Trevor WholohanA Day in Istory
November 9th 2006 01:46
This Day in History Thursday November 9th
1872 - Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston
1887 - The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1888 - Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
1906 - T. Roosevelt is 1st President to visit other countries (P Rico and Panama)
1921 - Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect.
1927 - Giant Panda discovered, China
1938 - Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass."
1939 - Hitler survives attempted murder by explosion, the man plotting is sent to concentration camp.
1940 - Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II
1944 - Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
1961 - Major Robert White flew an X-15 rocket plane at a record speed of 4,093 mph.
1965 - Willie Mays named NL MVP
1965 - Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965.
1965 - Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
1979 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously called upon Iran to release all American hostages "without delay." Militants, mostly students had taken 63 Americans hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4.
1984 - A bronze statue titled "Three Servicemen," by Frederick Hart, was unveiled at the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
1989 - Communist East Germany opened its borders, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany.
1990 - President Bush announces DOUBLING of US forces in Gulf
1992 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin, visiting London, appealed for assistance in rescheduling his country's debt, and asked British businesses to invest.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in nine straight seasons. In the same game Sanders passed former Dallas Cowboy Tony Dorsett for third place on the all-time rushing list.
1998 - A federal judge in New York approved the richest antitrust settlement in U.S. history. A leading brokerage firm was ordered to pay $1.03 billion to investors who had sued over price-rigging of Nasdaq stocks.
2004 - U.S. First Lady Laura Bush officially reopened Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to pedestrians.
Famous Birthday’s November 9th [/SIZE]
1913 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress and inventor(Samson & Dalila)Died 2000.
1918 - Spiro Theodore Agnew (R) 39th VP (1973-77), crook, Died 1996
1932 - Carl Perkins singer (Blue Suede Shoes)
1936 - Mary Travers Louisville KY, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary)
1941 - Tom Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (d. 1990)
1951 - Lou Ferrigno Brooklyn NY, body builder/actor (Incredible Hulk)
1970 - Chris Jericho, American wrestler
1971 - David Duval, American Golfer and former #1 in the world
Famous Death’s
1970 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France, Born 1890
2003 - Art Carney, actor(Ed Norton in the Honeymooners)Born 1918
Joke of the Day - Overweight Blonde
An overweight blonde consulted her doctor for advice. The doctor advised that she run ten miles a day for thirty days. This, he promised, would help her lose as many as twenty pounds. The blonde followed the doctor's advice, and, after thirty days, she was pleased to find that she had indeed lost the pesky twenty pounds. She phoned the doctor and thanked him for the wonderful advice which produced such effective results.
At the end of the conversation, however, she asked one last question: "How do I get home, now 300 miles away?"
Q: What was the name of the film about a killer lion that swam underwater?--A: 'Claws.'
Q: If a four-legged animal is a quadruped and a two-legged animal is a biped,
What's a tiger? ---------------A: A stri-ped!
Q: What do you get if you cross a tiger with a sheep? ------------- A: A stripey sweater!
Q: What is lion's favorite food?-------------A: Anything it Wants!!
World Records - Longest Tennis Marathon, Doubles The longest competitive doubles tennis match lasting 48 hours and 15 minutes was played between Brian Jahrsdoerfer & Michel Lavoie and Peter Okpokpo & Warner Tse (all USA) at Westside Tennis Club, Houston, Texas, USA over April 13-15, 2006.
Longest Country Line Dance
A total of 875 people danced for over five minutes on March 14, 2003 at Waid Academy, Anstruther, Fife, to the dance 'The Waid Waggle', played to the tune of 'Achy Breaky Heart'.
1872 - Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston
1887 - The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1888 - Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
1906 - T. Roosevelt is 1st President to visit other countries (P Rico and Panama)
1921 - Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect.
1927 - Giant Panda discovered, China
1938 - Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass."
1940 - Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II
1944 - Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
1961 - Major Robert White flew an X-15 rocket plane at a record speed of 4,093 mph.
1965 - Willie Mays named NL MVP
1965 - Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965.
1965 - Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
1979 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously called upon Iran to release all American hostages "without delay." Militants, mostly students had taken 63 Americans hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4.
1984 - A bronze statue titled "Three Servicemen," by Frederick Hart, was unveiled at the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
1990 - President Bush announces DOUBLING of US forces in Gulf
1992 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin, visiting London, appealed for assistance in rescheduling his country's debt, and asked British businesses to invest.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in nine straight seasons. In the same game Sanders passed former Dallas Cowboy Tony Dorsett for third place on the all-time rushing list.
1998 - A federal judge in New York approved the richest antitrust settlement in U.S. history. A leading brokerage firm was ordered to pay $1.03 billion to investors who had sued over price-rigging of Nasdaq stocks.
2004 - U.S. First Lady Laura Bush officially reopened Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to pedestrians.
Famous Birthday’s November 9th [/SIZE]
1913 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress and inventor(Samson & Dalila)Died 2000.
1918 - Spiro Theodore Agnew (R) 39th VP (1973-77), crook, Died 1996
1932 - Carl Perkins singer (Blue Suede Shoes)
1936 - Mary Travers Louisville KY, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary)
1941 - Tom Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (d. 1990)
1951 - Lou Ferrigno Brooklyn NY, body builder/actor (Incredible Hulk)
1970 - Chris Jericho, American wrestler
1971 - David Duval, American Golfer and former #1 in the world
Famous Death’s
1970 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France, Born 1890
2003 - Art Carney, actor(Ed Norton in the Honeymooners)Born 1918
Joke of the Day - Overweight Blonde
An overweight blonde consulted her doctor for advice. The doctor advised that she run ten miles a day for thirty days. This, he promised, would help her lose as many as twenty pounds. The blonde followed the doctor's advice, and, after thirty days, she was pleased to find that she had indeed lost the pesky twenty pounds. She phoned the doctor and thanked him for the wonderful advice which produced such effective results.
At the end of the conversation, however, she asked one last question: "How do I get home, now 300 miles away?"
Q: What was the name of the film about a killer lion that swam underwater?--A: 'Claws.'
Q: If a four-legged animal is a quadruped and a two-legged animal is a biped,
What's a tiger? ---------------A: A stri-ped!
Q: What do you get if you cross a tiger with a sheep? ------------- A: A stripey sweater!
Q: What is lion's favorite food?-------------A: Anything it Wants!!
World Records - Longest Tennis Marathon, Doubles The longest competitive doubles tennis match lasting 48 hours and 15 minutes was played between Brian Jahrsdoerfer & Michel Lavoie and Peter Okpokpo & Warner Tse (all USA) at Westside Tennis Club, Houston, Texas, USA over April 13-15, 2006.
Longest Country Line Dance
A total of 875 people danced for over five minutes on March 14, 2003 at Waid Academy, Anstruther, Fife, to the dance 'The Waid Waggle', played to the tune of 'Achy Breaky Heart'.
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