Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records February 21st
February 21st 2007 01:34
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1792 - Congress passes Presidential Succession Act
1804 - 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales
1857 - Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
1858 - Edwin T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston MA)
1866 - Lucy B. Hobbs became the first woman to graduate from a dental school.
1878 - The first telephone directories issued in the U.S. were distributed to residents in New Haven, CT. It was a single page of only fifty names.
1904 - The National Ski Association was formed in Ishpeming, MI.
1916 - During World War I, the Battle of Verdun began in France. The battle ended on December 18, 1916 with a French victory over Germany.
1925 - The first issue of "The New Yorker" was published.
1931 - Alka Seltzer introduced
1941 - US Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General
1945 - US 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line
1945 - Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the carrier Bismarck and damage the Saratoga.
1947 - 1st instant developing camera demonstrated by Polaroid in NYC.
1947 - 1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"
1948 - NASCAR is incorporated.
1952 - Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage (Michael Wilding)
1953 - Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
1964 - UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper & ½ ton of Beatle whigs to US
1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam. He was 39 years old.
1968 - Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
1970 - Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"
1972 - Richard Nixon becomes 1st US President to visit China
1973 - An Israeli fighter aircraft shot down a Libyan Airlines jet killing 108.
1975 - Watergate scandal: John Mitchell, H R Haldeman & John D Ehrlichman sentenced to 2½-8 years in prison.
1981 - "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
1988 - During a live TV broadcast, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart (age 52) admitted to visiting a prostitute, then announced he would be leaving his ministry
1989 - US bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin $1 billion street value
1989 - Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling
1991 - Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War US calls the plan unacceptable
2000 - David Letterman returns to The Late Show over a month after having an emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery.
2003 - David Hasselhoff and his wife Pamela were injured in a motorcycle accident.
2006 - NY City mayor Bloomberg unveils a brand new sign on the corner of West 66th Street called Peter Jennings Way in honor of the late ABC News anchor Peter Jennings.
Famous Birthday’s
1931 - Larry Hagman TV actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas)
1946 - Tyne Daly Madison WI, actress (Cagney & Lacey(she was Lacy), Judging Amy)
1949 - Jerry Harrison Milwaukee WI, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads-And She Was)
1955 - Kelsey Grammer, actor(Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers & Frazier)
1958 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Folk/country singer(How Do, I Feel Lucky, Simple Life)
1979 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress (I Know What You Did Last Summer)
Joke of the Day
Free Drinks
The bartender asks the guy sitting at the bar, "What'll you have?" The guy answers, "A scotch, please." The bartender hands him the drink, and says "That'll be five dollars," to which the guy replies, "What are you talking about? I don't owe you anything for this." A lawyer, sitting nearby and overhearing the conversation, then says to the bartender, "You know, he's got you there. In the original offer, which constitutes a binding contract upon acceptance, there was no stipulation of remuneration." The bartender was not impressed, but says to the guy, "Okay, you beat me for a drink. But don't ever let me catch you in here again." The next day, same guy walks into the bar. Bartender says, "What the heck are you doing in here? I can't believe you've got the audacity to come back!" The guy says, "What are you talking about? I've never been in this place in my life!" The bartender replies, "I'm very sorry, but this is uncanny. You must have a double."
To which the guy replies, "Thank you. Make it a scotch."
CTC
Classmates at college were lamenting the cost of long distance phone service and debating the relative advantages of AT&T, MCI, and Sprint. "I've found CTC to be the cheapest plan around," offered one. "CTC? Who are they?" "You know," he responded. "Call Them Collect."
Some System
Each Friday night I drove my wife to the train station so she could go visit her sister who was ill. Ten minutes later, MY sister arrived by train so that she could help with the house and kids over the weekend while my wife was gone. On Sundays this procedure worked in reverse with my sister departing by train 10 minutes before my wife arrived. One evening after my sister left and while I awaited my wife's arrival, a porter sauntered over. "Mister," he said, "you sure have some system going!
But one of these days you're goin' to get caught!"
World Records
Longest Supermarket Cart Push
A team of 801 staff from old worse,BCC, and Jack the slasher supermarkets took turns to push a supermarket shopping cart from Carnes to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, covering 1098 miles in 36 days from June 20 to July 26, 1987.
Farthest Distance To Push a Bed
A team of nine employees from runs field bedding center Edinburgh, UK, pushed a wheeled hospital bed 3,233.65 miles(5,204km) from June 21 to July 26, 1979.
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