Trevor WholohanA Day in History
December 5th 2006 00:43
This Day in History Tuesday, December 5th
1766 - London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale
1792 - George Washington re-elected US President, John Adams Vice-President
1804 - Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President,George Clinton Vice-President
1832 - Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US, Martin Van Buren Vice-President
1848 - President Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms California gold discovery
1893 - 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1929 - 1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NY, NY)
1933 - 21st Amendment ratified, only amendment adopted to repeal an earlier amendment [18th Amendment (Prohibition)]
1934 - The Soviet Union executed 66 people charged with plotting against Joseph Stalin's government.
1941 - Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
1941 - US aircraft carrier Lexington/5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1944 - During World War II, Allied troops took Ravenna, Italy.
1945 - The so-called "Lost Squadron" disappeared. The five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers carrying 14 Navy flyers began a training mission at the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station. They were never heard from again.
1948 - New York Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
1951 - "Dragnet" premieres
1952 - The Abbott and Costello Show, debuts on American television.
1955 - Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Lasts 1 year 16 days
1962 - The U.S. and Soviet Union agreed to cooperate in the peaceful use outer space.
1964 - Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
1974 - NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms
1978 - The Soviet Union signs a 'friendship treaty' with the Republic of Afghanistan.
1978 - Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies
1983 - Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
1985 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 for the first time.
1985 - Great Britain performs nuclear test
1988 - Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
1988 - North Carolina federal grand jury indict PTL’s Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy
1989 - France TGV train reaches world record speed of 299.8 mph
1993 - Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
1996 - Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player
1998 - James P. Hoffa became the head of the Teamsters union, 23 years after his father was the head. His father disappeared and was presumed dead.
2003 - Suicide bombers kill at least 46 people in an attack on a train in southern Russia.
Famous Birthday’s December 5th
1782 - The first native U.S. president, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook, NY.
1839 - General George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, OH. Died in 1876
1899 - Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues player
1901 - Movie producer Walt Disney was born in Chicago. He created his first Mickey Mouse cartoon at the age of 27. Die in 1966
1921 - Alvy Moore actor (Mr Kimball-Green Acres)
1932 - Little Richard [Wayne Penniman] Macon GA, rocker (Tutti Frutti, Lucille)
1985 - Frankie Muniz, actor(Malcolm in the Middle, Agent Cody Banks, My Dog Skip)
Famous Death’s
1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer, dies in Vienna, Austria, at 35 (Born 1756)
1951 - Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (b. 1889)
1968 - Fred Clark, actor( Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid , How to Marry a Millionaire)
Joke of the Day
Slow Sammy
A young fellow by the name of Sammy liked to hang out at Mom and Pop's Grocery Store. Pop didn't know what Sammy's problem was, but the other boys would tease him all the time, calling him Slow Sammy, and punching him on the shoulder as they passed.
To mock him for being slow, they would offer him a dime and a nickel, telling him he could have just one. They said he always took the nickel because it was bigger.
One day after Sammy took the nickel, Pop pulled him to one side and said, "Son, don't you know they're making fun of you? They think you don't know that the dime is worth more than the nickel. Are you really grabbing the nickel because it's bigger, or what?"
"No," Sammy said, "but if I took the dime they'd quit doing it!"
The Telephone
John Madden was in Dallas to announce a football game one weekend when he noticed a special phone near the Cowboy's bench. He asked Chan Gailey what it was for, and he was told it was a hotline to God. John asked if he could use it. Chan told him, "Sure, but it will cost you fifty bucks."
John pulled out his wallet and made the call.
The next weekend John Madden was at Lambeau Field when he noticed the same kind of phone by the Packers' bench. He asked Ray Rhodes if it was a hotline to God, and Mike said, "Yes, and you can use it for a quarter."
John asked why it was so much cheaper than the Cowboy's phone, and Ray replied, "Local call."
World Records
Largest Rotating Three-Sided Billboard
The rotating three-sided advertisement board attached to the walls of the Janianhua Mansion of the Chongqing Financial Real Estate company in Chongqing, China, has a total surface area of 5,748 m² (61,871 ft²). It was opened on February 5, 2005 and covers all four sides of the building.
MOST MODELLING BALLOON SCULPTURES MADE IN AN HOUR
The most modelling balloons sculptures made in one hour is 654 by John Cassidy (USA) in New York, USA on 21 November 2005.
Drumming Marathon
The longest drumming marathon by an individual lasted for 84 hours and was achieved by Arulanantham Suresh Joachim (Australia), from February 1-4, 2004 at the Magic Factory, Zurich, Switzerland.
1766 - London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale
1792 - George Washington re-elected US President, John Adams Vice-President
1804 - Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President,George Clinton Vice-President
1832 - Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US, Martin Van Buren Vice-President
1848 - President Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms California gold discovery
1893 - 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1929 - 1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NY, NY)
1934 - The Soviet Union executed 66 people charged with plotting against Joseph Stalin's government.
1941 - Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
1941 - US aircraft carrier Lexington/5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1944 - During World War II, Allied troops took Ravenna, Italy.
1945 - The so-called "Lost Squadron" disappeared. The five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers carrying 14 Navy flyers began a training mission at the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station. They were never heard from again.
1948 - New York Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
1951 - "Dragnet" premieres
1952 - The Abbott and Costello Show, debuts on American television.
1955 - Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Lasts 1 year 16 days
1962 - The U.S. and Soviet Union agreed to cooperate in the peaceful use outer space.
1964 - Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
1978 - The Soviet Union signs a 'friendship treaty' with the Republic of Afghanistan.
1978 - Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies
1983 - Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
1985 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 for the first time.
1985 - Great Britain performs nuclear test
1988 - Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
1988 - North Carolina federal grand jury indict PTL’s Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy
1989 - France TGV train reaches world record speed of 299.8 mph
1993 - Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
1996 - Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player
1998 - James P. Hoffa became the head of the Teamsters union, 23 years after his father was the head. His father disappeared and was presumed dead.
2003 - Suicide bombers kill at least 46 people in an attack on a train in southern Russia.
Famous Birthday’s December 5th
1782 - The first native U.S. president, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook, NY.
1839 - General George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, OH. Died in 1876
1899 - Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues player
1901 - Movie producer Walt Disney was born in Chicago. He created his first Mickey Mouse cartoon at the age of 27. Die in 1966
1921 - Alvy Moore actor (Mr Kimball-Green Acres)
1932 - Little Richard [Wayne Penniman] Macon GA, rocker (Tutti Frutti, Lucille)
1985 - Frankie Muniz, actor(Malcolm in the Middle, Agent Cody Banks, My Dog Skip)
Famous Death’s
1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer, dies in Vienna, Austria, at 35 (Born 1756)
1951 - Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (b. 1889)
1968 - Fred Clark, actor( Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid , How to Marry a Millionaire)
Joke of the Day
Slow Sammy
A young fellow by the name of Sammy liked to hang out at Mom and Pop's Grocery Store. Pop didn't know what Sammy's problem was, but the other boys would tease him all the time, calling him Slow Sammy, and punching him on the shoulder as they passed.
To mock him for being slow, they would offer him a dime and a nickel, telling him he could have just one. They said he always took the nickel because it was bigger.
One day after Sammy took the nickel, Pop pulled him to one side and said, "Son, don't you know they're making fun of you? They think you don't know that the dime is worth more than the nickel. Are you really grabbing the nickel because it's bigger, or what?"
"No," Sammy said, "but if I took the dime they'd quit doing it!"
The Telephone
John Madden was in Dallas to announce a football game one weekend when he noticed a special phone near the Cowboy's bench. He asked Chan Gailey what it was for, and he was told it was a hotline to God. John asked if he could use it. Chan told him, "Sure, but it will cost you fifty bucks."
John pulled out his wallet and made the call.
The next weekend John Madden was at Lambeau Field when he noticed the same kind of phone by the Packers' bench. He asked Ray Rhodes if it was a hotline to God, and Mike said, "Yes, and you can use it for a quarter."
John asked why it was so much cheaper than the Cowboy's phone, and Ray replied, "Local call."
World Records
Largest Rotating Three-Sided Billboard
The rotating three-sided advertisement board attached to the walls of the Janianhua Mansion of the Chongqing Financial Real Estate company in Chongqing, China, has a total surface area of 5,748 m² (61,871 ft²). It was opened on February 5, 2005 and covers all four sides of the building.
MOST MODELLING BALLOON SCULPTURES MADE IN AN HOUR
The most modelling balloons sculptures made in one hour is 654 by John Cassidy (USA) in New York, USA on 21 November 2005.
Drumming Marathon
The longest drumming marathon by an individual lasted for 84 hours and was achieved by Arulanantham Suresh Joachim (Australia), from February 1-4, 2004 at the Magic Factory, Zurich, Switzerland.
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