Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records February 19th
February 19th 2007 01:51
Happy Presidents' Day (formerly Washington's Birthday)
1804 - Vice Pres. Aaron Burr is arrested in Alabama for treason. He is found innocent.
1847 - The Donner Party is rescued. The survivors resorted to cannibalism after being caught in a blizzard in the mountains of Nevada, 41 died.
1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph).
1881 - Kansas became the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
1884 - Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky & Indiana kill 800 people
1913 - 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
1934 - Bob & Dolores Hope marry
1941 - Nazis raid Koco Amsterdam & round up 429 young Jews for deportation
1942 - FDR orders detention & internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans
1942 - New York Yankees announce 5,000 uniformed soldiers will be admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
1942 - About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
1945 - 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days
1945 - 5th Fleet (30,000 Marines) launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese
1953 - Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the U.S.
1960 - Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts
1963 - USSR informs JFK it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba
1968 - 1st US Teachers strike (Florida)
1968 - Public Broadcasting Service debuts the program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
1974 - 1st American Music Award
1977 - Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st test flight atop a 747 jetliner
1982 - Ozzy Osbourne arrested for urinating on The Alamo.
1985 - William Schroeder is the first person to leave hospital with a Artificial heart.
1985 - Cherry Coke was introduced by the Coca-Cola Company.
1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
1987 - A controversial, anti-smoking ad aired for the first time on television. It featured Yul Brynner who died shortly after of lung cancer.
1989 - Broadway's biggest flop (lost $5.3 million) "Legs Diamond" closes in NY.
1999 - Dennis Franz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2001 - The museum at the Oklahoma City National Memorial Center was dedicated.
2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft began using its thermal emission imaging system to map Mars.
2006 - The Rolling Stones made the largest show open to the public of the world in Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1.3 million people went to the show.
Famous Birthday’s
1924 - Lee Marvin New York NY, actor (Paint Your Wagon, Dirty Dozen)Died 1987
1943 - "Mama" Cass Elliot actress (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday)
1948 - Big John Studd, American professional wrestler, actor (d. 1995)
1955 - Jeff Daniels, actor(Gettysburg, Arachnophobia, Dumb & Dumber, Speed)
1963 - Seal English vocalist/songwriter (Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose)
Famous Death’s
1980 - Bon Scott, (lead singer of AC/DC), dies after a night of heavy drinking, at age 33
1998 - Grandpa Jones country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Joke of the Day
Military Cargo Plane
A military cargo plane, flying over a populated area, suddenly loses power and starts to nose down. The pilot tries to pull up, but with all their cargo, the plane is too heavy. So he yells to the soldiers in back to throw things out to make the plane lighter. They throw out a pistol. "Throw out more!" shouts the pilot. So they throw out a rifle. "More!" he cries again. They heave out a missile, and the pilot regains control. He pulls out of the dive and lands safely at an airport. They get into a jeep and drive off. Pretty soon they meet a boy on the side of the road who's crying. They ask him why he's crying and he says "A pistol hit me on the head!" They drive more and meet another boy who's crying even harder. Again they ask why and the boy says, "A rifle hit me on the head!" They apologize and keep driving. They meet a boy on the sidewalk who's laughing hysterically. They ask him, "Kid, what's so funny?" The boy replies, "I sneezed and a house blew up!"
Mike's Girlfriend
After directory assistance gave me my boyfriend's new telephone number, I dialed him -- and got a woman. "Is Mike there?" I asked. "He's in the shower," she responded. "Please tell him his girlfriend called," I said and hung up. When he didn't return the call, I dialed again. This time a man answered. "This is Mike," he said. "You're not my boyfriend!" I exclaimed. "I know," he replied.
"That's what I've been trying to tell my wife for the past half-hour."
High Tech
I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery in this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. "Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery for this?" "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy which she handed to me with the car keys. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied,
"Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries...it's a long walk."
World Records
Largest Human Logo
On July 24, 1999, 34,309 people gathered at the national Stadium of Jamar Lisbon, Portugal, to create a Portuguese logo for Euro 2004 for the football championships.
Largest Group Hug
A total of 5,117 students staff and friends in Orleans, Ontario, Canada, hugged each other for 10 seconds on April 23, 2004 in support of "The Force", a local cancer charity.
Largest Circle Dance
The greatest number precipitant’s in a circle formation dance was 6,748 people who perform the Hokey Pokey at Bangor, County Down, UK on May 6, 1995
Largest Snowball Fight
The world’s largest snowball fight involved 2,473 people and took place in Switzerland
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