Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, October 15th
October 15th 2007 00:18
1789 - 1st presidential tour-George Washington in New England
1860 - 11 year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard & he does.
1863 - American Civil War: The first submarine to sink a ship, and first to sink an enemy warship, CSS H. L. Hunley sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley.
1892 - The U.S. government announced that the land in the western Montana was open to settlers. The 1.8 million acres were bought from the Crow Indians for 50 cents per acre
1917 - WW I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany.
1923 - NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2(World Series #20)
1928 - The airship, the Graf Zeppelin completed its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA.
1933 - Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0
1940 - Commandant Tom Holcomb issued orders to mobilize the Marine Reserve for WW II.
1945 - WW II: The former premier of France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason
1946 - Nuremberg Trials: Hermann Göring poisons himself the night before his execution.
1948 - First women officers on active duty sworn in as commissioned officers in regular Navy
1950 - General MacArthur, in a meeting with President Truman on Wake Island, predicted that the war would be over by Christmas and China would not intervene.
1951 - Television sitcom I Love Lucy premieres.
1959 - "Untouchables" premieres
1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis began. It was on this day that U.S. intelligence personnel analyzing data discovered Soviet medium-range missle sites in Cuba.
1966 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill creating the Department of Transportation.
1969 - Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions of people nationwide protest the war
1970 - Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt
1974 - National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing
1983 - U.S. Marines killed five snipers who had pinned them down in Beirut Int. Airport.
1985 - Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit
1987 - NFL Players Assn orders an end to the 24 day strike
1989 - Wayne Gretzky, surpassed Gordie Howe's NHL scoring record of 1,850 career points.
1993 - President Clinton sent six warships to the waters off Haiti to enforce trade sanctions in the face of defiant Haitian military rulers.
1992 - In Russia, Andrei Chikatilo is found guilty of 52 serial murders.
1997 - British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green broke the land-speed record by driving a jet-powered car faster than the speed of sound. He went 763mph!
2001 - NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
2003 - China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
2003 - The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi collides with a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43 others
2003 - In the Gaza Strip a remote-controlled bomb exploded under a US diplomatic convoy, ripping apart an armored van and killing three Americans.
2005 - Riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
Famous Birthday’s
1942 - Penny Marshall Bronx NY, actress/director (Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley, 1941)
1945 - Jim Palmer NYC, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman
1946 - Richard Carpenter, vocalist (Carpenters-Close to You, We’ve only just begun)
1953 - Tito Jackson singer (Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye)
1955 - Tanya Roberts, actress(Charlie's Angels, A View to a Kill, Midge on That '70s Show)
1959 - Sarah Ferguson [Fergie], Duchess of York
Famous Death’s
1917 - Mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris(Born 1976)
1945 - Pierre Laval former premier of Vichy France, executed(Born 1883)
1946 - Hermann Goering Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison(Born 1893)
1958 - John Hamilton actor (Perry White-Superman), dies at 61
1968 - Bea Benaderet NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62
1981 - Frank DeKova actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop)
Joke of the Day
Nervous Flyer
I am a very nervous flyer. During a trip from California to Indiana, it didn't help that my connecting flight from Denver was delayed twice because of mechanical problems. Then, after we were aloft, I noticed the lights began flickering. I mentioned this to a flight attendant.
"I'll take care of it," she said. Moments later the lights went out. Clearly she'd solved the problem by turning off the lights. A passenger across the aisle who had been listening leaned over and said, "Whatever you do, please don't ask about the engines."
Tubs of Yogurt
Two cartons of yogurt walk into a bar. The bartender, who was a tub of cottage cheese, says to them, "We don't serve your kind in here."
One of the yogurt cartons says back to him, "Why not? We're cultured individuals."
Counting Sheep
Ferne Southern said she was staying with her 8-year-old granddaughter, Brooke, while her parents were out of town.
Brooke was delaying bedtime, as usual, so her grandmother told her about counting sheep to fall asleep.
The 8-year-old thought that was a good idea. Everything was quiet for a while. But just as grandmother was dozing off, a voice sounded:
"Nana?" "Yes?"
"There are 38."
World Records
World's Tallest Chocolate Skyscraper
Pastry chef Alain Roby got into Guiness World Records by making the world's tallest chocolate skyscraper: a 20-foot, 8-inch tall skyscraper made with a dark chocolate infrastructure and white chocolate windows. This 6.6 meter tall chocolate sculpture located in a toy shop in Manhattan, New York, is made entirely of more than 1,000 kg of chocolate. Modeled after Rockefeller Center, Empire State Building and Chrysler Building in the United States, its construction took Alain Roby more than 30 hours to complete.
World's Biggest Cookie
Immaculate Baking Co. baked the world's biggest cookie in 2003. The cookie is about 100 ft. in diameter and 40,000 lb in weight!
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