Trevor WholohanThis Day in History April 26th
April 26th 2007 00:06
1607 - 1st time British establish an American colony land at Cape Henry VA
1721 - Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated
1805 - United States Marines captured Derne, Tripoli
1865 - Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin in Virginia.
1912 - 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
1921 - Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio in St. Louis, MO.
1931 - Lou Gehrig hits a homerun but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake costs him American League home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season
1933 - The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
1941 - A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
1942 - The worst-ever mining accident in history kills 1,549 miners in an explosion at the Honkeiko Colliery, Manchuria.
1943 - An American squadron bombards the Japanese held harbors on Attu Island.
1944 - 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down
1954 - Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins
1954 - The Geneva Conference, to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
1959 - Cuba invades Panamá
1961 - Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
1962 - NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
1968 - US underground nuclear test in Nevada desert, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device
1968 - Students seized the administration building at Ohio State University.
1971 - The U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966
1977 - NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens
1980 - Iran scattered US hostages from the US Embassy to thwart any rescues from US
1981 - Largest US bank robbery (Tucson AZ), more than $33 million stolen
1982 - Rod Stewart is mugged, the gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche
1986 - The world's worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in the Ukraine. 31 died in the incident and thousands more were exposed to radioactive material
1991 - 23 people die when 70 tornadoes break out in the central United States.
1992 "Who's The Boss", final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
1993 - NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman
2002 - In Erfurt, Germany, an expelled student killed 17 people at his former school. The student then killed himself.
2003 - Russia launched a Soyuz rocket with, American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, to keep the space station operating while Shuttle flights are suspended.
Famous Birthday’s
1895 - Rudolf Hess Hitler's Deputy Führer, only prisoner at Spandau, Died 1987
1906 - Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show)
1927 - Jack Douglas comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show)
1942 - Bobby Rydell Philadelphia PA, rock singer (Wild One, Volare, Bye Bye Birdie)
1963 - Jet Li, Chinese martial artist/actor(Lethal Weapon 4, Romeo Must Die, Hero)
1983 - Jessica Lynch, American P.O.W.(First one since World War II)
Famous Death’s
1865 - John Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA at 27
1970 - Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of Southampton), dies rom cancer at 56
1973 - Irene Ryan actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1981 - Jim Davis actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65
1989 - Lucille Ball comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy), dies of a heart attack at 78
Joke of the Day
Visa
A businessman called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him he needed a visa. "Oh no I don't, I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!"
Blonde Sky Divers
A blonde and a brunette are skydiving. The brunette jumps out the plane and pulls the cord -- nothing happens. She pulls the emergency cord and still nothing.
The blonde finally jumps out of the plane and yells "Oh! So you wanna race, huh?"
World Records
Highest Waterfall
The Salto Angel on a branch of the Carrao River, Venezuela, is the highest waterfall in the world. It has a total drop of 3,212 ft(979m) the longest single drop being 2,648 feet.
Largest Dinosaur Skull
Torosaurus a ceratopsid, had the largest skull of all known land animals. A herbivore, Torosaurus measured around 25ft(7.6m) in length and weight up to 17,600lb(8 tonnes). It’s skull measured up to 9ft 10in(3m) in length and weigh up to 4,400 pounds.
The largest single dinosaur skull ever found measures 10ft 6in in height and belong to a Pentaceratops(five horn lizard) skeleton.
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