Trevor WholohanThis Day in History September 27th
September 26th 2007 23:36
This Day in History
1787 - The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification(adoption).
1854 - The steamship Arctic sank off Cape Race, Newfoundland, with 300 people onboard. It was the first major disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
1881 - Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12
1923 - Lou Gehrig's 1st homer
1930 - White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle the ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns
1939 - Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance
1940 - The Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin.
1941 - The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of 2,700 Liberty ships made.
1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the Army.
1942 - NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down
1950 - President Truman authorized military operations north of the 38th parallel.
1954 - The "Tonight!" show made its debut on NBC-TV with Steve Allen as host.
1963 - At 10:59 AM the census clock, records US population at 190,000,000
1964 - Warren Commission released, finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
1968 - Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of the year
1970 - Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error
1970 - "The Original Amateur Hour" aired for the last time on CBS. It had been on for 22 years.
1973 - U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew said he would not resign after he pleaded "no contest" to a charge of tax evasion. He did resign on October 10th.
1973 - Nolan Ryan strikesout his 383rd batter of the year
1979 - The Department of Education became the 13th Cabinet in U.S. history after the final approval from Congress.
1983 - Larry Bird signed a seven-year contract with the Boston Celtics worth $15 million. The contract made him the highest paid Celtic in history.
1987 - NFL players' strike (lasted 24 days).
1989 - Two men went over the 176-foot-high Niagara Falls in a barrel. Jeffrey Petkovich and Peter Debernardi were the first to ever survive the Horshoe Falls.
1989 - Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
1990 - A gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkley Calif
1995 - The U.S. government unveiled the redesigned $100 bill.
1996 - The Taliban seized control of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and hanged the former president Najibullah.
1998 - Mark McGwire set a major league baseball record when he hit his 70th home run.
2001 - Pres. Bush announced enhanced airport security measures that included national guard soldiers at checkpoints and armed air marshals on planes as a first step toward federal control of airline security
2006 - Platte Canyon High School shooting in Bailey, Colorado(one student died)
Famous Birthday’s
1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)
1947 - Cheryl Tiegs Minnesota, model's figure
1947 - Liz Torres Bronx NY, actress (Phyllis, All in the Family)
1947 - Meatloaf aka Marvin Lee Aday, Dallas, rocker (Bat Out of Hell)
1958 - Shaun Cassidy LA Calif, actor/singer (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away)
1959 - Beth Heiden Madison Wis, 3000m speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1980)
Famous Death’s
1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (b. 1854)
1993 - Jimmy Doolittle, American general and Medal of Honor recipient(b. 1896)
Joke of the Day
You know you’ve had to much Coffee when
You have to watch videos in fast-forward
You lick your coffee pot clean
Your eyes stay open when you sneeze
You can jump-start your car without cables
Starbuck's owns the mortgage on your house
A trio of old veterans
A trio of old veterans were bragging about the heroic exploits of their ancestors one afternoon down at the VFW hall.
"My great grandfather, at age 13," one declared proudly, "was a drummer boy at Shiloh." "Mine," boasts another, "went down with Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn." "I'm the only soldier in my family," confessed vet number three, "but if my great grandfather was living today he'd be the most famous man in the world."
"Really? What'd he do?" his friends wanted to know.
"Nothing much. But he would be 165 years old."
World Records
Balloon Distance Record
The FAI distance record for a manned balloon is 25,361 miles set by Switzerland's Bertrand Piccard and Britain's Brian Jones, who piloted the Breitling Orbiter 3 from March 1 to March 21, 1999.
Fastest circumnavigation (woman) - solo sailing
Ellen MacArthur (UK) sailed solo and non-stop around the world in 71 days 14 hr 18 min 33 sec from November 28, 2004 to February 7, 2005 in the trimaran B&Q. She started off Ushant, France, rounded the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), sailed south of Australia, and rounded Cape Horn (Argentina) before heading back up the Atlantic to Ushant.
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