Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, October 17th
October 16th 2007 23:55
This Day in History
1777 - American troops defeated British forces in Saratoga, NY. It was the turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
1888 - The first issue of "National Geographic Magazine" was released at newsstands.
1917 - The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed.
1920 - Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0
1931 - Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison.
1933 - Dr. Albert Einstein moved to Princeton, NJ, after fleeing Nazi Germany.
1937 - Huey, Dewey and Louie, Donald Duck's three almost identical nephews, first appear in a newspaper comic strip.
1939 - "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" premiered.
1941 - For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship. US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed, off Iceland
1945 - Ava Gardner and Artie Shaw were married.
1956 - England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens
1957 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit White House
1959 - Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse
1964 - Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra
1965 - The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes after a two year run. More than 51 million people had attended
1972 - Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling," is #1 on the Music Charts.
1973 - 5-mo oil embargo by Arab states against US, Britan & Netherlands begins.
1978 - Pres Carter signs bill restoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis citizenship
1979 - Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1986 - U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982
1987 - 1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy
1987 - 1st World Series game in a covered stadium (Minn. Metrodome) (W Series #84)
1989 - An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale hit the San Francisco Bay area in Calif. The quake caused about 67 deaths, 3,000 injuries, and damages up to $7 billion.
1992 - The United Nations General Assembly declares October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to be observed beginning in 1993.
1995 - Keith Moore sentenced to 6 years for robbing Sting of $9,000,000
2001 - The U.S. Capitol building was closed because of an outside threat. The Capitol building and all House office buildings were closed for inspection following the discovery of anthrax in a Senate office building.
2003 - In Taipei, Taiwan, construction crews finished 1,676-foot-tall-building called Taipei 101 , and it became the World's tallest highrise.
2004 - Jordan's military prosecutor indicted Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of the most wanted insurgents in Iraq, and 12 other alleged Muslim militants for an alleged al-Qaida linked plot to attack the U.S. Embassy in Amman and Jordanian government targets.
2006 - The United States population reaches 300 million.
Famous Birthday’s
1903 - Irene Ryan El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies) Died in 1973
1914 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist, co-creator of Superman (d. 1996)
1938 - Robert "Evel" Knievel motorcycle daredevil(Broke 44 bones in his career)
1941 - James Seals Sidney Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
1947 - Michael McKean NYC, actor (Lenny-Laverne & Shirley, Grand)
1948 - George Wendt, actor(Mash, Gung Ho, Fletch, Norm on Cheers)
1958 - Alan Jackson rocker (Don't Rock the Jukebox, Here in the Real World)
1959 - Dolph Lundgren actor (Rocky 4, Masters of the Universe)
1972 - Eminem, rapper/actor(8 Mile, The Real Slim Shady, The way I am, When I’m Gone)
1972 - Wyclef Jean, Haitian-born singer/rapper/producer(The Fugees)
Famous Death
1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer and television performer, 16 Ton (b. 1919)
Joke of the Day
It’s a Girl
Stationed in Okinawa, Japan, my son and his wife were expecting their first baby. I was elated when he called me at work with the news of my grandchild's birth. I took down all the statistics and turned to relate it all to my co-workers.
"I'm a grandmother!" I declared. "It's a baby girl, and she weighs five pounds."
"When was she born?" someone asked.
Recalling the date my son told me, I stopped, looked at the calendar, and said in amazement, "Tomorrow!"
That's Not It
A general noticed one of his soldiers behaving oddly. The soldier would pick up any piece of paper he found, frown and say, "That's not it" and put it down again. This went on for some time, until the general arranged to have the soldier psychologically tested. The psychologist concluded that the soldier was deranged, and wrote out his discharge from the army.
The soldier picked it up, smiled and said, "That's it."
Go Forth and Multiply
After it was all over and Noah lowered the ramp of the ark for all the animals to leave, he told the animals "To go forth and multiply."
All the animals left except two snakes who lay quietly in the corner of the ark.
"Why can't you go forth and multiply?" demanded Noah.
"We can't," answered the snakes. "We're adders."
World Records
Most Tattooed Person
The ultimate in multi-layered tattooing is represented by the chainsaw juggling, unicycling, sword-swallowing Lucky Diamond Rich (Australia, born New Zealand), who has spent over 1,000 hours having his body modified by hundreds of tattoo artists. He began by having a full collection of colourful designs from around the world tattooed over his entire body. But not content with stopping there, Lucky next opted for a 100% covering of black ink, including eyelids, the delicate skin between the toes, down into the ears, and even his gums. He is now being tattooed with white designs on top of the black, and coloured designs on top of the white!
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