Trevor WholohanThis Day in History April 4th
April 4th 2007 00:22
1812 - The territory of Orleans became the 18th state and became known as Louisiana.
1818 - The U.S. flag was declared to have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars and that a new star would be added for the each new state.
1841 - U.S. President William Henry Harrison, became the first president to die in office. He had been sworn in only a month before he died of pneumonia.
1887 - Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st U.S. woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas)
1917 - The U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War I on the Allied side.
1918 - World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends.
1932 - Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, University of Pittsburgh, took him 5years.
1944 - French President De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists
1945 - World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf death camp in Germany.
1945 - World War II: Soviet Army liberates Hungary.
1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty is signed.
1953 - Fifteen doctors were released by Soviet leaders. The doctors had been arrested before Stalin had died and were accused of plotting against him.
1964 - The Beatles occupy all top five positions on the Billboard singles chart.
1967 - The U.S. lost its 500th plane over Vietnam.
1967 - Johnny Carson quit "The Tonight Show." He returned three weeks later after getting a raise of $30,000 a week.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn at the age of 39.
1969 - Dr. Denton Cooley implanted the first temporary artificial heart.
1971 - Veterans stadium in Philadelphia, PA, was dedicated this day.
1972 - 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
1974 - Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's major league baseball home-run record with 714.
1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
1975 - Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
1983 - Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
1984 - President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
1987 - The U.S. charged the Soviet Union with wiretapping a U.S. Embassy.
1990 - Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident
1991 - Pennsylvanian Senator John Heinz and six others were killed when a helicopter collided with Heinz's plane over a schoolyard in Merion, PA.
1992 - Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case
1994 - Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
1999 - The Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres played the first major league season opener to be held in Mexico. The Rockies beat the Padres 8-2.
Famous Birthday’s
1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto Admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet
1906 - Bea Benaderet New York NY, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction)
1915 - Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)
1951 - Steve Gatlin Olney TX, country singer (Gatlin Brothers-Broken Lady)
1965 - Robert Downey Jr, comedian/actor (Larry Paul-Ally McBeal, Back to School)
1976 - Alicia Silverstone San Francisco CA, actress (Clueless)
Famous Death’s
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr civil rights leader, assassinated in Memphis, born 1929
1983 - Gloria Swanson actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84
2001 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932)
Joke of the Day
Zero to 200
A couple had been debating the purchase of a new auto for weeks. He wanted a new truck. She wanted a fast little sports-like car so she could zip through traffic around town. He would probably have settled on any beat up old truck, but everything she seemed to like was way out of their price range.
"Look!" she said. "I want something that goes from 0 to 200 in 4 seconds or less. And my birthday is coming up. You could surprise me."
So, for her birthday, he bought her a brand new bathroom scale.
Services will be at Downing Funeral Home on Monday the 12th. Due to the condition of the body, this will be a closed casket service. Please send your donations to the "Think Before You Say Things To Your Wife Foundation," Dallas, Texas.
Breaking In
A man went to the Police Station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before. "You'll get your chance in court," said the Desk Sergeant. "No, no, no!" said the man. "I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I've been trying to do that for years!"
World Records
Largest object removed from a human skull
The largest object removed from the human skull is 8 inch survival knife with a serrated blade, which was plunged into the head of 41-year-old Michael Hill(USA) on April 25, 1998. Michael survived the operation and live a normal life.
Fastest circumnavigation by male sailing solo
Francis Joyon(France) circled the world soul nonstop in the 88'6" trimaran in a time of 72 days 22 hours 54 minutes from November 22, 2003 to February 3, 2004.
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