Trevor WholohanA Day in History January 1st
January 1st 2007 02:42
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1797 - Albany became the capital of New York state, replacing New York City.
1808 - The U.S. prohibited import of slaves from Africa.
1840 - The first recorded bowling match was recorded in the U.S.
1853 - 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
1862 - 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
1892 - Ellis Island Immigrant Station formally opened in New York.
1902 - The first Tournament of Roses (later the Rose Bowl) collegiate football game was played in Pasadena, CA.
1907 - President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
1908 - 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
1926 - The Rose Bowl was carried coast to coast on network radio for the first time.
1929 - Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
1934 - Alcatraz Island officially became a Federal Prison.
1935 - 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl Played
1937 - The First Cotton Bowl football game was played in Dallas, TX. Texas Christian University (T.C.U.) beat Marquette, 16-6.
1939 - William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.
1942 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill issued a declaration called the "United Nations." It was signed by 26 countries that vowed to create an international postwar World War II peacekeeping organization.
1942 - Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16
1944 - Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl", Oran, North Africa
1944 - General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army
1950 - Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China
1951 - Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
1954 - Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
1956 - Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
1958 - Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
1959 - Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
1960 - US census at 179,245,000
1961 - Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
1962 - US Navy SEAL teams established
1966 - A twelve day New York City transit strike begins.
1966 - All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"
1967 - Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
1968 - Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump 141 feet over Cæsar's Palace Fountain
1971 - Tobacco ads representing $20 million dollars in advertising were banned from TV and radio broadcast.
1975 - Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime
1975 - The magazine "Popular Electronics" announced the invention of a person computer called Altair.
1977 - 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
1977 - Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl
1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
1984 - AT&T was broken up into 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement with the U.S. Federal government.
1985 - The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
1985 - US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
1985 - VH-1 made its broadcasting debut
1990 - David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
1993 - Harry Connick Jr arrested at a New York airport for gun possession
1995 - Frederick West, an alleged killer of 12 women and girls, was found hanged in his jail cell in Winston Green prison, in Birmingham.
1996 - After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
1998 - A Law is passed that makes all California bars, clubs & card rooms smoke-free
1998 - US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
2000 - As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Y2K computer 'millennium bug'.
2002 - The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force.
2006 - Sydney, Australia swelters in 45C(113F) heat, a record for the city.
Famous Birthday’s
1735 - Paul Revere silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)Died 1818
1752 - Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, sewn the first U.S. flag(Died 1836)
1895 - J Edgar Hoover Washington DC, Director of US Fedreal Bureau of Investigation
1942 - Country Joe McDonald California, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish)
1946 - Rick Hurst Houston TX, actor (Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard)
Famous Death’s
1953 - Hank Williams country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29
1969 - Barton Maclane actor (General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68
1994 - Cesar Romero US actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
2001 - Ray Walston, actor(My Favorite Martian, Mr. Hand on Fast Times at Ridgemont High (b. 1914)
Joke of the Day
Things You Don't Want to Hear During Surgery
- Better save that. We'll need it for the autopsy.
- Someone call the janitor - we're going to need a mop.
- Accept this sacrifice, O Great Lord of Darkness!
- Spot! Spot! Come back with that! Bad Dog!
- Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that?
- Hand me that...uh...that...uh.....thingie.
- Oh no! I just lost my Rolex.
- Oops! Hey, has anyone ever survived 500ml of this stuff before?
- Darn, there go the lights again...
- You know, there's big money in kidneys. Heck, the guy's got two of them.
- Everybody stand back! I lost my contact lens!
- Could you stop that thing from beating; it's throwing my concentration off.
- What do you mean he wasn't in for a sex change...!
- Anyone see where I left the cutting thing?
- This patient has already had some kids, am I correct?
- Nurse, did this patient sign the organ donor card?
- Don't worry; I think it's sharp enough.
- What do you mean "You want a divorce"!
- She's gonna blow! Everyone take cover!!!
- FIRE! FIRE! Everyone get out of here!
- Has anyone seen my watch?
- Whoa I shouldn't had drank so much last night, I think I’m still ddrunk!
- Was I wearing 2 or 3 rings?
- Is that my blood or his?
- "Touchdown!"
- Who says two years of collage isn’t enough to become a Doctor!
- What do you mean, wrong end, nurse?
- Where are my pants?
A young man at a New Year’s party turns to hisfriend and asks for a cigarette.'I thought you made a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking,' his friend says.'I'm in the process of quitting,' the man says. 'Right now, I am in the middle of phase one.''What's phase one?' 'I've quit buying.'
Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.
Remember, The more you complain, the longer God makes you live.
World Records
Largest Parade of Bicycles
The record for the largest parade of bicycles is 140 and was achieved by Paul Frank Industries (USA) in Costa Mesa, CA, USA on December 22, 2005.
Largest Parade Of BMW Motorcycles
A parade of 128 BMW C-1 motorcycles took place at the village of Einsiedeln, Switzerland, on June 12, 2004 as part of the SwissC1:2004 event.
Largest Parade of Harley Davidson Motorcycles
A parade of 2,118 Harley Davidson motorcycles took part in the 17th annual Children's Hospital Toy Run at Denver, Colorado, USA, on December 8, 2002.
Longest Bicycle
The longest true bicycle, that is one with only two wheels and no stabilizers, was 28.1 m (92 ft 2 in) long and was built by members of Gezelschap Leeghwater, the mechanical engineering students' association at Delft University of Technology. The bicycle was ridden for a distance in excess of 100 m (328 ft) at Delft, The Netherlands on December 11, 2002.
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