Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes, Sports and Wisconsin News December 29th
December 29th 2006 02:22
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1813 - The British burned Buffalo, NY, during the War of 1812.
1837 - Canadian militiamen destroyed the Caroline, a U.S. steamboat docked in N.Y.
1845 - U.S. President James Polk and signed legislation making Texas the 28th state.
1848 - U.S. President James Polk turned on the first gas light at the White House.
1862 - Bowling ball invented
1890 - The U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred over 400 men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek, SD. This was the last major conflict between Indians and U.S. troops.
1908 - Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville WI
1930 - Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam MN, to New Orleans LA
1933 - Yankees refuse to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds
1940 - Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WWII)
1944 - Belgian Nazi Léon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced
1947 - Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine
1948 - US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit
1952 - The first transistorized hearing aid was offered for sale by Sonotone Corporation.
1955 - Barbra Streisand's 1st recording, "You'll Never Know" at age 13
1957 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game
1965 - CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year
1968 - Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes
1972 - After 36 years of publication, the last issue of "LIFE" magazine hit the newsstand
1975 - 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York NY
1982 - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins)
1986 - The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, FL, reopened for business after eighteen years and $47 million expended on restoration.
1989 - Following Hong Kong's decision to forcibly repatriate some Vietnamese refugees, thousands of Vietnamese 'boat people' battled with riot police.
1993 - Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed)
1993 - Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment
1997 - Hong Kong began killing 1.25 million chickens, the entire population, for fear of the spread of 'bird flu'.
1997 - Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for 130 deaths under his care
1997 - Russia signs agreement to build a $3 Billion nuclear power plant in China
1998 - Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million lives.
2001 - A fire in the historic district of downtown Lima, Peru kills at least 274 people.
2002 - Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field is demolished.
Famous Birthday’s, December 29th
1800 - Charles Goodyear inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
1808 - Andrew Johnson Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th President (1865-69)
1936 - Mary Tyler Moore Brooklyn NY, actress (Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People)
1936 - Ray Nitschke NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers)Died in 1998
1938 - Jon Voight Yonkers NY, actor (Deliverance, Anaconda, Mission: Impossible)
1947 - Ted Danson San Diego CA, actor (Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men & a Baby)
1967 - Jason Gould son of Elliot Gould/Barbra Streisand, (Prince of Tides)
1972 - Jude Law, actor(Enemy at the Gates, Cold Mountain, The Aviator)
Joke of the Day
One Way Trip to Mars
NASA was interviewing professionals they were thinking of sending to Mars. The touchy part was that only one guy could go and it would be a one-way trip, the guy not ever returning to Earth. The interviewer asked the first applicant, an engineer, how much he wanted to be paid for going. "One million dollars," the engineer answered. "And I want to donate it all to my alma mater--Rice University." The next applicant was a doctor, and the interviewer asked him the same question. "Two millions dollars," the doctor said. "I want to give a million to my family and leave the other million for the advancement of medical research." The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he whispered in the interviewer's ear, "Three million dollars." "Why so much more than the others?" the interviewer asked. The lawyer replied, "You give me three million, I'll give you one million, I'll keep a million, and we'll send the engineer."
"The federal government has a new citizenship test. They said the old test for immigrants is too outdated. Apparently, it was in English." --Jay Leno
World Records
Tallest Rideable Motorcycle
Gregory Dunham (USA) has constructed a rideable motorcycle that is 11 ft 3 in tall to the top of handlebars, 20 ft 4 in long and weighs 3 1/2 tons (6,500 lb). It is powered by a 8.2 litre (502 cu in) V8 engine and has tires that are 74 in tall(6 ft 2in).
Blindfold Motorcycle Speed Record
Billy Baxter (UK) reached a speed of 265.33 km/h (164.87 mph) while riding a 1,200cc Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle unsighted at RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, UK, on August 2, 2003.
Wisconsin Weather
Friday: A light wintry mix in the morning will transition to a few showers in the afternoon. High 38F. Winds light and variable. Chance of precip 50%.
Friday Night: Overcast. Low 31F. Winds light and variable.
Saturday: Considerable cloudiness. High 37F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Windy with periods of rain. Highs in the mid 30s and lows in the low 30s.
Monday: Chance of a few snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s and lows in the mid 20s.
Sports
Zito agrees to $126 million, 7-year deal with Giants
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bay Area's other Barry is the new face of the San Francisco Giants -- now and well into the future. Barry Zito and the Giants reached a preliminary agreement on the largest contract for a pitcher in baseball history, a $126 million, seven-year deal. Zito joins the Giants three weeks after the club came to terms on a $16 million, one-year contract with slugger Barry Bonds for a 15th season.
Zito, the 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner with a nasty curveball and eccentric personality, has never missed a start in his career and is eager to help the Giants become a contender again. San Francisco has missed the playoffs the past three seasons.
Zito's agreement, reached late Wednesday night, includes an $18 million option for 2014 with a $7 million buyout that could increase the value to $137 million. The option would become guaranteed if Zito pitches 200 innings in 2013, 400 combined over 2012 and 2013 or 600 combined from 2011-13. Zito also has a full no-trade clause.
Green Bay Packers (7-8) at Chicago Bears (13-2)
When: 7:15pm Sunday, December 31st 2006 Channel:12(NBC)
The Green Bay Packers might have more on their minds than the possibility of Brett Favre playing his final NFL game when they visit the Chicago Bears to close the regular season at Soldier Field on Sunday.
The game is essentially meaningless for the Bears (13-2), who have already clinched home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, but the Packers could still be in the hunt for the conference's final wild-card spot come kickoff. The game was moved from the afternoon to Sunday evening as part of the NFL's flexible schedule.
The Packers (7-8) are one of five teams tied for the final playoff spot and could know their fate even before kickoff depending on what happens in games involving the New York Giants on Saturday, and Carolina, Atlanta and St. Louis earlier on Sunday.
If New York loses, then the Packers would need a win, coupled with either a Rams loss, Panthers win or Falcons win to reach the postseason.
If New York wins, Green Bay could remain mathematically alive to win a strength of victory tiebreaker with the Giants, but would need an elaborate, unlikely combination of results from around the league to make that happen.
Wisconsin News
Squirrel causes thousands to lose power
LA CROSSE, Wis. More than 57-hundred La Crosse area residents were without power this morning -- because of a mischievous squirrel.
Xcel spokeswoman Chris Ouellette says the squirrel jumped into an Xcel Energy substation and caused the outages, including to Trane Company and Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. She says the outage only lasted for about a half hour -- before they were able to remove the dead squirrel and reset the circuits.
Truck strikes couple arguing in Milwaukee street, kills woman
MILWAUKEE The 19-year-old woman who was killed this morning when she was struck by a pickup truck has been identified.
Police say Latasha Vaughn was struck and killed as she stood in the street arguing with a man in Milwaukee. Police say the man is in quote "extremely critical condition" at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in suburban Milwaukee. His identity hasn't yet been released. Police say pickup driver called 9-1-1.
Wisconsin to start enforcing booster seat law
MADISON, Wis. -- There will soon be no more warnings for parents who don't have their children - ages 4 through 7 - in a booster seat. Authorities will start enforcing a law Jan. 1 that actually went into effect in June that requires children who are at least 4 years old but younger than 8 to travel in a booster seat while in the car, unless they are 4 feet 9 inches or taller or weigh 80 pounds or more.
The state Department of Transportation reported that 105 warnings had been issued through Dec. 18. If a child 4 or older, but not yet 8, is unrestrained or not properly restrained, drivers will face a $135.60 fine for a first offense and $184.50 for a second offense. For children younger than 4, the fine is $160.80 for a first offense.
"We put some teeth into it, and that will help to raise awareness that there are some consequences," said State Patrol Maj. Dan Lonsdorf, director of transportation safety for the state Department of Transportation.
Armed Robbery
Six people are in the Chippewa County Jail tonight and more arrests are expected in relation to an armed robbery at a home near Jim Falls last weekend.
Anthony Barnard, Cassandra Sloviak, Janie Johnson, Nicklaus Johnson, Ramon Mitchell, and Steven Angell are behind bars on cash bonds.
At around 1a.m. Saturday, the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department responded to a call about an armed robbery. According to the Sheriff's Department, residents in the lower apartment were held against their will over a money dispute.
One of the suspects allegedly had a gun.
Investigators say the people involved were familiar to each other and law enforcement.
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1813 - The British burned Buffalo, NY, during the War of 1812.
1837 - Canadian militiamen destroyed the Caroline, a U.S. steamboat docked in N.Y.
1845 - U.S. President James Polk and signed legislation making Texas the 28th state.
1848 - U.S. President James Polk turned on the first gas light at the White House.
1862 - Bowling ball invented
1890 - The U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred over 400 men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek, SD. This was the last major conflict between Indians and U.S. troops.
1908 - Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville WI
1930 - Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam MN, to New Orleans LA
1933 - Yankees refuse to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds
1940 - Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WWII)
1944 - Belgian Nazi Léon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced
1947 - Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine
1948 - US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit
1955 - Barbra Streisand's 1st recording, "You'll Never Know" at age 13
1957 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game
1965 - CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year
1968 - Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes
1972 - After 36 years of publication, the last issue of "LIFE" magazine hit the newsstand
1975 - 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York NY
1982 - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins)
1986 - The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, FL, reopened for business after eighteen years and $47 million expended on restoration.
1989 - Following Hong Kong's decision to forcibly repatriate some Vietnamese refugees, thousands of Vietnamese 'boat people' battled with riot police.
1993 - Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed)
1993 - Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment
1997 - Hong Kong began killing 1.25 million chickens, the entire population, for fear of the spread of 'bird flu'.
1997 - Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for 130 deaths under his care
1997 - Russia signs agreement to build a $3 Billion nuclear power plant in China
1998 - Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million lives.
2001 - A fire in the historic district of downtown Lima, Peru kills at least 274 people.
2002 - Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field is demolished.
Famous Birthday’s, December 29th
1800 - Charles Goodyear inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
1808 - Andrew Johnson Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th President (1865-69)
1936 - Mary Tyler Moore Brooklyn NY, actress (Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People)
1936 - Ray Nitschke NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers)Died in 1998
1938 - Jon Voight Yonkers NY, actor (Deliverance, Anaconda, Mission: Impossible)
1947 - Ted Danson San Diego CA, actor (Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men & a Baby)
1967 - Jason Gould son of Elliot Gould/Barbra Streisand, (Prince of Tides)
1972 - Jude Law, actor(Enemy at the Gates, Cold Mountain, The Aviator)
Joke of the Day
One Way Trip to Mars
NASA was interviewing professionals they were thinking of sending to Mars. The touchy part was that only one guy could go and it would be a one-way trip, the guy not ever returning to Earth. The interviewer asked the first applicant, an engineer, how much he wanted to be paid for going. "One million dollars," the engineer answered. "And I want to donate it all to my alma mater--Rice University." The next applicant was a doctor, and the interviewer asked him the same question. "Two millions dollars," the doctor said. "I want to give a million to my family and leave the other million for the advancement of medical research." The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he whispered in the interviewer's ear, "Three million dollars." "Why so much more than the others?" the interviewer asked. The lawyer replied, "You give me three million, I'll give you one million, I'll keep a million, and we'll send the engineer."
"The federal government has a new citizenship test. They said the old test for immigrants is too outdated. Apparently, it was in English." --Jay Leno
World Records
Tallest Rideable Motorcycle
Gregory Dunham (USA) has constructed a rideable motorcycle that is 11 ft 3 in tall to the top of handlebars, 20 ft 4 in long and weighs 3 1/2 tons (6,500 lb). It is powered by a 8.2 litre (502 cu in) V8 engine and has tires that are 74 in tall(6 ft 2in).
Blindfold Motorcycle Speed Record
Billy Baxter (UK) reached a speed of 265.33 km/h (164.87 mph) while riding a 1,200cc Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle unsighted at RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, UK, on August 2, 2003.
Wisconsin Weather
Friday: A light wintry mix in the morning will transition to a few showers in the afternoon. High 38F. Winds light and variable. Chance of precip 50%.
Friday Night: Overcast. Low 31F. Winds light and variable.
Saturday: Considerable cloudiness. High 37F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Windy with periods of rain. Highs in the mid 30s and lows in the low 30s.
Monday: Chance of a few snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s and lows in the mid 20s.
Sports
Zito agrees to $126 million, 7-year deal with Giants
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bay Area's other Barry is the new face of the San Francisco Giants -- now and well into the future. Barry Zito and the Giants reached a preliminary agreement on the largest contract for a pitcher in baseball history, a $126 million, seven-year deal. Zito joins the Giants three weeks after the club came to terms on a $16 million, one-year contract with slugger Barry Bonds for a 15th season.
Zito, the 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner with a nasty curveball and eccentric personality, has never missed a start in his career and is eager to help the Giants become a contender again. San Francisco has missed the playoffs the past three seasons.
Zito's agreement, reached late Wednesday night, includes an $18 million option for 2014 with a $7 million buyout that could increase the value to $137 million. The option would become guaranteed if Zito pitches 200 innings in 2013, 400 combined over 2012 and 2013 or 600 combined from 2011-13. Zito also has a full no-trade clause.
Green Bay Packers (7-8) at Chicago Bears (13-2)
When: 7:15pm Sunday, December 31st 2006 Channel:12(NBC)
The Green Bay Packers might have more on their minds than the possibility of Brett Favre playing his final NFL game when they visit the Chicago Bears to close the regular season at Soldier Field on Sunday.
The game is essentially meaningless for the Bears (13-2), who have already clinched home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, but the Packers could still be in the hunt for the conference's final wild-card spot come kickoff. The game was moved from the afternoon to Sunday evening as part of the NFL's flexible schedule.
The Packers (7-8) are one of five teams tied for the final playoff spot and could know their fate even before kickoff depending on what happens in games involving the New York Giants on Saturday, and Carolina, Atlanta and St. Louis earlier on Sunday.
If New York loses, then the Packers would need a win, coupled with either a Rams loss, Panthers win or Falcons win to reach the postseason.
If New York wins, Green Bay could remain mathematically alive to win a strength of victory tiebreaker with the Giants, but would need an elaborate, unlikely combination of results from around the league to make that happen.
Wisconsin News
Squirrel causes thousands to lose power
LA CROSSE, Wis. More than 57-hundred La Crosse area residents were without power this morning -- because of a mischievous squirrel.
Xcel spokeswoman Chris Ouellette says the squirrel jumped into an Xcel Energy substation and caused the outages, including to Trane Company and Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. She says the outage only lasted for about a half hour -- before they were able to remove the dead squirrel and reset the circuits.
Truck strikes couple arguing in Milwaukee street, kills woman
MILWAUKEE The 19-year-old woman who was killed this morning when she was struck by a pickup truck has been identified.
Police say Latasha Vaughn was struck and killed as she stood in the street arguing with a man in Milwaukee. Police say the man is in quote "extremely critical condition" at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in suburban Milwaukee. His identity hasn't yet been released. Police say pickup driver called 9-1-1.
Wisconsin to start enforcing booster seat law
MADISON, Wis. -- There will soon be no more warnings for parents who don't have their children - ages 4 through 7 - in a booster seat. Authorities will start enforcing a law Jan. 1 that actually went into effect in June that requires children who are at least 4 years old but younger than 8 to travel in a booster seat while in the car, unless they are 4 feet 9 inches or taller or weigh 80 pounds or more.
The state Department of Transportation reported that 105 warnings had been issued through Dec. 18. If a child 4 or older, but not yet 8, is unrestrained or not properly restrained, drivers will face a $135.60 fine for a first offense and $184.50 for a second offense. For children younger than 4, the fine is $160.80 for a first offense.
"We put some teeth into it, and that will help to raise awareness that there are some consequences," said State Patrol Maj. Dan Lonsdorf, director of transportation safety for the state Department of Transportation.
Armed Robbery
Six people are in the Chippewa County Jail tonight and more arrests are expected in relation to an armed robbery at a home near Jim Falls last weekend.
Anthony Barnard, Cassandra Sloviak, Janie Johnson, Nicklaus Johnson, Ramon Mitchell, and Steven Angell are behind bars on cash bonds.
At around 1a.m. Saturday, the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department responded to a call about an armed robbery. According to the Sheriff's Department, residents in the lower apartment were held against their will over a money dispute.
One of the suspects allegedly had a gun.
Investigators say the people involved were familiar to each other and law enforcement.
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