Trevor WholohanThis Day in History April 20th
April 20th 2007 00:09
1836 - The U.S. territory of Wisconsin was created by the U.S. Congress.
1853 - Harriet Tubman starts Underground Railroad
1879 - First mobile home (horse drawn) was used in a journey from London to Cyprus.
1894 - 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase
1912 - Fenway Park officially opens, Boston Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6
1912 - Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5
1916 - Wrigley Field opened in Chicago, IL.
1935 - "You're Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
1939 - New York World's Fair opens
1944 - NFL legalizes coaching from the bench
1945 - Soviet troops began their attack on Berlin.
1945 - Allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
1945 - US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet’s.
1945 - World War II: U.S. B-29 bombers destroy the Japanese Musashi Aircraft plants. Halting production of the Nakajima Ki-84 fighter planes.
1953 - Operation Little Switch began in Korea. It was the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war. Thirty Americans were freed.
1961 - FM stereo broadcasting was approved by the FCC.
1962 - The New Orleans Citizens' Council offered a free one-way ride for blacks to move to northern states.
1967 - U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for first time during the Vietnam War.
1972 - Apollo 16's Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2
1978 - The Korean Airliner 007 was shot down while in Russian airspace.
1979 - Jimmy Carter's rabbit incident(A rabbit attacks the President while he’s fishing)
1983 - President Ronald Reagan signs a $165 billion bail-out for Social Security
1984 - In Washington, terrorists bombed an officers club at a Navy yard.
1986 - Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game
1988 - The U.S. Air Forces' Stealth (B-2 bomber) was officially unveiled.
1989 - Scientist announced the successful testing of high-definition TV.
1990 - Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income
1996 - Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season
1997 - 1st baseball game in Hawaii, St Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Padres.
1999 - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 12 students and a teacher with shotguns & pipe bombs before killing themselves in the Columbine High School massacre.
1999 - Largest bombing of Kosovo by the United States in the Kosovo War.
2001 - In Peru an air force jet shot down a Cessna 185 carrying US missionaries, the plane was believed to be trafficking narcotics.
2004 - In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92.
Famous Birthday’s
1889 - Adolf Hitler Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45) Died 1945
1907 - Alan Reed actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone)
1940 - James Gammon Newman IL, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges)
1949 - Jessica Lange Cloquet MN, actress (King Kong, Tootsie, Blue Sky, Cape Fear)
1951 - Luther Vandross, rock vocalist (Here and Now, Never Too Much)Died 2005
1959 - Clint Howard Burbank CA, actor (Gentle Ben, Apollo 13, Austin Powers 1 2)
1964 - Crispin Glover, actor(Back to the Future, Willard, Charlies Angels 1&2)
1972 - Carmen Electra, actress/model/singer(Scary Movie, Starsky & Hutch, Mr. 3000)
Famous Death’s
1912 - Bram Stoker Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies
1992 - Benny Hill comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67
Joke of the Day
I Want to Buy That
A blonde goes into a nearby store and asks a clerk if she can buy the TV in the corner. The clerk looks at her and says that he doesn't serve blondes, so she goes back home and dyes her hair black.
The next day she returns to the store and asks the same thing, and again, the clerk said he doesn't serve blondes. Frustrated, the blonde goes home and dyes her hair yet again, to a shade of red.
Sure that a clerk would sell her the TV this time, she returns and asks a different clerk this time. To her astonishment, this clerk also says that she doesn't serve blondes.
The blonde asks the clerk, "How in the world do you know I am a blonde?"
The clerk looks at her disgustedly and says,"That's not a TV -- it's a microwave!"
Little Johnny
One day in school the teacher asked " If there are three crows sitting on a fence and a farmer shoots one of them, how many are left sitting on the fence? So little Johnny starts waving his hand saying "I know, I know." Reluctantly, the teacher calls on him. "Ok Johnny, How many crows are left?" Johnny says "None" The teacher said "How do you figure that?" Johnny said "After the farmer shot the one crow the noise would scare off the other two." "Well", said the teacher. "The correct answer is two, but I like the way you think."
Johnny then asked the teacher if he could ask her a question. He said
"There are three women sitting on a park bench eating ice-cream cones. One of the women is licking her cone, one is taking small bites and the last one puts the whole cone in her mouth at once. Which one is married?" The teacher thought awhile, then said "The last one"
Johnny says "No, it’s the one with the wedding ring on, but I like the way you think."
World Records
Highest Mountain
The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. Its peak rises to 29,028 feet 9 inches(8,848m)-the highest point in the world.
Fastest ascent of Everest
Lakpa Gelu Sherpa(Nepal) May 80 successful ascent of Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes on May 26, 2003 the fastest ever climb from base camp to the summit.
Most Conquests of Mount Everest
Apa Sherpa(Nepal) completed his 13th successful climb up Everest on May 26, 2003.
Earliest solo summit
Reinhold Messner(Italy) was the first to successfully climb Mount Everest solo reaching the summit on August 20, 1980. It took him three days to make the ascent from the base camp at 21,325 ft, to make it all the more difficult he didn’t use bottled oxygen.
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