Trevor WholohanThis Day in History
December 14th 2007 00:54
To all my readers, I am sorry for missing most of the week but I was very indisposed.
This Day in History
1793 - 1st state road authorized, Frankfort KY to Cincinnati OH
1819 - Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state, making 11 slave states and 11 free states.
1903 - Orville Wright made the first attempt at powered flight. The engine stalled during take-off and the plane was damaged in the attempt. Three days later, after repairs were made, the modern aviation age was born when the plane stayed aloft for 12 seconds and flew 102 feet.
1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole. He reached the destination 35 days ahead of Captain Robert F. Scott.
1916 - People of Denmark voted to sell Danish West Indies to United States for $25 million.
1915 - Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight champion.
1918 - For the first time in Britain women (over 30) voted in a General Election.
1939 - Soviet Union attacks Finland - League of Nations drops Soviet Union
1941 - 1st NFL division playoff, Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers 33-14
1944 - Congress establishes rank of General of the Army (5-star General)
1945 - Josef Kramer, known as "the beast of Belsen," and 10 others were executed in Hamelin for the crimes they committed at the Belsen and Auschwitz Nazi concentration camps.
1945 - Captain Sue S. Dauser is the first nurse to receive the Distinguished Service Medal
1947 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1950 - 7,000 soldiers and civilian refugees were evacuated from Pyongyang N. Korea area.
1959 - The Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy.
1960 - A U.S. B-52 bomber set a 10,000 mile non-stop record without refueling.
1962 - NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
1969 - Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1971 - Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
1977 - "Saturday Night Fever", starring John Travolta, premieres in New York NY
1977 - War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.
1986 - Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from California on the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world. The trip took nine days to complete.
1987 - Chrysler pled no contest to federal charges of selling several thousand vehicles as new. Chrysler employees had driven the vehicles with the odometer disconnected.
1995 - AIDS patient Jeff Getty received the first-ever bone-marrow transplant from a baboon.
1999 - U.S. and Germany agreed to a $5.2 billion fund for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers.
1999 - Charles M. Schulz announced he was retiring the "Peanuts" comic strip.
2000 - U.S. businessman Edward Pope was pardoned and released by Russia after being convicted of espionage and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
2001 - American and British commandos behind a screen of local Afghan fighters contained the last remnants of al Qaeda forces in the White Mountains of Tora Bora.
2001 - The first commercial export, since 1963, of U.S. food to Cuba began. The 24,000 tons for corn were being sent to replenish what was lost when Hurricane Michelle struck
Famous Birthday’s
1503 - Physician, astrologer and clairvoyant Nostradamus was born at St. Remy, France.
1896 - Gen. James H. Doolittle, who led the first air raid on Japan during WW II, was born
1908 - Morey Amsterdam, comedian (Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show, The Hollywood Squares)
1911 - Spike Jones, comedian and musician (All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, That Old Black Magic, Yes, We Have No Bananas)(d. 1965)
1938 - Hal Williams Columbus OH, actor (Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford & Son)
1946 - Patty Duke [Anna Marie] Elmhurst NY, actress (Miracle Worker, It Takes Two)
1954 - Alan Kulwicki Greenfield WI, NASCAR racer (Winston Cup Champion)Died 1993
1969 - Dave Nilsson Brisbane Australia, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
Famous Death’s
1799 - The first president of the United States, George Washington, died at the age 67.
1963 - Dinah Washington singer(What a Diff'rence a Day Makes) dies of overdose at 39
1985 - Roger Maris homerun hitter (61 in 61, New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 51
Joke of the Day
Third Child
Some newly married friends were visiting us when the topic of children came up. The bride said she wanted three children, while the young husband said two would be enough for him.
They discussed this discrepancy for a few minutes until the husband thought he'd put an end to things by saying boldly, "After our second child, I'll just have a vasectomy."
Without a moment's hesitation, the bride retorted, "Well, I hope you'll love the third one as if it's your own."
Two Old Men
There were two old men sitting on a park bench passing the day away talking. One old man asked the other "How is your wife??"
Second old man replied "I think she is Dead!"
First old man "What do you mean you THINK she is dead???"
Second old man "Well.... the sex is the same but the dishes are starting to pile up."
Wold Records
Greatest number of breasts!
Extra breasts (or nipples, for that matter) is called polymastia. In 1886, Professor Neugenbauer presented to the French Academy of Medicine a woman with ten individual lactating breasts. Three months later, Dr. P. J. Stoyanoff exhibited a 23-year-old Polish woman who also had eight additional hooters, all of which secreted milk
World’s Largest LEGO Ship
A model of the Nimitz Class Carrier USS Harry S. Truman, measuring 14.8 feet (length) x 4.5 feet (width) x 4 feet (height) was displayed at the Skaerbaek 2006 LEGO convention in Denmark. The model weighs over 352.7 pounds. It was built in over one year by Malle Hawking from Munich (Germany) from more than 300,000 bricks.
1793 - 1st state road authorized, Frankfort KY to Cincinnati OH
1819 - Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state, making 11 slave states and 11 free states.
1903 - Orville Wright made the first attempt at powered flight. The engine stalled during take-off and the plane was damaged in the attempt. Three days later, after repairs were made, the modern aviation age was born when the plane stayed aloft for 12 seconds and flew 102 feet.
1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole. He reached the destination 35 days ahead of Captain Robert F. Scott.
1916 - People of Denmark voted to sell Danish West Indies to United States for $25 million.
1915 - Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight champion.
1918 - For the first time in Britain women (over 30) voted in a General Election.
1939 - Soviet Union attacks Finland - League of Nations drops Soviet Union
1941 - 1st NFL division playoff, Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers 33-14
1944 - Congress establishes rank of General of the Army (5-star General)
1945 - Josef Kramer, known as "the beast of Belsen," and 10 others were executed in Hamelin for the crimes they committed at the Belsen and Auschwitz Nazi concentration camps.
1945 - Captain Sue S. Dauser is the first nurse to receive the Distinguished Service Medal
1947 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1950 - 7,000 soldiers and civilian refugees were evacuated from Pyongyang N. Korea area.
1959 - The Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy.
1960 - A U.S. B-52 bomber set a 10,000 mile non-stop record without refueling.
1962 - NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
1969 - Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1971 - Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
1977 - "Saturday Night Fever", starring John Travolta, premieres in New York NY
1977 - War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.
1986 - Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from California on the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world. The trip took nine days to complete.
1987 - Chrysler pled no contest to federal charges of selling several thousand vehicles as new. Chrysler employees had driven the vehicles with the odometer disconnected.
1995 - AIDS patient Jeff Getty received the first-ever bone-marrow transplant from a baboon.
1999 - U.S. and Germany agreed to a $5.2 billion fund for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers.
1999 - Charles M. Schulz announced he was retiring the "Peanuts" comic strip.
2000 - U.S. businessman Edward Pope was pardoned and released by Russia after being convicted of espionage and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
2001 - American and British commandos behind a screen of local Afghan fighters contained the last remnants of al Qaeda forces in the White Mountains of Tora Bora.
2001 - The first commercial export, since 1963, of U.S. food to Cuba began. The 24,000 tons for corn were being sent to replenish what was lost when Hurricane Michelle struck
Famous Birthday’s
1503 - Physician, astrologer and clairvoyant Nostradamus was born at St. Remy, France.
1896 - Gen. James H. Doolittle, who led the first air raid on Japan during WW II, was born
1908 - Morey Amsterdam, comedian (Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show, The Hollywood Squares)
1911 - Spike Jones, comedian and musician (All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, That Old Black Magic, Yes, We Have No Bananas)(d. 1965)
1938 - Hal Williams Columbus OH, actor (Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford & Son)
1946 - Patty Duke [Anna Marie] Elmhurst NY, actress (Miracle Worker, It Takes Two)
1954 - Alan Kulwicki Greenfield WI, NASCAR racer (Winston Cup Champion)Died 1993
1969 - Dave Nilsson Brisbane Australia, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
Famous Death’s
1799 - The first president of the United States, George Washington, died at the age 67.
1963 - Dinah Washington singer(What a Diff'rence a Day Makes) dies of overdose at 39
1985 - Roger Maris homerun hitter (61 in 61, New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 51
Joke of the Day
Third Child
Some newly married friends were visiting us when the topic of children came up. The bride said she wanted three children, while the young husband said two would be enough for him.
They discussed this discrepancy for a few minutes until the husband thought he'd put an end to things by saying boldly, "After our second child, I'll just have a vasectomy."
Without a moment's hesitation, the bride retorted, "Well, I hope you'll love the third one as if it's your own."
Two Old Men
There were two old men sitting on a park bench passing the day away talking. One old man asked the other "How is your wife??"
Second old man replied "I think she is Dead!"
First old man "What do you mean you THINK she is dead???"
Second old man "Well.... the sex is the same but the dishes are starting to pile up."
Wold Records
Greatest number of breasts!
Extra breasts (or nipples, for that matter) is called polymastia. In 1886, Professor Neugenbauer presented to the French Academy of Medicine a woman with ten individual lactating breasts. Three months later, Dr. P. J. Stoyanoff exhibited a 23-year-old Polish woman who also had eight additional hooters, all of which secreted milk
World’s Largest LEGO Ship
A model of the Nimitz Class Carrier USS Harry S. Truman, measuring 14.8 feet (length) x 4.5 feet (width) x 4 feet (height) was displayed at the Skaerbaek 2006 LEGO convention in Denmark. The model weighs over 352.7 pounds. It was built in over one year by Malle Hawking from Munich (Germany) from more than 300,000 bricks.
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