Trevor WholohanThis Day in History
November 22nd 2006 02:41
This Day in History Wednesday, Nov. 22nd
1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers cornered him aboard his ship and killed him. He was shot and stabbed more than 25 times.
1842 - Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts
1917 - The National Hockey League (NHL) was officially formed in Montreal, Canada.
1923 - Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death
1927 - 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc)
1935 - The first trans-Pacific airmail flight began in Alameda, CA, when the flying boat known as the China Clipper left for Manila. The craft was carrying over 110,000 pieces of mail.
1942 - Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man
1942 - During World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad began.
1943 - FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan
1950 - The lowest scoring game in the NBA was played. The Fort Wayne Pistons defeated the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18.
1954 - The Humane Society forms
1955 - RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss
1961 - Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues
1963 - U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President.
1968 - Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album
1968 - 1st interracial TV kiss, Star Trek-Kirk and Uhura
1972 - U.S. ends 22 year travel ban to China
1976 - Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts
1977 - Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins
1980 - Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil.
1984 - Fred Rogers of PBS' "Mr Rogers? Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution
1985 - Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens
1990 - George Bush has Thanksgiving dinner with U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
1996 - O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true"
1998 - CBS's "60 Minutes" aired a tape of Jack Kevorkian giving lethal drugs in an assisted suicide of a terminally ill patient. Kevorkian was later sentenced to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder.
2005 - Ted Koppel retires after hosting Nightline for over 26 years.
Famous Birthday’s November 22nd
1921 - Rodney Dangerfield Babylon NY, comedian (Caddyshack, Back to School)
1932 - Robert Vaughn NYC, actor (Napoleon Solo-Man from UNCLE, I Spy)
1943 - Billie Jean King Cal, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75) 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis L.A. CA, actress ( Halloween, Trading Places, True Lies)
1961 - Mariel Hemingway Ketchum Id, actress (Manhattan, Personal Best)
Famous Death’s
1718 - Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, dies off Virginia coast 1963 - John F Kennedy 35th U.S. President, shot dead in Dallas, Texas, born 1917
1980 - Mae West dies at her Hollywood residence at 87, born 1893
1983 - Michael Conrad actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58
Joke of the Day
Top Five Most Frivolous Cases Filed By New York City Prisoners
* Francis Hugh Smith claimed New York owed him US$10 million because faulty medical care caused amnesia that made him leave his work-release job and forget to return to prison.
* Anthony Malloy sough "US$989 billion trillion" because he said prison guards beat up his jacket, which he was not wearing at the time. His case was dismissed.
* Anthony Gill claimed secondhand cigarette smoke from other inmates caused him medical problems -- altho' he buys cigarettes from the prison commissary.
* Jose Reyes wants US$1000 because the state made him eat vegetable diet loaf after he violated prison rules. He said he lost 450g.
* Thomas Higgins sued the state for US$10,000 because a prison laundry machine broke and he claims a constitutional right to clean clothes and blankets.
World Records
Most Calves in a Single Birth
The most calves born in a single birth is five, all of whom were born on March 18, 2005 at the Santa Clara Ranch, Congregacion Garza, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The owners are Mr Guadalupe Olivares Garza & Sons.
Highest Ranking Camel
The world's highest ranking law-enforcement camel is Bert, who was accepted as Reserve Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, San Dimas, USA on April 5, 2003 and regulary goes on patrol with his handler Nance Fite (USA).
Fastest Car Widow opened by a Dog
The fastest time a dog has unwound a non-electric car window is 11.34 seconds and was achieved by Striker, a border collie owned and trained by Francis V. Gadassi (Hungary). The record was set on September 1, 2004 in Quebéc City, Canada.
1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers cornered him aboard his ship and killed him. He was shot and stabbed more than 25 times.
1842 - Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts
1917 - The National Hockey League (NHL) was officially formed in Montreal, Canada.
1923 - Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death
1927 - 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc)
1942 - Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man
1942 - During World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad began.
1943 - FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan
1950 - The lowest scoring game in the NBA was played. The Fort Wayne Pistons defeated the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18.
1954 - The Humane Society forms
1955 - RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss
1961 - Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues
1963 - U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President.
1968 - Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album
1968 - 1st interracial TV kiss, Star Trek-Kirk and Uhura
1976 - Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts
1977 - Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins
1980 - Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil.
1984 - Fred Rogers of PBS' "Mr Rogers? Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution
1985 - Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens
1990 - George Bush has Thanksgiving dinner with U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
1996 - O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true"
1998 - CBS's "60 Minutes" aired a tape of Jack Kevorkian giving lethal drugs in an assisted suicide of a terminally ill patient. Kevorkian was later sentenced to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder.
2005 - Ted Koppel retires after hosting Nightline for over 26 years.
Famous Birthday’s November 22nd
1921 - Rodney Dangerfield Babylon NY, comedian (Caddyshack, Back to School)
1932 - Robert Vaughn NYC, actor (Napoleon Solo-Man from UNCLE, I Spy)
1943 - Billie Jean King Cal, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75) 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis L.A. CA, actress ( Halloween, Trading Places, True Lies)
1961 - Mariel Hemingway Ketchum Id, actress (Manhattan, Personal Best)
Famous Death’s
1718 - Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, dies off Virginia coast 1963 - John F Kennedy 35th U.S. President, shot dead in Dallas, Texas, born 1917
1980 - Mae West dies at her Hollywood residence at 87, born 1893
1983 - Michael Conrad actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58
Joke of the Day
Top Five Most Frivolous Cases Filed By New York City Prisoners
* Francis Hugh Smith claimed New York owed him US$10 million because faulty medical care caused amnesia that made him leave his work-release job and forget to return to prison.
* Anthony Malloy sough "US$989 billion trillion" because he said prison guards beat up his jacket, which he was not wearing at the time. His case was dismissed.
* Anthony Gill claimed secondhand cigarette smoke from other inmates caused him medical problems -- altho' he buys cigarettes from the prison commissary.
* Jose Reyes wants US$1000 because the state made him eat vegetable diet loaf after he violated prison rules. He said he lost 450g.
* Thomas Higgins sued the state for US$10,000 because a prison laundry machine broke and he claims a constitutional right to clean clothes and blankets.
World Records
Most Calves in a Single Birth
The most calves born in a single birth is five, all of whom were born on March 18, 2005 at the Santa Clara Ranch, Congregacion Garza, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The owners are Mr Guadalupe Olivares Garza & Sons.
Highest Ranking Camel
The world's highest ranking law-enforcement camel is Bert, who was accepted as Reserve Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, San Dimas, USA on April 5, 2003 and regulary goes on patrol with his handler Nance Fite (USA).
Fastest Car Widow opened by a Dog
The fastest time a dog has unwound a non-electric car window is 11.34 seconds and was achieved by Striker, a border collie owned and trained by Francis V. Gadassi (Hungary). The record was set on September 1, 2004 in Quebéc City, Canada.
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