Trevor WholohanThis Day in History September 4th
September 3rd 2007 23:28
This Day in History
1862 - Robert E. Lee's Confederate 50,000-man army invaded Maryland.
1882 - Thomas Edison displayed the first practical electrical lighting system. He successfully turned on the lights in a one square mile area of New York City.
1886 - Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders.
1888 - George Eastman received patent #388,850 for his roll-film camera and registered his trademark: "Kodak." George Eastman introduced the box camera.
1917 - The American expeditionary force in France suffered its first fatalities in World War I.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
1933 - 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
1939 - World War II: Japan declares neutrality in European war.
1940 - For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks a United States ship (the USS Greer) despite US neutrality and causing tensions to heighten.
1944 - WW II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberate the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1945 - Japanese army and naval forces surrender on Wake Island after hearing word of their nation's surrender.
1950 - 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
1950 - The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
1950 - Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1957 - The Ford Motor Company began selling the Edsel. The car was so unpopular that it was taken off the market only two years.
1965 - Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1967 - "Gilligan's Island" aired for the last time on CBS-TV. It ran for 98 shows.
1969 - Radio Hanoi announces the death of Ho Chi Minh, proclaiming that the National Liberation Front will halt military operations in the South for three days, September 8-11, in mourning for Ho
1971 - "The Lawrence Welk Show" was seen for the last time on ABC-TV.
1972 - US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 Olympic gold medals
1981 - Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7(started on 9/3)
1981 - Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
1989 - A reconnaissance satellite was released by the Air Force's Titan Three rocket. The Titan Three set over 200 satellites into space between 1964 and 1989.
1990 - ir evacuation of Western women and children stranded in Iraq and Kuwait resumes.
1993 - Jim Abbott, pitcher for the New York Yankees, pitched a no-hitter. Abbott had been born without a right hand.
1998 - While in Ireland, U.S. President Clinton said the words "I'm sorry" for the first time about his affair with Monica Lewinsky and described his behavior as indefensible.
2002 - President Bush promised to seek Congress' approval for "whatever is necessary" to oust Saddam Hussein including using military force.
2003 - Kegan Reilly, 22, became the first parapalegic climber to reach the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji.
Famous Birthday’s
1917 - Henry Ford II was born. He was the head of the Ford Motor Co. for 40 years.
1918 - Paul Harvey Tulsa Okla, news commentator (The rest of the story)
1928 - Dick York Fort Wayne Ind, actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind)
1968 - Mike Piazza(Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and Oakland A's and holds the career record for home runs hit by a catcher
Famous Death’s
1991 - Dottie West country singer(Together Again, Its High Time)dies at 58 in car crash
2006 - Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, Australian naturalist and television personality died by a stingray stabbing him in the heart by the Great Barrier Reef. (b. 1962)
Joke of the Day
How to feel good
I am passing this on to you because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr. Phil proclaimed, "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished." So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and last night I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream, a bottle of Kahlua, a package of Oreos and the remainder of my old Prozac prescription. You have no idea how FREAKING GOOD I feel. Please pass this on to those whom you think might be in need of inner peace.
Bad Day
A guy was watching over his kid for nightly prayers. The kid says, "Goodnight mommy, daddy, grandpa, and goodbye grandma." The next day the grandma dies. The guy thinks this is really weird. That night, the kid says "Goodnight mommy, daddy, and goodbye grandpa" The next day the grandpa dies. The father is like this is really weird. That night the kid says, "Goodnight mommy, and goodbye daddy." The father freaks. He's all like I'm gonna die. So the next day he goes to work really slowly and carefully, and is nice to everyone at work. at the end of the day, he drives home really carefully and collapses into a chair. He says," Honey, can you get me a cup of coffee? I've had a really bad day.
She says YOU'VE had a bad day! I found the mailman dead on the doorstep!
World Records
Largest Leatherback turtle
The leatherback turtle averages 6-7 feet from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail. They measure about 7 feet across the front flippers and can weigh up to 1000 pounds.
Oldest Crocodilian
The greatest authenticated age for a crocodilian is 66 years -achieved by a female American alligator that arrived at Adelaide zoo, South Australia, on June 5, 1914 when she was two years old. She died on September 26, 1978.
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