Trevor WholohanThis Day in History September 28th
September 27th 2007 23:39
This Day in History
1781 - During the Revolutionary War, American forces began the siege on Yorktown, VA.
1787 - Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval
1820 - The tomato(thought of as poisonous) is publicly proven safe when Robert Johnson eats a bushel of tomatoes.
1850 - The U.S. Navy abolished flogging(tied to a post & whipped)as a punishment.
1914 - German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1920 - 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
1922 - Mussolini marches on Rome
1924 - 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
1940 - Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
1944 - 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
1944 - Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands
1951 - Norm Van Brocklin of the Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards
1955 - The World Series was televised in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1960 - Ted Williams hits his final homer #521
1961 - "Dr. Kildare" premiered on NBC-TV.
1961 - "Hazel" premiered on NBC-TV.
1967 - The first mayor of Washington, DC, Walter Washington, took office.
1968 - Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
1973 - The ITT Building in New York City was bombed in protest to ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
1974 - First Lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy to remove a lump in her breast.
1980 - Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing
1982 - 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
1986 - Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21
1986 - Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
1987 - The first episode of TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.
1991 - NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
1994 - "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!)
1995 - Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS
1996 - Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump
1997 - Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting
2001 - President George W. Bush told reporters the US was in "hot pursuit" of terrorists behind the Sept. 11 attacks.(I thought that was Roscoe’s line off of Dukes of Hazzard)
2003 - Final game played at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium.
2004 - An expected but overdue magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Parkfield, California
2004 - The U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduced the first newly redesigned $50 bill.
Famous Birthday’s
1902 - Ed Sullivan TV variety show host/gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show) Died 1974
1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American spy, How Shocking (Died. 1953)
1934 - Brigitte Bardot Paris France, sex kitten (And God Created Women)
1943 - J. T. Walsh, actor(Good Morning Vietnam, Pleasantville, The Negotiator)Died 1998
1948 - Phil Hartman comedian (Saturday Night Live, News Radio)
1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress, singer, fashion design and entrepreneur
Famous Death’s
1895 - Louis Pasteur, scientist invented vaccine for rabies & pasteurization (b. 1822)
1964 - Harpo Marx comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75
1978 - Pope John Paul I 65-yr-old found dead, after only 33 days as Pope, Born 1912
Joke of the Day
"California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's is in trouble because he said Cubans and Puerto Ricans are hot-blooded. Arnold said, 'Sorry, when I made those comments, I assumed no one would understand what I was saying'." --Conan O'Brien
"President Bush's new position on torture is, 'We don't do it. We've never done it. And we're going to stop doing it.'." --Jay Leno
"During a speech earlier today, President Bush said that he will continue to fight terror by 'using all the tools available.' Then the president introduced Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as the biggest tool of all." --Conan O'Brien
Better Grades
Little Johnny wasn't getting good marks in school. One day he surprised the teacher with an announcement.
He tapped her on the shoulder and said, "I don't want to scare you, but my daddy says if I don't start getting better grades...somebody is going to get a spanking!"
Cuff Links
The computer company, where my wife works, distributed a corporate-clothing catalogue that included a pair of cuff links. One was inscribed Ctrl (Control) and the other Esc (Escape), just as they look on a computer keyboard.
"They would make a good present for any man," my wife commented to a colleague, "if only to remind him of the two things he can never have."
World Records
Greatest Distance Flown By A Balloonist Solo
The greatest distance achieved by a solo flyer is 14,235 miles, by Steve Fossett (USA). He set out from Mendoza, Argentina, on August 7, 1998, crashing into the Pacific Ocean, 500 miles off Australia, on August 16.
Longest series of sailing circumnavigations
Jon Sanders (Australia) completed a series of three non-stop singlehanded circumnavigations in 44 ft sloop Parry Endeavour in 657 days from 25 May 1986 to 13 March 1988. Starting and finishing in Fremantle, Western Australia, he made 1 circumnavigation Westabout and 2 Eastabout.
1781 - During the Revolutionary War, American forces began the siege on Yorktown, VA.
1787 - Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval
1820 - The tomato(thought of as poisonous) is publicly proven safe when Robert Johnson eats a bushel of tomatoes.
1850 - The U.S. Navy abolished flogging(tied to a post & whipped)as a punishment.
1914 - German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1920 - 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
1922 - Mussolini marches on Rome
1924 - 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
1940 - Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
1944 - 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
1944 - Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands
1951 - Norm Van Brocklin of the Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards
1955 - The World Series was televised in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1960 - Ted Williams hits his final homer #521
1961 - "Dr. Kildare" premiered on NBC-TV.
1961 - "Hazel" premiered on NBC-TV.
1967 - The first mayor of Washington, DC, Walter Washington, took office.
1968 - Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
1973 - The ITT Building in New York City was bombed in protest to ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
1974 - First Lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy to remove a lump in her breast.
1980 - Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing
1986 - Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21
1986 - Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
1987 - The first episode of TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.
1991 - NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
1994 - "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!)
1995 - Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS
1996 - Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump
1997 - Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting
2001 - President George W. Bush told reporters the US was in "hot pursuit" of terrorists behind the Sept. 11 attacks.(I thought that was Roscoe’s line off of Dukes of Hazzard)
2003 - Final game played at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium.
2004 - An expected but overdue magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Parkfield, California
2004 - The U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduced the first newly redesigned $50 bill.
Famous Birthday’s
1902 - Ed Sullivan TV variety show host/gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show) Died 1974
1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American spy, How Shocking (Died. 1953)
1934 - Brigitte Bardot Paris France, sex kitten (And God Created Women)
1943 - J. T. Walsh, actor(Good Morning Vietnam, Pleasantville, The Negotiator)Died 1998
1948 - Phil Hartman comedian (Saturday Night Live, News Radio)
1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress, singer, fashion design and entrepreneur
Famous Death’s
1895 - Louis Pasteur, scientist invented vaccine for rabies & pasteurization (b. 1822)
1964 - Harpo Marx comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75
1978 - Pope John Paul I 65-yr-old found dead, after only 33 days as Pope, Born 1912
Joke of the Day
"California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's is in trouble because he said Cubans and Puerto Ricans are hot-blooded. Arnold said, 'Sorry, when I made those comments, I assumed no one would understand what I was saying'." --Conan O'Brien
"President Bush's new position on torture is, 'We don't do it. We've never done it. And we're going to stop doing it.'." --Jay Leno
"During a speech earlier today, President Bush said that he will continue to fight terror by 'using all the tools available.' Then the president introduced Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as the biggest tool of all." --Conan O'Brien
Better Grades
Little Johnny wasn't getting good marks in school. One day he surprised the teacher with an announcement.
He tapped her on the shoulder and said, "I don't want to scare you, but my daddy says if I don't start getting better grades...somebody is going to get a spanking!"
Cuff Links
The computer company, where my wife works, distributed a corporate-clothing catalogue that included a pair of cuff links. One was inscribed Ctrl (Control) and the other Esc (Escape), just as they look on a computer keyboard.
"They would make a good present for any man," my wife commented to a colleague, "if only to remind him of the two things he can never have."
World Records
Greatest Distance Flown By A Balloonist Solo
The greatest distance achieved by a solo flyer is 14,235 miles, by Steve Fossett (USA). He set out from Mendoza, Argentina, on August 7, 1998, crashing into the Pacific Ocean, 500 miles off Australia, on August 16.
Longest series of sailing circumnavigations
Jon Sanders (Australia) completed a series of three non-stop singlehanded circumnavigations in 44 ft sloop Parry Endeavour in 657 days from 25 May 1986 to 13 March 1988. Starting and finishing in Fremantle, Western Australia, he made 1 circumnavigation Westabout and 2 Eastabout.
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