Trevor WholohanThis Day in History
November 21st 2006 01:46
This Day in History Tuesday, November 21st
1620 - The Mayflower reached Provincetown, MA. The ship discharged the Pilgrims at Plymouth, MA, on December 26, 1620.
1789 - North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th U.S. state
1877 - Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph)
1902 - Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
1902 - 1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
1922 - Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator
1927 - Columbine Mine Massacre: Striking coal miners were allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
1938 - Nazi forces occupy western Czech and declared them German citizens
1942 - The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated
1942 - Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties"
1945 - General Motors workers go on strike
1946 - Harry Truman becomes 1st U.S. president to travel in a submerged sub
1949 - Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million
1952 - 1st U.S. postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1959 - Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1963 - President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, arrived in San Antonio, TX. They were beginning an ill-fated, two-day tour of Texas that would end in Dallas.
1967 - Vietnam War: General Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.
1970 - Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast - A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American POWs (they weren’t there)
1974 - George W. Bush is honourably discharged from the US Air Force Reserve.
1974 - Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto
1979 - The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, was attacked by a mob that set the building afire and killed two Americans.
1980 - An estimated 83 million viewers tuned in to find out "who shot J.R." on Dallas.
1985 - Former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was arrested after being accused of spying for Israel. He was later sentenced to life in prison.
1987 - Actress Demi Moore marries actor Bruce Willis
1993 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted against making the District of Columbia the 51st state.
1995 - Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time
2000 - The Florida Supreme Court granted Al Gore's request to keep the presidential recounts going.
Famous Birthday’s November 21st
1945 - Goldie Hawn Takoma Park MD, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)
1966 - Troy Aikman, American football star(quarterback fr the Dallas Cowboys)
1969 - Ken Griffey, Jr., baseball player(Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds)
1971 - Michael Strahan, N.Y. Giants(NFL record for sacks in a season with 22.5)
Joke of the Day
You Know You've Had Too Much Coffee When...
*Juan Valdez names his donkey after you
*You get a speeding ticket even when you're parked
*You grind your coffee beans in your mouth
*You sleep with your eyes open
*You have to watch videos in fast-forward
*You lick your coffee pot clean
*Your eyes stay open when you sneeze
*The nurse needs a scientific calculator to take your pulse
*You can type sixty words a minute with your feet
*You can jump-start your car without cables
*Your only sources of nutrition comes from "Sweet & Low"
*You don't sweat, you percolate
Good Pedigree
The lil' Columbia, Maryland Yuppette was shopping in an upscale pet center. "I want a dog of which I can be proud," she told the salesman. "Does that one have a good pedigree?"
"Miss," declared the clerk, "if she could speak, she wouldn't talk to either one of us."
World Records
Longest Ears n a Dog
The longest ears on a dog measured 34.9 cm (13.75 in) and 34.2 cm (13.5 in) for the right and left ears, respectively, on September 29, 2004. They belong to Tigger, a bloodhound, who is owned by Bryan and Christina Flessner of St Joseph, Illinois, USA.
Longest Ears on a Rabbit
The longest rabbit ears measured 79 cm (31.125 in) in a complete span on November 1, 2003 at the American Rabbit Breeders Association National Show in Wichita, Kansas, USA. The ears belong to an English Lop called Nipper's Geronimo who is owned by Waymon and Margaret Nipper of Bakersfield, California, USA.
1620 - The Mayflower reached Provincetown, MA. The ship discharged the Pilgrims at Plymouth, MA, on December 26, 1620.
1789 - North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th U.S. state
1877 - Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph)
1902 - Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
1902 - 1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
1922 - Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator
1938 - Nazi forces occupy western Czech and declared them German citizens
1942 - The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated
1942 - Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties"
1945 - General Motors workers go on strike
1946 - Harry Truman becomes 1st U.S. president to travel in a submerged sub
1949 - Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million
1952 - 1st U.S. postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1959 - Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1963 - President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, arrived in San Antonio, TX. They were beginning an ill-fated, two-day tour of Texas that would end in Dallas.
1967 - Vietnam War: General Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.
1970 - Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast - A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American POWs (they weren’t there)
1974 - Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto
1979 - The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, was attacked by a mob that set the building afire and killed two Americans.
1980 - An estimated 83 million viewers tuned in to find out "who shot J.R." on Dallas.
1985 - Former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was arrested after being accused of spying for Israel. He was later sentenced to life in prison.
1987 - Actress Demi Moore marries actor Bruce Willis
1993 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted against making the District of Columbia the 51st state.
1995 - Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time
2000 - The Florida Supreme Court granted Al Gore's request to keep the presidential recounts going.
Famous Birthday’s November 21st
1945 - Goldie Hawn Takoma Park MD, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)
1966 - Troy Aikman, American football star(quarterback fr the Dallas Cowboys)
1969 - Ken Griffey, Jr., baseball player(Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds)
1971 - Michael Strahan, N.Y. Giants(NFL record for sacks in a season with 22.5)
Joke of the Day
You Know You've Had Too Much Coffee When...
*Juan Valdez names his donkey after you
*You get a speeding ticket even when you're parked
*You grind your coffee beans in your mouth
*You sleep with your eyes open
*You have to watch videos in fast-forward
*You lick your coffee pot clean
*Your eyes stay open when you sneeze
*The nurse needs a scientific calculator to take your pulse
*You can type sixty words a minute with your feet
*You can jump-start your car without cables
*Your only sources of nutrition comes from "Sweet & Low"
*You don't sweat, you percolate
Good Pedigree
The lil' Columbia, Maryland Yuppette was shopping in an upscale pet center. "I want a dog of which I can be proud," she told the salesman. "Does that one have a good pedigree?"
"Miss," declared the clerk, "if she could speak, she wouldn't talk to either one of us."
World Records
Longest Ears n a Dog
The longest ears on a dog measured 34.9 cm (13.75 in) and 34.2 cm (13.5 in) for the right and left ears, respectively, on September 29, 2004. They belong to Tigger, a bloodhound, who is owned by Bryan and Christina Flessner of St Joseph, Illinois, USA.
Longest Ears on a Rabbit
The longest rabbit ears measured 79 cm (31.125 in) in a complete span on November 1, 2003 at the American Rabbit Breeders Association National Show in Wichita, Kansas, USA. The ears belong to an English Lop called Nipper's Geronimo who is owned by Waymon and Margaret Nipper of Bakersfield, California, USA.
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