Trevor WholohanThis Day in History September 11th
September 11th 2007 00:03
This Day in History
1772 - About 300 Indians and 50 British soldiers began the siege of Fort Henry. This was the beginning of the final battle of the American Revolution.
1773 - Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace."
1776 - A Peace Conference was held between British General Howe and three representatives of the Continental Congress (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge). The conference failed and the American war for independence continued for seven years.
1789 - Alexander Hamilton was appointed by U.S. President George Washington to be the first secretary of the treasury.
1886 - Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup
1918 - Baseball: The Boston Red Sox won the World Series; they would not do so again until October 27, 2004 after 86 years.
1921 - Motion picture star Fatty Arbuckle is arrested for rape.
1936 - Boulder Dam in Nevada was dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by turning on the dam's first hydroelectric generator. The dam is now called Hoover Dam.
1941 - FDR orders any German ship found in American waters be sunk on sight
1941 - In Arlington, VA, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon took place.
1944 - WW II: the first allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the border of Nazi Germany.
1944 - RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt, Germany and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
1954 - The Miss America pageant made its network TV debut. Miss California was the winner.
1959 - The U.S. Congress passed a bill authorizing the creation of food stamps.
1965 - 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) arrived in South Vietnam and was stationed at An Khe.
1967 - The Carol Burnett Show premiered on CBS.
1970 - The Ford Pinto is introduced.(Boom)
1970 - The last "Get Smart" episode aired on CBS-TV.
1974 - "Little House On The Prairie" made its television debut.
1985 - A U.S. satellite passed through the tail of the Giacobini-Zinner comet. It was the first on-the-spot sampling of a comet.
1985 - Baseball: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb's record which stood for over 60 years.
1987 - CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, angry over being preempted for a tennis match, marches off the set, leaving affiliates with 6 minutes of an empty news desk
1990 - U.S. President Bush vowed "Saddam Hussein will fail" while addressing Congress on the Persian Gulf crisis.
1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
2001 - In the U.S., four airliners were hijacked and were intentionally crashed. Two airliners hit the World Trade Center, which collapsed shortly after, in New York City, NY. One airliner hit the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Another airliner crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people were killed.
2002 - Nick Nolte was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He was released later in the day on $2,500 bail.
Famous Birthday’s
1913 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (d. 1983)
1924 - Tom Landry NFL player (NY Giants), coach (Dallas Cowboys) Died 2000
1936 - Charles Dierkop LaCrosse Wisc, actor (Det Pete Royster-Police Woman)
1967 - Harry Connick, Jr., American singer and Actor(Memphis Bell, Will and Grace)
1987 - Lorne Greene, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica), dies at 72
1994 - Jessica Tandy, actress (Driving Miss Daisy), dies of cancer at 85
Famous Death’s - September 11, 2001 Terrorist attacks
Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Chief of Department, FDNY
David Angell, Producer of Frasier, Cheers Wings (b. 1946)American Airlines 11
Angel L. Juarbe, Jr., American firefighter, winner of Murder in Small Town X reality show (b. 1966) was in the North Tower when it collapsed
John P. O'Neill, former FBI agent, and Director of Security at the World Trade Center (b.1952)was in the Tower when it collapsed
Joke of the Day
Coffee Drive Threw
I pulled up to the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant and ordered coffee. I asked the clerk to put some ice cubes into the cup so that I could drink the cool coffee quickly. At the window, there was a delay. Finally, a teen-aged girl came to the window looking frustrated. "I'm having a problem," she announced. "The ice keeps melting."
The Church Gossip
Mildred, the church gossip, self-appointed monitor of the church's morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several members did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence.
She made a mistake, however, when she accused Henry, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup truck parked in front of the town's only bar one afternoon.
She emphatically told Henry and several others that anyone who saw it there would know what he was doing.
Henry, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing.
Later that night, Henry quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's house . . walked home . . . and left it there all night. You gotta love people like Henry.
World Records
Highest Car Mileage
A 1966 Volvo P-1800S owned by Irvin Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA, had covered in excess of 2,219,751 miles by March 2004. The car is still driven on a daily basis and covers over 100,000 miles per year, thanks in part to being driven to numerous car shows and events in Europe and the USA.
Largest Car Engine
The greatest engine capacity of a production car is the V-16, 13.5 liters (824 cu in), shared by the US Pierce-Arrow 6-66 Raceabout of 1912-18, the US Peerless 6-60 of 1912-14. The V-16 put out 600Hp to 1000hp. The largest V style motor ever made was the 3100HP V-24 engine was built by FIAT in the early 30s as a powerplant for the competition aeroplane Macchi M.C72.
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