Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records February 16th
February 16th 2007 15:57
1741 - Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine (2nd US Magazine) begins publishing
1804 - Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
1838 - Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
1862 - Ft Donelson captured by General Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)
1878 - Silver dollar became US legal tender
1914 - The first airplane flight between Los Angeles and San Francisco took place.
1923 - Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen.
1934 - Thousands of Socialists battle Communists at a rally in Madison Square Garden.
1937 - DuPont Corp patents nylon, it replace’s silk at a reduced price.
1940 - British destroyer finds German Altmark a prisoner ship & rescues 300 British.
1942 - German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery
1943 - World War II: USSR reconquers Kharkov.
1945 - World War II: American forces land on Corregidor island in the Philippines.
1945 - World War II: First American Aircraft carrier strikes on Tokyo.
1945 - American forces recapture the Bataan Peninsula.
1945 - Venezuela declares war on Nazi-Germany
1950 - Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
1952 - The FBI arrests 10 members of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina.
1959 - Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of Pres. Fulgencio Batista.
1960 - The U.S.S. Triton began the first circumnavigation of the globe under water.
1963 - Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
1964 - Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1965 - Four persons are held in a plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell and the Washington Monument.
1968 - Beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1968 - Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL
1968 - Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"
1972 - NBA basketball player Wilt Chamberlain scores 30,000th point.
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
1978 - China and Japan sign a $20 billion trade pact.
1982 - Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
1985 - "Kojak" returned to network television after an absence of seven years
1991 - U.S. and UK war planes bomb the suburbs of Baghdad, injuring at least 11 civilians and killing three others.
1997 - At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
1999 - Testimony began in the Jasper, TX, trial of John William King. He was charged with murder in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. King was later sentenced to death.
2002 - The operator of a crematory in Noble, GA, was arrested after dozens of corpses were found stacked in storage sheds and scattered around in the surrounding woods.
2005 - The NHL announced the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to a labor dispute.
Famous Birthday’s
1909 - Hugh Beaumont Lawrence KS, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver) D. 1982
1935 - Sonny Bono, singer (Sonny & Cher, Mayor-R-Palm Springs CA)Died 1998
1958 - Ice-T rap singer/actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six, Law & Order)
1959 - John P McEnroe tennis player (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimbledon 1981, 83, 84)
Joke of the Day
Women and Cats
I've never understood why women love cats. Cats are independent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat.
Guys Shopping
In the frozen foods department of our local grocery store, I noticed a man shopping with his son. As I walked by, he checked something off his list, and I heard him whisper conspiratorially to the child; "You know, if we really mess this up, we'll never have to do it again."
Donkey Raffle
A Cajun named Jean Paul moved to Texas and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer rove up and said, "Sorry, but I got some bad news. The donkey died." "Well then, just give me my money back."
"Cain't do that. I went and spent it already." "OK then, just unload the donkey." "What ya gonna do with em." "I'm gonna raffle him off." "Ya cain't raffle off a dead donkey!"
"Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anyone he's dead."
A month later the farmer met up with the Cajun and asked, "What happened with the dead donkey?"
"I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at $2.00 apiece and made a profit of $898.00." "Didn't anyone complain?" "Just the guy who won.
So I gave him his $2.00 back."
World Records
Longest distance covered over a working career
Stanley Rychlicki(USA) walked for 37 years of his 40 year career as a pipeline inspector and covered a distance of 136,880 miles sometimes walking in excess of 20 miles a day.
Oldest Authors
Elizabeth and Sarah Delany(USA) published the "Delany Sisters book of Everyday Wisdom" in October 1994 at 105 years old
1804 - Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
1838 - Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
1862 - Ft Donelson captured by General Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)
1878 - Silver dollar became US legal tender
1914 - The first airplane flight between Los Angeles and San Francisco took place.
1923 - Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen.
1934 - Thousands of Socialists battle Communists at a rally in Madison Square Garden.
1940 - British destroyer finds German Altmark a prisoner ship & rescues 300 British.
1942 - German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery
1943 - World War II: USSR reconquers Kharkov.
1945 - World War II: American forces land on Corregidor island in the Philippines.
1945 - World War II: First American Aircraft carrier strikes on Tokyo.
1945 - American forces recapture the Bataan Peninsula.
1945 - Venezuela declares war on Nazi-Germany
1950 - Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
1952 - The FBI arrests 10 members of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina.
1959 - Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of Pres. Fulgencio Batista.
1960 - The U.S.S. Triton began the first circumnavigation of the globe under water.
1963 - Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
1964 - Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1965 - Four persons are held in a plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell and the Washington Monument.
1968 - Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL
1968 - Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"
1972 - NBA basketball player Wilt Chamberlain scores 30,000th point.
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
1978 - China and Japan sign a $20 billion trade pact.
1982 - Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
1985 - "Kojak" returned to network television after an absence of seven years
1991 - U.S. and UK war planes bomb the suburbs of Baghdad, injuring at least 11 civilians and killing three others.
1997 - At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
1999 - Testimony began in the Jasper, TX, trial of John William King. He was charged with murder in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. King was later sentenced to death.
2002 - The operator of a crematory in Noble, GA, was arrested after dozens of corpses were found stacked in storage sheds and scattered around in the surrounding woods.
2005 - The NHL announced the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to a labor dispute.
Famous Birthday’s
1909 - Hugh Beaumont Lawrence KS, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver) D. 1982
1935 - Sonny Bono, singer (Sonny & Cher, Mayor-R-Palm Springs CA)Died 1998
1958 - Ice-T rap singer/actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six, Law & Order)
1959 - John P McEnroe tennis player (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimbledon 1981, 83, 84)
Joke of the Day
Women and Cats
I've never understood why women love cats. Cats are independent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat.
Guys Shopping
In the frozen foods department of our local grocery store, I noticed a man shopping with his son. As I walked by, he checked something off his list, and I heard him whisper conspiratorially to the child; "You know, if we really mess this up, we'll never have to do it again."
Donkey Raffle
A Cajun named Jean Paul moved to Texas and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer rove up and said, "Sorry, but I got some bad news. The donkey died." "Well then, just give me my money back."
"Cain't do that. I went and spent it already." "OK then, just unload the donkey." "What ya gonna do with em." "I'm gonna raffle him off." "Ya cain't raffle off a dead donkey!"
"Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anyone he's dead."
A month later the farmer met up with the Cajun and asked, "What happened with the dead donkey?"
"I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at $2.00 apiece and made a profit of $898.00." "Didn't anyone complain?" "Just the guy who won.
So I gave him his $2.00 back."
World Records
Longest distance covered over a working career
Stanley Rychlicki(USA) walked for 37 years of his 40 year career as a pipeline inspector and covered a distance of 136,880 miles sometimes walking in excess of 20 miles a day.
Oldest Authors
Elizabeth and Sarah Delany(USA) published the "Delany Sisters book of Everyday Wisdom" in October 1994 at 105 years old
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