Trevor WholohanThis Day in History September 13th
September 12th 2007 23:18
This Day in History
1788 - The United States Constitutional Convention sets the date for the country's first presidential election, and New York City becomes the temporary capital of the U.S
1789 - The United States Government took out its first loan.
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner
1847 - Mexican-American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City in the Mexican-American War.
1899 - Henry Bliss is the first person in the U.S. to be killed in an automobile accident.
1922 - In El Azizia, Libya, the highest shade temperature was recorded at 136.4F degrees
1939 - Canada enters World War II.
1940 - German bombs damage Buckingham Palace.
1940 - Italy invades Egypt.
1943 - Chiang Kai-shek elected president of the Republic of China.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
1961 - "Car 54 Where are You?" premiers on TV
1963 - "The Outer Limits" premiers
1963 - Yanks clinch their 28th pennant
1965 - Baseball: Willie Mays becomes the fifth member of the 500 home run club.
1971 - State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to end a prison revolt. 42 people die in the assault.
1977 - The first diesel automobiles were introduced by General Motors.
1981 Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay)
1983 - US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1985 - Nintendo releases its smash-hit Super Mario Bros.
1987 - Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and leading some to die from radiation poisoning.
1987 - Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
1988 - Forecasters reported that Hurricane Gilbert's was the strongest hurricane ever recorded
1993 - "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" premiered on NBC.
1994 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signed a $30 billion crime bill into law.
1995 - A grenade was fired at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, there were no injuries.
2000 - In Albuquerque, NM, former Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee pleaded guilty to one count of mishandling nuclear secrets.
2001 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell named Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the terror attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
2001 - Civilian aircraft traffic in the U.S., which had been grounded following the September 11, 2001 attacks, is allowed to resume.
2006 - At Dawson College (Montreal), Kimveer Gill kills one student and wounds 19 others before committing suicide.
Famous Birthday’s
1860 - Gen John J (Blackjack) Pershing US commander in WW I, Died 1948
1925 - Mel Torme, Chic Ill, jazz singer "Velvet Fog" (Jet Set, Night Court) Died 1999
1948 - Nell Carter Birmingham Ala, actress (Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo)Died 2003
1971 - Stella Nina McCartney daughter of Paul & Linda McCartney
Famous Death’s
1803 - John Barry 1st American commodore, dies
1982 - Philip Ober actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 80
1996 - Tupac Shakur, aka 2Pac, American rapper and actor (b. 1971)
1998 - George Wallace, Alabama Governor, Paralyzed in assassination attempt(b. 1919)
Joke of he Day
Get Better Soon
A retired man who volunteers to entertain patients in nursing homes and hospitals went to one local hospital in Brooklyn and took his portable keyboard along. He told some jokes and sang some funny songs at patients' bedsides.
When he finished he said, in farewell, "I hope you get better."
One elderly gentleman replied, "I hope you do, too."
The Tooth Fairy
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"
World Records
Largest Gathering Of VW Camper Vans
Westfalia International Camping-Car Club, based in Quebec, Canada, arranged the largest ever gathering of Volkswagen Westfalia camper vans on June 12, 1999, when 489 were arranged at the Camping des Voltigeurs in St. Charles de Drummond, Canada.
World's Longest Eyebrow
Leonard Traenkenschuh of Port Townsend, Washington, has a 3 and a half inches eyebrow hair (and still growing!): Leonard has two - count 'em, two - hairs past that length. His longest strand is 3½ inches. "I didn't set out to grow a hair to set a record," says the man who has lived in Port Townsend since 1980 and works at the hospital transcribing medical records. "This just happened." Leonard, 56, has never been a particularly hairy person. He does not have a beard and does not have thick sideburns or a mustache. "I just have fertile brows," he says.
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