Trevor WholohanA Day in History
December 8th 2006 01:23
This Day in History Friday, December 8th
1776 - George Washington's retreating army in the American Revolution crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary free of Original Sin
1863 - Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South
1874 - Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie KS
1923 - German-US friendship treaty signed(Obviously it didn’t last long)
1940 - 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
1941 - World War II: Pacific War - After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan.
1941 - World War II: Pacific War - the Republic of China, Korea, Britain, Canada and the Netherlands officially declare war against Japan, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1941 - World War II: Battle of Hong Kong - The Japanese invade the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong less than 8 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbour.
1941 - Holocaust: Gas vans are first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Lódz in Poland.
1952 - 1st TV acknowledgment of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
1953 - Los Angeles became the third largest city in the United States.
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78
1962 - 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York City
1963 - 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton MD-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die
1966 - US and U.S.S.R. sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
1976 - The Eagles release the album Hotel California.
1980 - John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in New York City.
1980 - "Bravo" network premieres on cable TV
1982 - Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, holds the Washington Monument hostage - After 10 hours, police kill him; he has no explosives
1984 - Ringo Starr appears on Saturday Night Live
1984 - In Roanoke, Virginia, a jury found Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt innocent of libeling Reverend Jerry Falwell with a parody advertisement.
1987 - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1992 - NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May 1993
1992 - Americans got to see live television coverage of U.S. troops landing on the beaches of Somalia during Operation Restore Hope.
1994 - Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges
1998 - Nkem Chukwu and Iyke Louis Udobi's first of eight babies was born. The other seven were delivered 12 days later.
1999 - In Memphis, TN, a jury found that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been the victim of a vast murder conspiracy, not a lone assassin.
2005 - Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 slides off the runway into traffic at Chicago Midway Airport, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people.
Famous Birthday’s December 8th
1765 - Eli Whitney inventor (Cotton Gin) 1861 - William Crapo Durant founded General Motors
1925 - Sammy Davis Jr New York NY, singer/dancer/actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man)
1933 - Flip Wilson [Clerow] Jersey City NJ, comedian (Flip Wilson Show)
1936 - David Carradine Hollywood CA, actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets)
1943 - Jim Morrison Melbourne FL, singer (Doors) is he really dead?
1952 - Sam Kinison screaming comedian/actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover)
1953 - Kim Basinger Athens GA, actress (9½ Weeks, Batman)
1975 - Kevin Harvick, NASCAR driver of the #29 GM Goodwrench Chevolet
1977 - Ryan Newman, NASCAR driver of the #12 Alltel Dodge
Famous Death’s
1980 - John Lennon assassinated at 40 in New York by Mark David Chapman
1982 - Marty Robbins, Country singer(Devil Women, I Walk Alone) (b. 1925)
1983 - Slim Pickins western actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64
1997 - Bob Bell clown (WGN's 1st Bozo), dies at 75
Joke of the Day
Adding Another Mouth
The newly wed wife said to her husband when he returned from work, "I have great news for you. Pretty soon we're going to be three in this house instead of two."
The husband started glowing with happiness and kissing his wife said, "Oh darling, I'm the happiest man in the world."
"I'm glad that you feel that way, I didn’t know you liked my Mother that much, she’ll be moving in on Tuesday" she replied.
A Blonde is Overweight A blonde is overweight, so her doctor puts her on a diet.
"I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat the procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you, you'll have lost at least five pounds."
When the blonde returns, she's lost nearly 20 pounds.
"Why, that's amazing!" the doctor says. "Did you follow my instructions?"
The blonde nods. "I'll tell you, though, I thought I was going to drop dead that third day." "From hunger, you mean?" said the doctor.
"No, from skipping," replied the blonde.
Second Notice A taxpayer received a strongly worded "second notice" that his taxes were overdue. Hastening to the collector's office, he paid his bill, saying apologetically that he had overlooked the first notice.
"Oh," confided the collector with a smile, "we don't send out first notices. We have found that the second notices are more effective."
World Records
Longest Running TV Cookery Show
The world's longest running TV cookery show is Channel 4's Hasta La Cocina (Mexico) which has been broadcast each weekday since December 1, 1960. It has been presented continually by Mrs Zarate (Mexico) and is owned by Televisa Guadalajara Co., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Longest Running Weekly Radio Programme - Same Host
The longest-running radio programme by the same host is Folksong Festival hosted by Oscar Brand (Canada, b 7 February 1920) which was first broadcast on December 9, 1945 on WNYC Radio and continues to do so today airing on Saturday evenings from 10-11pm on AM 820.
1776 - George Washington's retreating army in the American Revolution crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary free of Original Sin
1863 - Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South
1874 - Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie KS
1923 - German-US friendship treaty signed(Obviously it didn’t last long)
1940 - 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
1941 - World War II: Pacific War - After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan.
1941 - World War II: Battle of Hong Kong - The Japanese invade the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong less than 8 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbour.
1941 - Holocaust: Gas vans are first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Lódz in Poland.
1952 - 1st TV acknowledgment of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
1953 - Los Angeles became the third largest city in the United States.
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78
1962 - 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York City
1963 - 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton MD-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die
1966 - US and U.S.S.R. sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
1976 - The Eagles release the album Hotel California.
1980 - John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in New York City.
1982 - Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, holds the Washington Monument hostage - After 10 hours, police kill him; he has no explosives
1984 - Ringo Starr appears on Saturday Night Live
1984 - In Roanoke, Virginia, a jury found Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt innocent of libeling Reverend Jerry Falwell with a parody advertisement.
1987 - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1992 - NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May 1993
1992 - Americans got to see live television coverage of U.S. troops landing on the beaches of Somalia during Operation Restore Hope.
1994 - Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges
1998 - Nkem Chukwu and Iyke Louis Udobi's first of eight babies was born. The other seven were delivered 12 days later.
1999 - In Memphis, TN, a jury found that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been the victim of a vast murder conspiracy, not a lone assassin.
2005 - Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 slides off the runway into traffic at Chicago Midway Airport, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people.
Famous Birthday’s December 8th
1765 - Eli Whitney inventor (Cotton Gin) 1861 - William Crapo Durant founded General Motors
1925 - Sammy Davis Jr New York NY, singer/dancer/actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man)
1933 - Flip Wilson [Clerow] Jersey City NJ, comedian (Flip Wilson Show)
1936 - David Carradine Hollywood CA, actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets)
1943 - Jim Morrison Melbourne FL, singer (Doors) is he really dead?
1952 - Sam Kinison screaming comedian/actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover)
1953 - Kim Basinger Athens GA, actress (9½ Weeks, Batman)
1975 - Kevin Harvick, NASCAR driver of the #29 GM Goodwrench Chevolet
1977 - Ryan Newman, NASCAR driver of the #12 Alltel Dodge
Famous Death’s
1980 - John Lennon assassinated at 40 in New York by Mark David Chapman
1982 - Marty Robbins, Country singer(Devil Women, I Walk Alone) (b. 1925)
1983 - Slim Pickins western actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64
1997 - Bob Bell clown (WGN's 1st Bozo), dies at 75
Joke of the Day
Adding Another Mouth
The newly wed wife said to her husband when he returned from work, "I have great news for you. Pretty soon we're going to be three in this house instead of two."
The husband started glowing with happiness and kissing his wife said, "Oh darling, I'm the happiest man in the world."
"I'm glad that you feel that way, I didn’t know you liked my Mother that much, she’ll be moving in on Tuesday" she replied.
A Blonde is Overweight A blonde is overweight, so her doctor puts her on a diet.
"I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat the procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you, you'll have lost at least five pounds."
When the blonde returns, she's lost nearly 20 pounds.
"Why, that's amazing!" the doctor says. "Did you follow my instructions?"
The blonde nods. "I'll tell you, though, I thought I was going to drop dead that third day." "From hunger, you mean?" said the doctor.
"No, from skipping," replied the blonde.
Second Notice A taxpayer received a strongly worded "second notice" that his taxes were overdue. Hastening to the collector's office, he paid his bill, saying apologetically that he had overlooked the first notice.
"Oh," confided the collector with a smile, "we don't send out first notices. We have found that the second notices are more effective."
World Records
Longest Running TV Cookery Show
The world's longest running TV cookery show is Channel 4's Hasta La Cocina (Mexico) which has been broadcast each weekday since December 1, 1960. It has been presented continually by Mrs Zarate (Mexico) and is owned by Televisa Guadalajara Co., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Longest Running Weekly Radio Programme - Same Host
The longest-running radio programme by the same host is Folksong Festival hosted by Oscar Brand (Canada, b 7 February 1920) which was first broadcast on December 9, 1945 on WNYC Radio and continues to do so today airing on Saturday evenings from 10-11pm on AM 820.
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