Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records February 26th
February 26th 2007 01:19
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1732 - 1st mass celebrated in American Catholic church, (St Joseph's Church, Pa)
1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the National Currency Act.
1870 - In New York City, the first subway line was opened to the public.
1919 - In Arizona, the Grand Canyon was established as a National Park.
1929 - U.S. President Coolidge signed a bill creating the Grand Teton National Park.
1930 - 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)
1933 - Ground is broken for the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
1935 - New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
1935 - RADAR-Radio Detection & Ranging 1st demonstrated
1936 - Hitler introduces the "Volkswagen"
1942 - WWII Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"
1945 - In the U.S., a nationwide midnight curfew went into effect.
1945 - Syria declares war on Germany and Japan.
1951 - 22nd Amendment is added to the Constitution limiting the Presidency to 2 terms.
1952 - PM Winston Churchill announces that Britain has its own atomic bomb
1954 - Michigan Rep. Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock & roll) records
1960 - USA's David Jenkins wins the Olympics Gold for men's figure skating
1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson signs a tax bill with $11.5 billion in cuts.
1965 - Norman Butler is arrested for the murder of Malcom X.
1970 - Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
1973 - Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
1973 - A publisher and 10 reporters are subpoenaed to testify on Watergate.
1975 - 1st televised kidney transplant (Today Show)
1977 - 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
1979 - Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US
1983 - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks
1984 - Pak Awang (84) marries 80th spouse
1987 - The Tower Commission rebuked U.S. President Reagan for failing to control his national security staff in the wake of the Iran-Contra affair.
1990 - USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991
1991 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced on Baghdad Radio that Iraqi troops were being withdrawn from Kuwait.
1993 - In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
1998 - A Texas jury rejected an $11 million lawsuit by Texas cattlemen who blamed Oprah Winfrey for price drop after on-air comment about mad-cow disease.
2004 - The US lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending a ban that lasted for 23 years.
Famous Birthday’s
1846 - William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody Davenport IA, killed 4000 buffaloes(Died 1917)
1852 - John Harvey Kellogg surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry(Died 1943)
1876 - Pauline Musters shortest known adult (58.9 cm or 23.2 inches tall)
1893 - William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons)Died 1966
1916 - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)D. 1987
1920 - Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa OK, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
1928 - Antoine "Fats" Domino, rhythm & blues pianist/singer (Blueberry Hill)
1932 - Johnny Cash, singer (I Walk The Line, Boy Named Sue)Died 2003
1954 - Michael Bolton, rock vocalist (How Am I Supposed To Live Without You)
Famous Death’s
1903 - Richard J Gatling US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84
1959 - Lou Costello actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
Joke of the Day
How to Detect a Mental Deficiency
A noted psychiatrist was a guest at a blonde gathering, and his hostess naturally broached the subject in which the doctor was most at ease. "Would you mind telling me, Doctor," she asked, "how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?" "Nothing is easier," he replied. "You ask a simple question which anyone should answer with no trouble. If he hesitates, that puts you on the track." "What sort of question?" "Well, you might ask him, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?' The blonde thought a moment, then said with a nervous laugh, "You wouldn't happen to have another example would you?
I must confess I don't know much about history."
Jar 47
A new doctor had arrived in town. He could cure anything and anybody. Everyone was amazed with what he could do - everyone except for Mr. Thompson, the town skeptic. Grumpy old Mr. Thompson went to visit this 'miracle doctor' to prove that he wasn't anybody special. When it was time for his appointment he told the doctor, "Hey, doc, I've lost my sense of taste. I can't taste nothin', so what are ya goin' to do?" The doctor scratched his head and mumbled to himself a little, then told Mr. Thompson, "What you need is jar number 47." So the doctor brought the jar out, opened it, and told Mr. Thompson to taste it. He tasted it and immediately spit it out, "This is gross!" he yelled. "Looks like I just restored your sense of taste Mr. Thompson," said the doctor. So Mr. Thompson went home.... very mad.
One month later, Mr. Thompson decides to go back to the doctor and try once again to expose him as a fake, by complaining of a new problem. "Doc," he started, "I can't remember anything!"
Thinking he had the doctor stumped now, he waited as the doctor scratched his head, mumbled to himself a little, and told Mr. Thompson, "What you need is jar number 47, it's......" But before the doctor could finish his sentence, Mr. Thompson was cured and fled the room!
World Records
Fastest time to pop 1000 balloons
A team of 37 people(UK) popped 1,000 balloons in 1 min. 44 seconds on Nov. 7, 2003
Largest can permit built in 30 minutes
On September 23, 2000, the Malaysian can team built a pyramid created from 9,455 empty aluminum drink cans in 24 minutes at the mid Valley mega mall in Malaysia it had square base of 30 x 30 cans, measuring 6'6" by 6'6".
Longest Reading out loud marathon by a team
Students(Germany) from the Calmbach secondary school, Bad Wildbad, Germany, read out loud for a record 75 hours from July 16 - July 19, 2003
1732 - 1st mass celebrated in American Catholic church, (St Joseph's Church, Pa)
1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the National Currency Act.
1919 - In Arizona, the Grand Canyon was established as a National Park.
1929 - U.S. President Coolidge signed a bill creating the Grand Teton National Park.
1930 - 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)
1933 - Ground is broken for the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
1935 - New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
1935 - RADAR-Radio Detection & Ranging 1st demonstrated
1936 - Hitler introduces the "Volkswagen"
1942 - WWII Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"
1945 - In the U.S., a nationwide midnight curfew went into effect.
1945 - Syria declares war on Germany and Japan.
1951 - 22nd Amendment is added to the Constitution limiting the Presidency to 2 terms.
1952 - PM Winston Churchill announces that Britain has its own atomic bomb
1954 - Michigan Rep. Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock & roll) records
1960 - USA's David Jenkins wins the Olympics Gold for men's figure skating
1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson signs a tax bill with $11.5 billion in cuts.
1965 - Norman Butler is arrested for the murder of Malcom X.
1970 - Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
1973 - Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
1973 - A publisher and 10 reporters are subpoenaed to testify on Watergate.
1975 - 1st televised kidney transplant (Today Show)
1977 - 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
1979 - Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US
1983 - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks
1984 - Pak Awang (84) marries 80th spouse
1987 - The Tower Commission rebuked U.S. President Reagan for failing to control his national security staff in the wake of the Iran-Contra affair.
1990 - USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991
1991 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced on Baghdad Radio that Iraqi troops were being withdrawn from Kuwait.
1993 - In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
1998 - A Texas jury rejected an $11 million lawsuit by Texas cattlemen who blamed Oprah Winfrey for price drop after on-air comment about mad-cow disease.
2004 - The US lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending a ban that lasted for 23 years.
Famous Birthday’s
1846 - William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody Davenport IA, killed 4000 buffaloes(Died 1917)
1852 - John Harvey Kellogg surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry(Died 1943)
1876 - Pauline Musters shortest known adult (58.9 cm or 23.2 inches tall)
1893 - William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons)Died 1966
1916 - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)D. 1987
1920 - Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa OK, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
1928 - Antoine "Fats" Domino, rhythm & blues pianist/singer (Blueberry Hill)
1932 - Johnny Cash, singer (I Walk The Line, Boy Named Sue)Died 2003
1954 - Michael Bolton, rock vocalist (How Am I Supposed To Live Without You)
Famous Death’s
1903 - Richard J Gatling US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84
1959 - Lou Costello actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
Joke of the Day
How to Detect a Mental Deficiency
A noted psychiatrist was a guest at a blonde gathering, and his hostess naturally broached the subject in which the doctor was most at ease. "Would you mind telling me, Doctor," she asked, "how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?" "Nothing is easier," he replied. "You ask a simple question which anyone should answer with no trouble. If he hesitates, that puts you on the track." "What sort of question?" "Well, you might ask him, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?' The blonde thought a moment, then said with a nervous laugh, "You wouldn't happen to have another example would you?
I must confess I don't know much about history."
Jar 47
A new doctor had arrived in town. He could cure anything and anybody. Everyone was amazed with what he could do - everyone except for Mr. Thompson, the town skeptic. Grumpy old Mr. Thompson went to visit this 'miracle doctor' to prove that he wasn't anybody special. When it was time for his appointment he told the doctor, "Hey, doc, I've lost my sense of taste. I can't taste nothin', so what are ya goin' to do?" The doctor scratched his head and mumbled to himself a little, then told Mr. Thompson, "What you need is jar number 47." So the doctor brought the jar out, opened it, and told Mr. Thompson to taste it. He tasted it and immediately spit it out, "This is gross!" he yelled. "Looks like I just restored your sense of taste Mr. Thompson," said the doctor. So Mr. Thompson went home.... very mad.
One month later, Mr. Thompson decides to go back to the doctor and try once again to expose him as a fake, by complaining of a new problem. "Doc," he started, "I can't remember anything!"
Thinking he had the doctor stumped now, he waited as the doctor scratched his head, mumbled to himself a little, and told Mr. Thompson, "What you need is jar number 47, it's......" But before the doctor could finish his sentence, Mr. Thompson was cured and fled the room!
World Records
Fastest time to pop 1000 balloons
A team of 37 people(UK) popped 1,000 balloons in 1 min. 44 seconds on Nov. 7, 2003
Largest can permit built in 30 minutes
On September 23, 2000, the Malaysian can team built a pyramid created from 9,455 empty aluminum drink cans in 24 minutes at the mid Valley mega mall in Malaysia it had square base of 30 x 30 cans, measuring 6'6" by 6'6".
Longest Reading out loud marathon by a team
Students(Germany) from the Calmbach secondary school, Bad Wildbad, Germany, read out loud for a record 75 hours from July 16 - July 19, 2003
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