Trevor WholohanThis Day in History September 18th
September 17th 2007 23:37
This Day in History
1789 - American government takes out first ever loan, a total of $191,608.81.
1793 - U.S. President George Washington laid the actual cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.
1830 - The "Tom Thumb", the first locomotive built in America, raced a horse on a nine mile course. The horse won when the locomotive had some mechanical difficulties.
1851 - The first issue of "The New York Times" was published.
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga
1919 - Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast
1926 - Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250
1939 - World War II: A German U-boat sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
1944 - World War II: British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru, 5,600 killed.
1945 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
1945 - In Gary, Indiana, 1000 whites walk out of schools to protest integration.
1947 - Country singers Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City, making it the venue's first country performance.
1947 - The U.S. Air Force was established as a separate military branch.
1950 - Kimpo Airfield, Korea, was completed. A helicopter was the first aircraft to land on it.
1955 - The "Ed Sullivan Show" began on CBS-TV. The show had been "The Toast of the Town" since 1948.
1957 - "Wagon Train" premiers
1963 - "The Patty Duke Show" premiered on ABC-TV.
1964 - North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
1965 - "Get Smart" premiers
1965 - The first episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" was shown on NBC-TV. The last show was televised on September 1, 1970.
1973 - East and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
1975 - The FBI captured newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst in San Francisco, CA. 19 months earlier she had been kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1976 - Mao Tse Tung's funeral takes place in Beijing.
1980 - Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
1983 - George Meegen completes 19,000 mi walk across Western Hemisphere
1984 - Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic.
1987 - Ronald Reagan announces joint destruction of nuclear war heads by USA & USSR
1990 - A 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC
1997 - U.S. media magnate Ted Turner donates USD $1 billion to the United Nations.
1998 - 18 people, children, were massacred by gunmen in el Sauzal, Mexico. The victims were lined up in firing squad style after being dragged from their beds.
2001 - Letters postmarked in Trenton, N.J., and later tested positive for anthrax, were sent to the New York Post and NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw.
2003 - Robert Duvall received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2004 - Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours.
Famous Birthday’s
1905 - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Oakland Calif, actor (Jack Benny Show)
1905 - Greta Garbo Stockholm (Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille)
1933 - Robert Blake Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast)
1940 - Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, actor, Beach movies, /singer, Venus
1971 - Lance Armstrong, born in Plano, Texas, road cyclist, Won 7 Tour De France’s
Famous Death’s
1970 - Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27
1996 - Spiro Theodore Agnew, U.S. VP (1969-73), dies at 77
Joke of the Day
Sperm Count
A 75-year-old man went to the doctor's office to get a sperm count. The Doctor gave the man a jar and said, "Take this jar home and bring me back a sample tomorrow." The next day, the 75-year-old man reappears at the doctor's office and gives him the jar, which is as clean and empty as the previous day. The doctor asks what happened, and the man explains, "Well, Doc, it's like this. First I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then I tried with my left hand, but nothing. Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, but nothing. Then with her left, but nothing. She even tried with her mouth, first with her teeth in, then with he teeth out, and still nothing. Hell, we even called up the lady next door, and she tried with both hands and her mouth too, but nothing." The doctor was shocked. "You asked your neighbor?" The old man replied, "Yep, but no matter what we tried, we couldn't get that damn jar opened!"
Question: How can you help a starving cannibal? Answer: Give them a hand!
Question: How many blonde jokes are there? Answer: One. The rest are all true stories.
World Records
Most Indianapolis 500 Wins
The most Indy 500 pole positions by an individual driver is six by Rick Mears (USA) 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991
Smallest Street-Legal Car
The Peel P50 is 53 in long, 39 in wide, and 53 in high, smaller than an average fairground bumper car. The vehicle was built by Peel Engineering Co. at Peel, Isle of Man, UK, from 1962 until 1965. The lightweight single-seater car was capable of speeds of up to 40 mph. The car was not a big seller since it was very unstable, cramped and noisy. Neither did it have a reverse gear.
Most powerful production car
The Bugatti Veyron, which when into production in October 2005, has a power output of 1,001 hp from its 8-litre (488 cu in), 16-cylinder engine. The engine has four turbochargers, a top speed of 253 mph and sells for $1.4 million.
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