Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records January 10th
January 10th 2007 02:03
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1861 - Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US
1883 - Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee WI kills 71; General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt
1901 - The first great Texas gusher, oil discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1920 - League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.
1923 - The Last US troops leave Rhineland(Germany)after World War I
1935 - Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks
1942 - Japan invades North-Celebes, Dutch East Indies
1943 - Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad
1946 - The first meeting of the United Nations took place with 51 nations represented.
1949 - Vinyl records were introduced by RCA (45 rpm) and Columbia (33.3 rpm).
1951 - Donald Rogers piloted the first passenger jet on a trip from Chicago to N.Y. City.
1956 - Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the country and r&b charts,
1962 - 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Perú
1967 - PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network
1969 - After 147 years, the last issue of The Saturday Evening Post is published.
1972 - Los Angeles Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
1980 - Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
1981 - John Severin sets 100-mile unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m
1984 - Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?" in a Wendy’s commercial.
1984 - US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years
1990 - NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players
1991 - US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis
1994 - In Manassas, VA, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial. She had been charged with maliciously wounding her husband John(she cut off his penis). She was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity.
1997 - Shelby Lynne Barrackman was strangled to death by her grand-father when she licked the icing off of cupcakes.
1997 - 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight"
1997 - Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits
2000 - It was announced that Time-Warner had agreed to buy America On-line (AOL). It was the largest-ever corporate merger priced at $162 billion.
2003 - North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the global nuclear arms control treaty and that it had no plans to develop nuclear weapons.
Famous Birthday’s, January 10th
1738 - Ethan Allen Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mountain Boys)
1930 - Roy E Disney CEO (Disney)
1940 - Harry Gant NASCAR driver
1943 - Jim Croce Phil. PA, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown)
1945 - Rod Stewart London England, singer (Maggie Mae, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy)
1949 - George Foreman Marshall TX, world heavyweight boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
1953 - Bobby Rahal Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
1953 - Pat Benatar, Brooklyn NY, singer (Hit Me With Your Best Shot)
Famous Death’s
1862 - Samuel Colt inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47
1917 - Buffalo Bill Cody army scout & Indian fighter, dies
1978 - John D Rockefeller III US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
1981 - Richard Boone actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
1982 - Paul Lynde comedian/actor (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched, Bye Bye Birdie),dies at 55
Joke of the Day
Signs You've Chosen a "No Frills" Airline
- You can't board the plane unless you have the exact change.
- Before you take off, the stewardess tells you to fasten your Velcro.
- The Captain asks all the passengers to chip in a little for gas.
- When they pull the steps away, the plane starts rocking.
- The Captain yells at the ground crew to get the cows off the runway.
- You ask the Captain how often their planes crash and he says, "Just once."
- No movie. Don't need one. Your life keeps flashing before your eyes.
- You see a man with a gun, but he's demanding to be let off the plane.
- All the planes have both a bathroom and a chapel.
The Pill
Dennis had a problem with getting up late in the morning and as a result, he was always late for work. His boss was getting very angry with him, and threatened to fire him if he didn't do something about the problem. So Dennis went to his doctor, who gave him a pill and told him to take it at night to help him sleep. Dennis slept very well, and actually got up before his alarm went off. After enjoying a leisurely breakfast, he cheerfully drove to work, where his boss greeted him at the door. "Boss, the pill the doctor gave me actually worked!" "How nice for you," his boss glared, "but where were you yesterday?"
World Records
Longest Driven Journey
Emil and Liliana Schmid (Switzerland) have covered in excess of 587,000 km (364,745 miles) in their Toyota Land Cruiser since October 16, 1984, crossing 150 countries and territories in the process.
Longest Journey by Powered Paraglider
Bob Holloway (USA) made a journey of 4,150 km (2,580 miles) in a powered paraglider following the 'Lewis & Clark trail' from Astoria, Oregon, to Washington, Missouri, USA, from June 18 to July 12, 2004.
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