Trevor WholohanA Day in History
December 21st 2006 02:43
1620 - Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the 103 Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1861 - Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
1913 - 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World
1919 - J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia
1933 - 20th Century Fox signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract
1937 - Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated feature in Hollywood, CA. The movie was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
1951 - Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from major league baseball.
1959 - Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988)
1961 - Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy"
1966 - The Beach Boys received a gold record for the single, "Good Vibrations". A-one, and a-two and... "...I'm pickin' up good vibrations. She's givin' me excitations..."
1967 - The Rolling Stones LP, "Their Satanic Majesties Request", was released. It cost $50,000 to produce and came complete with a 3-D photograph of the Stones.
1968 - Apollo 8 (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell & Bill Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage
1968 - David Crosby, Stephen Stills & Graham Nash premiere together in California
1969 - Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)
1978 - Police in Des Plaines, IL, arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys that Gacy was later convicted of killing.
1981 - Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record)
1983 - NBA Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak
1987 - 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man
1988 - Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine
1990 - In a German television interview, Saddam Hussein declared that he would not withdraw from Kuwait by the UN deadline.
1991 - US actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner
1991 - 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)
1994 - Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street NYC
1998 - The first vaccine for Lyme disease was approved.
2001 - The Islamic militant group Hamas released a statement that said it was suspending suicide bombings and mortar attacks in Israel.
2002 - Larry Mayes was released after spending 21 years in prison for a rape that maintained that he never committed. He was the 100th person in the U.S. to be released after DNA tests were performed.
Famous Birthday’s December 21st
1879 - Joseph Stalin [Dzoegashvili] Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000
1928 - Ed Nelson New Orleans LA, actor (Peyton Place, Along Came a Spider)
1935 - Phil Donahue Cleveland OH, talk show host (Phil Donahue Show)
1937 - Jane Fonda New York NY, actress (Barbarella, Klute), physically fit
1940 - Frank Zappa Baltimore MD, composer/musician/satirist (Mothers of Invention)
1946 - Carl Dean Wilson Hawthorne CA, rock vocalist (Beach Boys-Barbie)
1948 - Samuel L Jackson actor (Amos & Andrew, Pulp Fiction, Shaft, Kill Bill, Swat)
1955 - Jane Kaczmarek Milwaukee WI, actress (Lois-Malcolm in the Middle)
1957 - Ray Romano Queens NY, actor (Ray Barone-Everybody Loves Raymond)
1965 - Andy Dick Charleston SC, actor (Matthew-Newsradio)
Famous Death’s
1945 - U.S. Gen. George S. Patton(Ol’Blood & Guts) died in Heidelberg, Germany, of injuries from a car accident. He was 60 years old.
1992 - Albert King US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71
Joke of the Day
The three wise men arrived to visit the child lying in the manger. One of the wise men was exceptionally tall, and bumped his head on the low doorway as he entered the stable. "Jesus Christ!" he shouted.
Joseph said, "Write that down, Mary; it's better than Clyde!"
Why did the snowman have a smile on his face ?
Because the snowblower was coming down the block.
What's the difference between snowmen and snowladies ?-----Snowballs.
Why is Christmas just like a day at the office ?
You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credit.
World Records
Most Marriage Vows Renewals - Same Couple
Lauren Lubeck Blair and David E. Hough Blair of Tennessee, USA, married each other for the 83rd time on August 16, 2004, at the Lighthouse Lounge at the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA! The adoring couple first tied the knot in 1984, and since then they've been hitched in the USA, UK, and Dutch Antilles.
Largest Gathering of People Dressed As Gorillas
The largest gathering of people dressed as gorillas involved 637 participants of the Great Gorilla Fun Run to raise money for The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in London, UK on September 25, 2005.
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