Trevor WholohanThis Day in History April 11th
April 10th 2007 23:28
You know You've been bad when this Happens!!
1865 - Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech.
1890 - Ellis Island designated as an immigration station
1898 - U.S. President McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war with Spain.
1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect.
1900 - US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
1906 - Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1921 - Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax.
1941 - Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets
1942 - Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized
1945 - Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald, Germany
1950 - US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
1951 - Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas McArthur.
1956 - Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by KKK
1961 - Bob Dylan's makes his singing debut at Folk City, Greenwich Village, NY.
1965 - Palm Sunday outbreak: 51 tornadoes strike midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000
1968 - Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon and didn’t make it.
1970 - Beatles' "Let It Be", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1974 - WWII war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1975 - Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewers)
1980 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment
1981 - Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1985 - Scientists measured the distance between the earth and moon within one inch.
1985 - President Reagan announced he would visit the Nazi cemetery at Bitburg.
1986 - In Groton, CT, the submarine Nautilus exhibit opened to the public.
1986 - Kellogg's stopped giving tours of its breakfast-food plant. The reason for the end of the 80-year tradition was said to be that company secrets were at risk due to spies from other cereal companies.
1990 - New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winners (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51)
1991 - U.N. Security Council issued a formal cease-fire with Iraq.
1992 - Euro-Disney opens near Paris France
2001 - Australia beat American Samoa 31-0 in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying game, an international record.
2001 - China agreed to release 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E Navy crew had been held since April 1 on Hainon, where the plane had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet.
Famous Birthday’s
1950 - Bill Irwin Santa Monica, actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall)
1987 - Joss Stone, English singer(Fell in love with a boy, Spoiled, Right to be Wrong)
Famous Death’s
1906 - James A Bailey circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58
1992 - James Brown actor (Rip-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 72
2006 - June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)
Joke of the Day
Sad News
What with all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week.
Larry La Prise, the man who wrote the song "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully at age 93.
The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in...
...and then the trouble started.
The Frog
A frog walks into a bank and asks the teller, "Who do I talk to about getting a loan?" The teller shows him to the office of the loans manager, Ms. Patricia Black.
"I would like a loan for $20.00 to buy a new lily pad," the frog tells her.
"Do you have any collateral?" asks Ms. Black.
The frog produces a small statuette of the Eiffel Tower with the inscription "Souvenir of Paris" engraved on the base. Unsure whether or not the object is worth the amount of the loan, she summons the bank manager.
The manager inspects the trinket, nods his head, and says, "It's a knick-knack, Patty Black - give the frog a loan."
World Records
Hottest planet
Venus has an average temperature of around 896F (480C). The scorching heat is hot enough to melt lead and coupled with the atrocious atmosphere, makes exploration of the surface by probes very difficult. If you were to step onto the surface of Venus you would be simultaneously crushed by the pressure, incinerated by the heat, dissolved by the sulfuric acid, and suffocated by the carbon dioxide.
Planet with the longest day
While the earth takes 23 hours 56 minutes and four seconds to complete one rotation, Venus takes 243.16 earth days to spin once, but a year on Venus is only 224.7 days.
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