure skating champion
2002 - The U.S. Postal Commission increased the first-class stamp from 34 cents to 37 cents.
2002 - A collection of letters and cards sent by Princess Diana of Wales sold for $33,000.
Famous Birthday’s
1887 - Chico [Leonard] Marx New York NY, comedian (Marx Brothers)Died 1961
1908 - Louis D L'Amour Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett) Died 1988
1917 - Virginia Grey, actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Bonanza)D. 2004
1924 - Al Neuharth newspaper founder (USA Today)
1931 - William Shatner Montréal Canada, actor (Star Trek, T J Hooker)
1959 - Matthew Modine Loma Linda CA, actor (Full Metal Jacket, Memphis Belle)
1970 - Reggie White NFL nose tackle (Eagles, Green Bay Packers 194.5 Career sacks)
1976 - Reese Witherspoon, actress(Legally Blonde 1&2, Walk the Line, Vanity Fair)
Joke of the Day
Six Cups of Coffee
Freddie was eighteen years old, friendly, and eager to do things right. Unfortunately, he wasn't especially bright. He had just started his first job, as a delivery boy and general go-fer at a furniture warehouse. His first task was to go out for coffee.
He walked into a nearby coffee shop carrying a large thermos. When the counterman finally noticed him, he held up the thermos.
"Is this big enough to hold six cups of coffee?" he said. The counterman looked at the thermos, hesitated for a few seconds, then finally said, "Yeah. It looks like about six cups to me."
"Good," Freddie said. "Give me two regular, two black, and two decaf."
The Dying Man
A priest was preparing a man for his long journey into the night.
Whispering firmly, the priest said, "Denounce the devil! Let him know how little you think of his evil."
The dying man said nothing.
The priest repeated his order. Still the dying man said nothing.
The priest asked, "Why do you refuse to denounce the devil and his evil?"
The dying man said, "Until I know where I'm heading, I don't think I ought to aggravate anybody."
World Records
Highest shallow dive
Danny Higginbottom(USA) dived from 29 feet 2 inch into 12 inches of water at the studios of Guinness world records on January 23, 2004.
Longest scuba dive in open freshwater
Jerry Hall(USA) spent 71 hours 39 minutes 40 seconds under water in South Holston Lake, Bristol, Tennessee, using scuba gear from August 6-9 2002
Blindfold car speed record
Mike Newman(UK) reached 144 mph in a Jaguar XJR on August 13, 2003.
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