Trevor WholohanA Day in History, Jokes and World Records February 28th
February 28th 2007 00:58
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1854 - The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI.
1861 - The U.S. territory of Colorado was organized.
1844 - A gun on USS Princeton explodes killing two United States Cabinet members and several others.
1885 - AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) was incorporated.
1903 - Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000
1917 - AP reports México & Japan will ally with Germany if US enters WWI
1924 - U.S. troops are sent to Honduras to protect American interests 1933 - 1st female in cabinet Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
1940 -1st televised basketball game (college game at NYC's Madison Square Garden) 1940 - US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
1941 - 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month
1942 - The heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed.
1943 - 63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month
1945 - U.S. tanks break the defense line west of the Rhine and cross the Erft River.
1951 - Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1956 - 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA
1959 - NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to Los Angeles Rams for 9 players
1961 - JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
1962 - John Glenn for President club was formed by a group of Las Vegas republicans
1967 - In Mississippi, 19 are indicted in the slayings of three civil rights workers.
1969 - A Los Angeles court refuses Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan's request to be executed.
1972 - George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
1972 - President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1977 - 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles CA)
1979 - Mr. Ed, the talking horse from the TV show "Mr. Ed", died.
1982 - AT&T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
1983 - Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
1991 - US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
1993 - BATF Agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
1994 - Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1997 - FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
1997 - The North Hollywood shootout takes place.
2005 - A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
Famous Birthday’s February 28th
1906 - Bugsy Siegel gangster created casinos in Las Vegas
1928 - Smokey The Bear
1928 - Tom Aldredge Dayton OH, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers)
1931 - Gavin MacLeod Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat)
1940 - Mario Andretti race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
1945 - Charles "Bubba" Smith Texas, NFLer (Baltimore Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
1955 - Gilbert Gottfried comedian (Beverly Hills Cop, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane)
Famous Death’s
1977 - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
1979 - Mr. Ed, The Talking Horse
Joke of the Day
Job Application
An applicant was filling out a job application. When he came to the question, "Have you ever been arrested?" he wrote, "No." The next question, intended for people who had answered in the affirmative to the previous question, was "Why?" The applicant answered it anyway: "Never got caught."
Under the Table
A man and woman were having dinner in a fine restaurant. Their waitress, taking another order at a table a few steps away, suddenly noticed that the man was slowly sliding down his chair and under the table, but the woman acted unconcerned. The waitress watched as the man slid all the way down his chair and out of sight under the table. Still, the woman appeared calm and unruffled, apparently unaware that her dining companion had disappeared. The waitress went over to the table and said to the woman, "Pardon me, ma'am, but I think your husband just slid under the table."
The woman calmly looked up at her and said, "No he didn't. He just walked in the door!"
World Records
Heaviest Aircraft pull by wheelchairs
A team of eight members of the Suffolk Braves Wheelchair Club(UK) pulled a Cessna 421 Eagle aircraft weighing 8,818 pounds a distance of 1,640 feet in 16 minutes 20 seconds on December 9, 1998.
Heaviest Vehicle pulled over 100 feet
Kevin Fast(Canada) pulled a truck weighing 55,512 lbs, 100 feet in Ontario Canada.
1854 - The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI.
1861 - The U.S. territory of Colorado was organized.
1844 - A gun on USS Princeton explodes killing two United States Cabinet members and several others.
1903 - Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000
1917 - AP reports México & Japan will ally with Germany if US enters WWI
1924 - U.S. troops are sent to Honduras to protect American interests 1933 - 1st female in cabinet Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
1940 -1st televised basketball game (college game at NYC's Madison Square Garden) 1940 - US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
1941 - 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month
1942 - The heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed.
1943 - 63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month
1945 - U.S. tanks break the defense line west of the Rhine and cross the Erft River.
1951 - Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1956 - 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA
1959 - NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to Los Angeles Rams for 9 players
1961 - JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
1962 - John Glenn for President club was formed by a group of Las Vegas republicans
1967 - In Mississippi, 19 are indicted in the slayings of three civil rights workers.
1969 - A Los Angeles court refuses Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan's request to be executed.
1972 - George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
1972 - President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1977 - 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles CA)
1979 - Mr. Ed, the talking horse from the TV show "Mr. Ed", died.
1982 - AT&T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
1983 - Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
1991 - US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
1993 - BATF Agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
1994 - Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1997 - FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
1997 - The North Hollywood shootout takes place.
2005 - A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
Famous Birthday’s February 28th
1906 - Bugsy Siegel gangster created casinos in Las Vegas
1928 - Smokey The Bear
1928 - Tom Aldredge Dayton OH, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers)
1931 - Gavin MacLeod Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat)
1940 - Mario Andretti race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
1945 - Charles "Bubba" Smith Texas, NFLer (Baltimore Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
1955 - Gilbert Gottfried comedian (Beverly Hills Cop, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane)
Famous Death’s
1977 - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
1979 - Mr. Ed, The Talking Horse
Joke of the Day
Job Application
An applicant was filling out a job application. When he came to the question, "Have you ever been arrested?" he wrote, "No." The next question, intended for people who had answered in the affirmative to the previous question, was "Why?" The applicant answered it anyway: "Never got caught."
Under the Table
A man and woman were having dinner in a fine restaurant. Their waitress, taking another order at a table a few steps away, suddenly noticed that the man was slowly sliding down his chair and under the table, but the woman acted unconcerned. The waitress watched as the man slid all the way down his chair and out of sight under the table. Still, the woman appeared calm and unruffled, apparently unaware that her dining companion had disappeared. The waitress went over to the table and said to the woman, "Pardon me, ma'am, but I think your husband just slid under the table."
The woman calmly looked up at her and said, "No he didn't. He just walked in the door!"
World Records
Heaviest Aircraft pull by wheelchairs
A team of eight members of the Suffolk Braves Wheelchair Club(UK) pulled a Cessna 421 Eagle aircraft weighing 8,818 pounds a distance of 1,640 feet in 16 minutes 20 seconds on December 9, 1998.
Heaviest Vehicle pulled over 100 feet
Kevin Fast(Canada) pulled a truck weighing 55,512 lbs, 100 feet in Ontario Canada.
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