Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records February 12th
February 12th 2007 01:27
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1850 - Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300
1879 - 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square Garden, NYC)
1892 - Former President Abraham Lincoln's birthday is declared a national holiday
1908 - New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska & Siberia) begins in New York NY; George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel
1915 - In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
1924 - President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech
1937 - Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise
1940 - The first broadcast of the radio play "The Adventures of Superman."
1946 - Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling or sinking 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
1947 - Record 221 pound(100.5kg) sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands
1949 - Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
1950 - Albert Einstein warns president against hydrogen bomb
1955 - President Eisenhower sends 1st US advisors to South Vietnam
1962 - Bus boycott starts in Macon GA
1964 - Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
1967 - Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs
1973 - 1st US POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines
1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 - Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
1982 - Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tying NHL record
1984 - Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH
1985 - Johnny Carson surprised his audience by shaving the beard he had been wearing on "The Tonight Show."
1987 - Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 mil. damages
1991 - North & South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition
1993 - In Liverpool, England, a 2-year-old boy, James Bulger was beaten to death by 2 ten-year-old boys.
1997 - Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement
1998 - 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die & 50 hurt
1999 - U.S. President Clinton was acquitted by the U.S. Senate on two impeachment articles. The charges were perjury and obstruction of justice.
2004 - Mattel announced that "Barbie" and "Ken" were breaking up. The dolls had met on the set of their first television commercial together in 1961.
2006 - A powerful Nor'easter Winter Storm blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington DC up to Boston, Massachusetts.
Famous Birthday’s, February 12th
1809 - Charles Darwin Shrewsbury England, discovered evolution (Origin of species)
1809 - Abraham Lincoln Hodgenville KY, (R) 16th President (1861-65) Died 1865
1893 - Omar Bradley General of Army WWII "The GI General" Died 1981
1915 - Lorne Greene Ottawa Canada, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica)Died 1987
1958 - Arsenio Hall comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America)
1967 - Stephen Baldwin actor (William Cody-The Young Riders)
1980 - Christina Ricci actress (Wednesday-Addams Family, Mermaids, Casper)
Famous Death’s
1986 - Sid Stone comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82
2000 - Charles Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922)
Joke of the Day
A Counterfeiter
A counterfeiter decided that the easiest way to pass off his phony $18 bills would be to unload them in some small rural town, so he drove until he found a tiny town with a single general merchandise store. He entered the store, went up to the counter, and handed one of the bogus bills to the man behind the counter. "Could you change this for me, please?" The store clerk looked at the bill for a few seconds then smiled at the man. "Of course I can. Would you prefer two $9 bills or three $6 bills?"
A Child's View of Marriage
When my daughter was about four years old, she still had a hard time grasping the concept of marriage. So, I got out our wedding album, thinking visual images would help, and explained the entire service to her. Once finished, I asked if she had any questions, and she replied, "Oh. I see. Is that when Mommy came to work for us, Daddy?"
World Records
Fastest Time to Type one to one Million in words
Les Stewart(Australia) has type the numbers one to one million manually in words on 19,990 legal sheets of paper. Starting in 1982, his target to become a "millionaire" became a reality on December 7, 1998.
Longest Working Career as a Builder
Edward Beard(UK) retired in Oct. 1981 after 85 years what the firm he founded in 1896.
Most Blood Donated
Maurice Crestwick(South Africa) has donated blood for 59 years giving 336 units of blood, that is a total of 50 gallons.
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