Trevor WholohanA Day in History
December 11th 2006 02:13
This Day in History Monday, December 11th Page 1
1816 - Indiana becomes 19th state
1844 - 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford CT
1866 - 1st yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean
1928 - Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on President-elect Herbert Hoover
1932 - San Francisco's coldest day (27ºF) - snow falls
1941 - Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. The U.S in turn declared war on the two countries.
1941 - Dutch government in London declares war on Italy
1941 - Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WWII-landing)
1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the U.N. General Assembly. The fund provides relief to children in countries devastated by war.
1951 - Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) announced his retirement from major league baseball. DiMaggio only played for the Yankees during his 13-year career.
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra
1961 - Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel
1961 - Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 20 weeks
1961 - JFK provides US military helicopters & crews to South Vietnam
1961 - "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released
1964 - An unknown terrorist fired a mortar shell at the United Nations building in New York City during a speech by Che Guevara
1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon.
1978 - 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport & made off with $5.8 million in cash & jewelry
1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law legislation creating $1.6 billion environmental "superfund" that would be used to pay for cleaning up chemical spills and toxic waste dumps.
1981 - Muhammad Ali fought his last fight. He lost his 61st fight to Trevor Berbick.
1985 - General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC for $6.3 Billion.
1990 - Ivana Trump was divorced from Donald Trump after 12 years of marriage.
1990 - 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga TN (I-75), due to fog
1992 - Nor'easter storm hits New York, doing $650 million worth of damage
1997 - More than 150 countries agreed at a global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan, to control the Earth's "greenhouse gases."
1998 - The Mars Climate Orbiter blasted off on a nine-month journey to the Red Planet. However, the probe disappeared in September of 1999, apparently destroyed because scientists had failed to convert English measures to metric values.
2001 - U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft announced the first federal indictment directly related to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Zacarias Moussaoui was charged with six conspiracy charges. Moussaoui was in custody at the time of the attacks.
Famous Birthday’s December 11th
1944 - Brenda Lee, Lithonia GA, singer (I'm Sorry, Rockin around the Christmas Tree)
1946 - Teri Garr Lakewood OH, actress (Mr Mom, Tootsie, Dumb & Dumber)
1953 - Bess Armstrong Baltimore MD, actress (Julia-On Our Own, 4 Seasons, Jaws)
1954 - Jermaine Jackson Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-ABC)
Joke of the Day - Police Officer
John and Jessica were on their way home from the bar one night and John got pulled over by the police. The officer told John that he was stopped because his tail light was burned out. John said, "I'm very sorry officer, I didn't realize it was out, I'll get it fixed right away."
Just then Jessica said, "I knew this would happen when I told you two days ago to get that light fixed."
So the officer asked for John's license and after looking at it said, "Sir your license has expired."
And again John apologized and mentioned that he didn't realize that it had expired and would take care of it first thing in the morning.
Jessica said, "I told you a week ago that the state sent you a letter telling you that your license had expired."
Well by this time, John is a bit upset with his wife contradicting him in front of the officer, and he said in a rather loud voice, "Jessica, shut your mouth!"
The officer then leaned over toward Jessica and asked. "Does your husband always talk to you like that?" Jessica replied, "Only when he's drunk."
A husband comes home Late
An angry wife met her husband at the door. He smelled of booze and perfume.I assume she snarled, that there's a very good reason for your waltzing in here at six o'clock in the morning with like your on your breath and lipstick on your collar? There is, he replied. I'd like breakfast.
World Records
Longest Full-Body Burn (without Oxygen)
Ted A. Batchelor (USA), a professional stuntman who has been performing fire stunts since 1976, endured a full-body burn without oxygen supplies for 2 min 38 sec on an island at Ledges Quarry Park, Nelson, Ohio, USA, on July 17, 2004.
Fastest Handcuff Escape
Matthew 'Matt the Knife' Cassiere (USA) escaped from a pair of handcuffs belonging to Sgt. Daniel Parrillo (USA) of the Johnston Police Department, in a time of five seconds at Johnston War Memorial Park, Rhode Island, New England, USA, on October 30, 2004.
Most Modeling 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 November 21, 2005.
1816 - Indiana becomes 19th state
1844 - 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford CT
1866 - 1st yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean
1928 - Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on President-elect Herbert Hoover
1932 - San Francisco's coldest day (27ºF) - snow falls
1941 - Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. The U.S in turn declared war on the two countries.
1941 - Dutch government in London declares war on Italy
1941 - Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WWII-landing)
1951 - Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) announced his retirement from major league baseball. DiMaggio only played for the Yankees during his 13-year career.
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra
1961 - Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel
1961 - Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 20 weeks
1961 - JFK provides US military helicopters & crews to South Vietnam
1961 - "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released
1964 - An unknown terrorist fired a mortar shell at the United Nations building in New York City during a speech by Che Guevara
1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon.
1978 - 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport & made off with $5.8 million in cash & jewelry
1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law legislation creating $1.6 billion environmental "superfund" that would be used to pay for cleaning up chemical spills and toxic waste dumps.
1985 - General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC for $6.3 Billion.
1990 - Ivana Trump was divorced from Donald Trump after 12 years of marriage.
1990 - 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga TN (I-75), due to fog
1992 - Nor'easter storm hits New York, doing $650 million worth of damage
1997 - More than 150 countries agreed at a global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan, to control the Earth's "greenhouse gases."
1998 - The Mars Climate Orbiter blasted off on a nine-month journey to the Red Planet. However, the probe disappeared in September of 1999, apparently destroyed because scientists had failed to convert English measures to metric values.
2001 - U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft announced the first federal indictment directly related to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Zacarias Moussaoui was charged with six conspiracy charges. Moussaoui was in custody at the time of the attacks.
Famous Birthday’s December 11th
1944 - Brenda Lee, Lithonia GA, singer (I'm Sorry, Rockin around the Christmas Tree)
1946 - Teri Garr Lakewood OH, actress (Mr Mom, Tootsie, Dumb & Dumber)
1953 - Bess Armstrong Baltimore MD, actress (Julia-On Our Own, 4 Seasons, Jaws)
1954 - Jermaine Jackson Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-ABC)
Joke of the Day - Police Officer
John and Jessica were on their way home from the bar one night and John got pulled over by the police. The officer told John that he was stopped because his tail light was burned out. John said, "I'm very sorry officer, I didn't realize it was out, I'll get it fixed right away."
Just then Jessica said, "I knew this would happen when I told you two days ago to get that light fixed."
So the officer asked for John's license and after looking at it said, "Sir your license has expired."
And again John apologized and mentioned that he didn't realize that it had expired and would take care of it first thing in the morning.
Jessica said, "I told you a week ago that the state sent you a letter telling you that your license had expired."
Well by this time, John is a bit upset with his wife contradicting him in front of the officer, and he said in a rather loud voice, "Jessica, shut your mouth!"
The officer then leaned over toward Jessica and asked. "Does your husband always talk to you like that?" Jessica replied, "Only when he's drunk."
A husband comes home Late
An angry wife met her husband at the door. He smelled of booze and perfume.I assume she snarled, that there's a very good reason for your waltzing in here at six o'clock in the morning with like your on your breath and lipstick on your collar? There is, he replied. I'd like breakfast.
World Records
Longest Full-Body Burn (without Oxygen)
Ted A. Batchelor (USA), a professional stuntman who has been performing fire stunts since 1976, endured a full-body burn without oxygen supplies for 2 min 38 sec on an island at Ledges Quarry Park, Nelson, Ohio, USA, on July 17, 2004.
Fastest Handcuff Escape
Matthew 'Matt the Knife' Cassiere (USA) escaped from a pair of handcuffs belonging to Sgt. Daniel Parrillo (USA) of the Johnston Police Department, in a time of five seconds at Johnston War Memorial Park, Rhode Island, New England, USA, on October 30, 2004.
Most Modeling 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 November 21, 2005.
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