Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records February 23rd
February 23rd 2007 02:07
1836 - The Siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1847 - American troops defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
1861 - President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland.
1893 - Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine.
1896 - Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
1903 - Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1904 - For $10 million the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone.
1915 - Germany sinks US ships Carib & Evelyn & torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin
1927 - President Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC predecessor)
1940 - Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio", released
1942 - Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood CA, first axis bombs to hit US soil.
1945 - During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. The photo would later win a Pulitzer Prize.
1946 - Japanese General Yamashita is hanged in Manila, the Philippines, for war crimes.
1947 - Several hundred Nazi’s are arrested in Frankfurt by U.S. and British forces.
1954 - The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pa.
1958 - Juan Fangio, 5-time world diving champion, was kidnapped by Cuban rebels.
1960 - Whites join Negro students in a sit-in at a Winston-Salem, N.C. Woolworth store.
1967 - US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War
1968 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBAer to score 25,000 points
1971 - George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year as a result of several speeding tickets and a dispute with the police
1974 - The Liberation Army demanded $4 million more for the release of Patty Hearst.
1975 - Due to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences two months early.
1978 - 20th Grammy Awards Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone win
1980 - Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-million-gallon spill.
1987 - Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604
1991 - During the Persian Gulf War, ground forces crossed the border of Saudi Arabia into the country of Iraq. Less than four days later the war was over.
1993 - Gary Coleman won a $1,280,000 lawsuit against his parents.
1997 - A large fire occurs in the Russian Space station, Mir.
1998 - Tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
1998 - Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against Jews and Crusaders
2000 - Robby Knieval made a successful motorcycle jump of 200 feet over an oncoming train.
2005 - The New York, NY, city medical examiner's office annouced that it had exhausted all efforts to identify the remains of the people killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, due to the limits of DNA technology. About 1,600 people had been identified leaving more than 1,100 unidentified.
Famous Birthday's
1940 - Peter Fonda actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip)
1951 - Ed "Too Tall" Jones NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1951 - Patricia Richardson Bethesda MD, actress (Jill on Home Improvement)
Famous Death’s
1848 - John Quincy Adams 6th US President (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80
1924 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson 28th US President (1913-21), dies
1965 - Stan Laurel comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies in California of heart attack at 74
1999 - Carlos Hathcock, USMC Sniper, 93 Confirmed Kills (b. 1942)
Joke of the Day
Drinking Too Much
A man sat down at a bar, looked into his shirt pocket, and ordered a double scotch. A few minutes later, the man again peeked into his pocket and ordered another double. This routine was followed for some time, until after looking into his pocket, he told the bartender that he's had enough. The bartender said, "I've got to ask you - what's with the pocket business?" The man replied, "I have my lawyer's picture in there. When he starts to look honest, I've had enough."
Hopeless Pupil "It's no good, sir," said the hopeless pupil to his English teacher. "I try to learn, but everything you say goes in both ears and out the other." "Goes in both ears and out the other?" asked the puzzled teacher. "But you only have two ears." "You see, sir? I'm no good at math, either."
(Q)What do you call a flea that lives in an idiots ear? ------------- (A)A space invader!
(Q)What do you get if you cross a rabbit and a flea? --------------- (A)Bugs Bunny!
(Q)How do you find where a flea has bitten you? ------------------ (A)Start from scratch!
World Records
Most Plaster Casts applied in one hour by a team
A team of 10 people applied forarm plaster casts to 825 volunteers in one hour at Herentals, Belgium, on July 5, 2003 the event was organized to celebrate their 750th year
Most Trees Planted in one hour
A team of 96 people, including schoolchildren from Neath Port Talbot, UK, planted 4,100 trees in one hour on April 8, 2003.
Fastest Boeing 737 100 meter pull by a team
On January 27, 2001 a team of 10 royal marine reserves pulled a Boeing 737 weighing 81,500 pounds over a distance of 328 feet and 43.2 seconds at Manchester Airport, UK.
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