Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records February 20th
February 20th 2007 01:06
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1725 - New Hampshire militiamen partake in the first recorded scalping of Indians by whites in North America.
1865 - M I T establishes 1st US collegiate architectural school
1895 - Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO
1921 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres.
1927 - Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath
1932 - Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China
1933 - House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
1935 - Karoline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
1941 - Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
1941 - 1st transport of Jews to concentration camps leave Plotsk Poland
1942 - Lieutenant E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers
1944 - Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1944 - World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
1947 - Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in L.A. CA
1952 - The film The African Queen opens at the Capitol Theatre in New York City.
1953 - August A Busch buys the Cardinals for $3.75 million
1953 - US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business.
1962 - John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth(3 times-4hrs 55mins in Friendship 7)
1963 - Willie Mays (San Francisco Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract
1968 - State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A & M
1971 - National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio & TV stations to go off the air; The mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes
1974 - Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1 million from Houston Aeros, WHA
1974 - Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono
1978 - 4th People's Choice Awards Star Wars, Carol Burnett & Bob Hope
1985 - After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
1987 - After 11 years, David Hartman left ABC's "Good Morning America."
1987 - Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, in the USA, a bomb explodes in a computer store.
1989 - Total eclipse of the Moon
1992 - Ross Perot announces he’ll run in the U.S. presidential election on Larry King
1998 - Tara Lipinski, at age 15, became the youngest gold medalist in Olympics history
2001 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested & charged with spying for Russia for 15 years.
2003 - In West Warwick, RI, 99 people were killed when fire destroyed the nightclub The Station. The fire started with sparks from a pyrotechnic display.
Famous Birthday’s
1898 - Enzo Ferrari Modena Italy, racing car manufacturer (Ferrari)
1924 - Gloria Vanderbilt don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl
1929 - Amanda Blake, Buffalo NY, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke)
1934 - Bobby Unser auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
1936 - Larry Hovis Wapito WA, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes) Died 2003
1937 - Roger Penske auto racer/owner of #2 Kurt Busch, #12 Ryan Newman Nascars
1946 - Sandy Duncan, actress ( Pinocchio, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?)
1946 - J[erome] Geils, rock guitarist/vocalist (J Geils Band-Freeze-Frame, Centerfold)
1949 - Ivana Trump, Czechoslovakia, ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club)
1963 - Charles Barkley, NBA forward ( Philadelphia 76ers, Olympics-gold-96)
1963 - William Baldwin New York, actor (Backdraft, Sliver, Flatliners)
1966 - Cindy Crawford Dekalb IL, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)
1967 - Kurt Cobain rock vocalist (Nirvana)/husband of Courtney Love (Died 2003)
Joke of the Day
Sleeping Dad
My mother and I returned to my parents' house late one evening to find my father, my college-age brother, Steven, and my ten-year-old sister fast asleep. Mom had forgotten her house keys, so we knocked loudly, first at the back door and then the front and side doors. We yelled my father's name over and over, with no answer. The car horn aroused the neighbors but no one at our house. We drove into town and phoned home, finally waking Steven. When we got back, he let us in. Dad was in bed, snoring, with the television on. Mom quietly switched it off. Dad woke right up.
"Don't turn that off," he said. "I'm watching it!"
Weather Indian
A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an Old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained. A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next day there was a hailstorm. "This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather. However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks. Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?" The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he said. "Radio broken."
Physics
A college physics professor was explaining a particularly complicated concept to his class when a pre-med student interrupted him. "Why do we have to learn this stuff?" one young man blurted out. "To save lives," the professor responded before continuing the lecture. A few minutes later the student spoke up again. "So how does physics save lives?" The professor stared at the student for a long time without saying a word. Finally the professor continued. "Physics saves lives," he said, "because it keeps certain people out of medical school."
Puppy Love
My dog chewed the tongue on one of my new, expensive running shoes. I hoped to save my investment, so I took the sneakers to a shoe repair shop. I placed them on the counter and told the man, "My dog got hold of this." The repairman picked up the shoe, looked it over, and placed it back down on the counter. "Well, what do you recommend?" I asked. He looked at me and replied, "Give your dog the other shoe."
World Records
Largest Dog Walk
A total of 4,372 dogs took part in the Catherine Cookson great North dog walk.
Most Couples kissing Simultaneously
5327 couples kissed simultaneously for 10 seconds on February 14, 2004 as part of the Close-up Lovapalooza festival in Manila, Philippines.
Largest Yoga Class
Manoj Gupota(India) a Yoga class of 6,315 people at the Wright town Stadium
in Jabalpur, India on February 13, 2003.
Most People Rushing their teeth in the same venue
10,240 students brush their teeth simultaneously for at least 60 seconds at Ai Guo Road Shen Shen city, China on September 20, 2003 and was sponsored by Colgate.
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