Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records January 12th
January 12th 2007 01:29
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1773 - The first public museum in America was established in Charleston, SC.
1896 - 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1906 - Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass
1906 - 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
1915 - The U.S. House of Rep. rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
1915 - The U.S. Congress established the Rocky Mountain National Park.
1932 - Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1940 - Soviet bombers raided cities in Finland.
1942 - U.S. President Roosevelt created the National War Labor Board.
1943 - The standard frankfurters/hot dogs/wieners would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages.'(mix of meat & soy meal)
1945 - During World War II, Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.
1945 - German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
1945 - US Task Force 38, destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
1946 - NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles
1950 - USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
1958 - NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
1966 - "Batman" debuted on ABC-TV.
1966 - LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1967 - "Dragnet" returned to NBC-TV after being off the air for eight years.
1967 - Louisville KY, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
1968 - Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
1971 - Fed grand jury indicts Reverand Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
1971 - "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
1979 - Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
1979 - Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
1981 - "Dynasty", a prime time soap opera, starring Joan Collins, premieres on ABC-TV
1990 - Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Brooklyn
1991 - President Bush was authorized to use military power to force Iraq out of Kuwait.
1994 - Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder
1995 - Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles
1998 - Tyson Foods Inc. plead guilty to giving a bribe of $12,000 to former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. Tyson was fined $6 million.
1999 - Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder.
2005 - NASA launched "Deep Impact". The spacecraft was planned to impact on Comet Tempel 1 after a six-month, 268 million-mile journey.
2006 - Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Agca from jail after serving 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II.
Famous Birthday’s, January 12th
1737 - John Hancock patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)
1893 - Hermann Goering Reichsmarshall/propoganda minister (Nazi Germany)D. 1946
1902 - Ray Teal Grand Rapids MI, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza)
1906 - Tex Ritter Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, The Wayward Wind)D. 1974
1926 - Ray Price country singer (For The Good Times, Danny Boy)
1944 - Joe Frazier heavyweight champion boxer(Olympics-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73)
1951 - Kirstie Alley Wichita KS, actress (Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca)
1951 - Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, conservative radio & television host
1952 - Ricky Van Shelton, country musician ( From a Jack to a King, Rockin' Years)
1954 - Howard Stern Roosevelt NY, "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK)
1965 - Rob Zombie, musician/director(Band-White Zombie, Movie Devils Rejects)
1973 - Greg Morton Milwaukee WI, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King)
Famous Death’s
1928 - Ruth Snyder 1st woman to die in electric chair
1965 - Porcupine in Washington DC zoo, dies at 27; oldest known rodent
1976 - Agatha Christie mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85
1978 - Nancy Spungen stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious
Joke of the Day
Speeding
A speeding motorist was caught by radar from a police helicopter in the sky. An officer pulled him over and began to issue a traffic ticket. "How did you know I was speeding?" the frustrated driver asked. The police officer pointed somberly toward the sky. "You mean," asked the motorist, "that even He is against me?"
Q: What do you call a happy Lassie?---------------------------------------A: A jolly collie!
Q: Why do you need a licence for a dog and not for a cat? ------------A: Cats can't drive!
Q: What do you call a dog in the middle of a muddy road?-------------A: A mutt in a rut!
World Records
Longest Journey on a Quadbike (ATV)
Gerry Mayr (Germany) covered 13,519 km (8,400 miles) on a 250 cc Kymco MXU quadbike (ATV) from December 26, 2004 to January 30, 2005, starting and finishing in Konstanz, Germany, and passing through 18 European capital cities in the process.
Longest Journey on an Electric Mobility Vehicle (scooter)
John Duckworth (UK) travelled 2,662.8 km (1654.6 miles) around mainland UK on a Horizon Mayan electric mobility scooter between June 20, 2004 and July 27, 2004, finishing in Hincaster, Cumbria, UK.
For more info go to www.Supermantag.org or www.christopherreeve.org
1773 - The first public museum in America was established in Charleston, SC.
1896 - 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1906 - Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass
1906 - 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
1915 - The U.S. House of Rep. rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
1915 - The U.S. Congress established the Rocky Mountain National Park.
1932 - Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1940 - Soviet bombers raided cities in Finland.
1942 - U.S. President Roosevelt created the National War Labor Board.
1943 - The standard frankfurters/hot dogs/wieners would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages.'(mix of meat & soy meal)
1945 - During World War II, Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.
1945 - German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
1946 - NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles
1950 - USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
1958 - NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
1966 - "Batman" debuted on ABC-TV.
1966 - LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1967 - "Dragnet" returned to NBC-TV after being off the air for eight years.
1967 - Louisville KY, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
1968 - Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
1971 - Fed grand jury indicts Reverand Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
1971 - "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
1979 - Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
1979 - Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
1981 - "Dynasty", a prime time soap opera, starring Joan Collins, premieres on ABC-TV
1990 - Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Brooklyn
1991 - President Bush was authorized to use military power to force Iraq out of Kuwait.
1994 - Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder
1995 - Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles
1998 - Tyson Foods Inc. plead guilty to giving a bribe of $12,000 to former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. Tyson was fined $6 million.
1999 - Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder.
2005 - NASA launched "Deep Impact". The spacecraft was planned to impact on Comet Tempel 1 after a six-month, 268 million-mile journey.
2006 - Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Agca from jail after serving 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II.
Famous Birthday’s, January 12th
1737 - John Hancock patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)
1893 - Hermann Goering Reichsmarshall/propoganda minister (Nazi Germany)D. 1946
1902 - Ray Teal Grand Rapids MI, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza)
1906 - Tex Ritter Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, The Wayward Wind)D. 1974
1926 - Ray Price country singer (For The Good Times, Danny Boy)
1944 - Joe Frazier heavyweight champion boxer(Olympics-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73)
1951 - Kirstie Alley Wichita KS, actress (Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca)
1951 - Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, conservative radio & television host
1952 - Ricky Van Shelton, country musician ( From a Jack to a King, Rockin' Years)
1954 - Howard Stern Roosevelt NY, "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK)
1965 - Rob Zombie, musician/director(Band-White Zombie, Movie Devils Rejects)
1973 - Greg Morton Milwaukee WI, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King)
Famous Death’s
1928 - Ruth Snyder 1st woman to die in electric chair
1965 - Porcupine in Washington DC zoo, dies at 27; oldest known rodent
1976 - Agatha Christie mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85
1978 - Nancy Spungen stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious
Joke of the Day
Speeding
A speeding motorist was caught by radar from a police helicopter in the sky. An officer pulled him over and began to issue a traffic ticket. "How did you know I was speeding?" the frustrated driver asked. The police officer pointed somberly toward the sky. "You mean," asked the motorist, "that even He is against me?"
Q: What do you call a happy Lassie?---------------------------------------A: A jolly collie!
Q: Why do you need a licence for a dog and not for a cat? ------------A: Cats can't drive!
Q: What do you call a dog in the middle of a muddy road?-------------A: A mutt in a rut!
World Records
Longest Journey on a Quadbike (ATV)
Gerry Mayr (Germany) covered 13,519 km (8,400 miles) on a 250 cc Kymco MXU quadbike (ATV) from December 26, 2004 to January 30, 2005, starting and finishing in Konstanz, Germany, and passing through 18 European capital cities in the process.
Longest Journey on an Electric Mobility Vehicle (scooter)
John Duckworth (UK) travelled 2,662.8 km (1654.6 miles) around mainland UK on a Horizon Mayan electric mobility scooter between June 20, 2004 and July 27, 2004, finishing in Hincaster, Cumbria, UK.
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