Trevor WholohanA Day in History
November 23rd 2006 02:53
This Day in History Thursday, November 23rd
1852 Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)
1863 Battle of Chattanooga begins
1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
1876 Columbia, Harvard & Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association
1887 Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan
1887 The opera "The Trumpeter of Suckingen" 1st American production (NYC)
1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)
1904 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis
1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
1942 Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized
1942 Steward Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat was torpedoed
1943 US forces seized control of Tarawa & Makin from Japanese
1945 The U.S. wartime rationing of most foods ended.
1947 Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21)
1963 JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House
1964 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
1968 Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson
1975 Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
1982 NY Islanders & Minnesota North Stars play to an 8-8 tie
1985 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijacked Egyptair jet in Malta
1985 Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China
1988 South Africa: Botha reprieves Sharpeville Six
1988 Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
1988 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
1989 Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines
1992 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
1994 About 111 people, mostly women and children, were killed in a stampede after Indian police baton-charged tribal protesters in the western city of Nagpur.
1998 Dennis Rodman filed for an annulment from Carmen Electra. The two had been married on November 14, 1998.
1998 The tobacco industry signed the biggest U.S. civil settlement. It was a $206-billion deal to resolve remaining state claims for treating sick smokers.
Famous Birthday’s November 23rd
1804 - Franklin Pierce 14th President (1853-1857)Died 1869
1859 - Billy the Kid [William H Bonney], Outlaw gunslinger
1887 - Boris Karloff [William H Pratt], Dulwich England, actor (Frankenstein)D. 1969
1888 - Harpo Marx [Adolph] NYC, actor/comedian (Marx brothers) Died 1964
Famous Death’s
1982 - Rev Grady Nutt actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
1990 - Bo Diaz catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish, at 37
1991 - Freddie Mercury lead singer of Queen, dies of aids at 46
1992 - Roy Acuff, American musician (b. 1903)
Joke of the Day---Wedding Dress Blues When my sister Andrea got married, she asked to wear my mother's wedding dress. The day she tried it on for the first time I was sitting with Mother in the living room as Andrea descended the stairs. The gown was a perfect fit on her petite frame. Mother's eyes welled with tears. I put my arm around her.
"You're not losing a daughter," I reminded her in time-honored fashion. "You're gaining a son."
"Oh, forget about that!" she said with a sob. "I used to fit into that dress!"
Late for Work
Late for work already, I was annoyed to find a strange car in my reserved parking space again. After locating a spot far away, I stormed into my office determined, to have the car towed. As the morning wore on, however, my anger cooled, and I decided to give the driver another chance.
During lunchtime, I went outside and left this note on the driver's windshield:
"Please don't take my parking space. If you do, and your car disappears, don't say I never towed you!"
World Records - Heaviest Apple
The heaviest apple weighed 1.849 kg (4 lb 1 oz) and was grown and picked by Chisato Iwasaki at his apple farm in Hirosaki City, Japan October 24, 2005.
Heaviest Lemon
The world's heaviest lemon weighed 5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz) on January 8, 2003 and was grown by Aharon Shemoel (Israel) on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel.
Tallest Armaranthus
The world's tallest amaranth plant (Amaranthus australis) measured 4.61 m (15.12 ft) on September 29, 2004 and was grown by David Brenner (USA) at Iowa State University.
1852 Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)
1863 Battle of Chattanooga begins
1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
1876 Columbia, Harvard & Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association
1887 Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan
1887 The opera "The Trumpeter of Suckingen" 1st American production (NYC)
1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)
1904 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis
1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
1942 Steward Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat was torpedoed
1943 US forces seized control of Tarawa & Makin from Japanese
1945 The U.S. wartime rationing of most foods ended.
1947 Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21)
1963 JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House
1964 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
1968 Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson
1975 Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
1982 NY Islanders & Minnesota North Stars play to an 8-8 tie
1985 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijacked Egyptair jet in Malta
1985 Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China
1988 South Africa: Botha reprieves Sharpeville Six
1988 Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
1988 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
1989 Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines
1992 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
1998 Dennis Rodman filed for an annulment from Carmen Electra. The two had been married on November 14, 1998.
1998 The tobacco industry signed the biggest U.S. civil settlement. It was a $206-billion deal to resolve remaining state claims for treating sick smokers.
Famous Birthday’s November 23rd
1804 - Franklin Pierce 14th President (1853-1857)Died 1869
1859 - Billy the Kid [William H Bonney], Outlaw gunslinger
1887 - Boris Karloff [William H Pratt], Dulwich England, actor (Frankenstein)D. 1969
1888 - Harpo Marx [Adolph] NYC, actor/comedian (Marx brothers) Died 1964
Famous Death’s
1982 - Rev Grady Nutt actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
1990 - Bo Diaz catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish, at 37
1991 - Freddie Mercury lead singer of Queen, dies of aids at 46
1992 - Roy Acuff, American musician (b. 1903)
Joke of the Day---Wedding Dress Blues When my sister Andrea got married, she asked to wear my mother's wedding dress. The day she tried it on for the first time I was sitting with Mother in the living room as Andrea descended the stairs. The gown was a perfect fit on her petite frame. Mother's eyes welled with tears. I put my arm around her.
"You're not losing a daughter," I reminded her in time-honored fashion. "You're gaining a son."
"Oh, forget about that!" she said with a sob. "I used to fit into that dress!"
Late for Work
Late for work already, I was annoyed to find a strange car in my reserved parking space again. After locating a spot far away, I stormed into my office determined, to have the car towed. As the morning wore on, however, my anger cooled, and I decided to give the driver another chance.
During lunchtime, I went outside and left this note on the driver's windshield:
"Please don't take my parking space. If you do, and your car disappears, don't say I never towed you!"
World Records - Heaviest Apple
The heaviest apple weighed 1.849 kg (4 lb 1 oz) and was grown and picked by Chisato Iwasaki at his apple farm in Hirosaki City, Japan October 24, 2005.
Heaviest Lemon
The world's heaviest lemon weighed 5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz) on January 8, 2003 and was grown by Aharon Shemoel (Israel) on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel.
Tallest Armaranthus
The world's tallest amaranth plant (Amaranthus australis) measured 4.61 m (15.12 ft) on September 29, 2004 and was grown by David Brenner (USA) at Iowa State University.
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